Eager
by Ben Goldfarb · first published 2018
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For anybody interested in how beavers change landscapes, I can't recommend Ben Goldfarb's "Eager" highly enough. It made me a believer.
on “Reintroductions of beavers into the wild in several parts of England” ↗…but carbon sequestration is an important topic. Related, sometimes with pop-sci/layperson citations: -Beavers will play a role in bringing back wetlands. They can do it better than we can. See book: Eager, by Ben Goldfarb (maybe you've read it already?) -Reversing climate change feels like it is going to require a massive cultural shift. To get to the point of large-scale wetland recovery we'll need government…
on “Ask HN: I need help with some math” ↗North America used to be home to so many more beavers than at present. Europe, too? Ben Goldfarb wrote Eager, about beavers and their place in a resilient ecosystem: https://www.worldcat.org/title/eager-the-surprising-secret-l...
on “Peru is reviving a pre-Incan technology for water” ↗Relevant book: Eager: the surprising secret life of beavers and why they matter, by Ben Goldfarb (2018) [0] "The arrival of Europeans warped indigenous peoples’ relationship with beaver from subsistence and kinship to extraction,…
on “Beavers back in London after 400-year absence” ↗