“If there are pelicans nesting in a wetland, something is good with the health of this wetland.” For #WorldWetlandsDay we share a story set along the shores of the Prespa lakes in northern Greece. Read "The Spirit of the Wetlands," by @JulianHoffman. https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/the-spirit-of-the-wetlands/ Photo courtesy of the Society for the Protection of Prespa.
The Spirit of the Wetlands – Julian Hoffman

Julian Hoffman witnesses the drastic decline of Dalmatian pelicans as they succumb to avian influenza. As the wetlands fall strangely quiet, he senses the porous boundaries between our health and that of the ecologies we inhabit.

Emergence Magazine