Monthly magazine publishing ecological news, essays, reviews, and fiction.
Human writing for human reading.
For a more ecological society:
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@briefecology.bsky.social
Monthly magazine publishing ecological news, essays, reviews, and fiction.
Human writing for human reading.
For a more ecological society:
🔗 BriefEcology.com
In our latest eco review, our editor reviews Joe Koch's (@horrorsong.blog) recent short story, "Take Him", published in @gavagai.com:
Warrantless stops and violent roving patrols by masked federal agents across California, especially the Central Valley, have been terrorizing farm workers for the past 5 days. The chaos is escalating.
full statement: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Michael Niziolek is a former biology teacher and conservationist who, for the last several decades, has been working to restore 150 acres of wetland in Minnesota. In our latest issue he gave us an interview about his work 🌎
In our latest eco review, our editor reviews Joe Koch's (@horrorsong.blog) recent short story, "Take Him", published in @gavagai.com:
Michael Niziolek is a former biology teacher and conservationist who, for the last several decades, has been working to restore 150 acres of wetland in Minnesota. In our latest issue he gave us an interview about his work 🌎
We have hit our submission quota for the month and are now closed until November. BUT–we are experimenting with short-form poetry. For a chance to be featured in an upcoming issue, write an eco-inspired haiku, use the tag #TheRottingHaiku, and tag us in the post!
Can human waste be sustainable? Dr. Jason Graham-Nye thinks so. In our latest issue, he discusses his recent research on compostable diapers 🌎
Can human waste be sustainable? Dr. Jason Graham-Nye thinks so. In our latest issue, he discusses his recent research on compostable diapers 🌎
We are open for submissions! Send us your laments to the cyclical death of nature every autumn. Send us your paranoid stream of consciousness about how the trees are plotting against you (they are). Send us your weird natures. We want to read them.
In Beyond Clean-Ups, Professor Ria Dunkley discusses her recent research into "wasted-edgelands" as opportunities for ecopedagogy 🌎 🌐 👇
The leaves are falling. Soon they'll be rotting. Send some our way. Submissions open tonight at midnight, EST 🍂
In Beyond Clean-Ups, Professor Ria Dunkley discusses her recent research into "wasted-edgelands" as opportunities for ecopedagogy 🌎 🌐 👇
This was a fascinating issue to put together. Waste is so ever-present in capitalist society that we rarely stop to think about what it actually is, or what it could be instead.
Our latest issue is here! Life After Waste is a collection of essays, interview, fiction, and poetry, all exploring the concept of ecological waste from different perspectives.
Pick up a copy here
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You can find more #ecofiction over at the @rottingleafmag.bsky.social section of @briefecology.bsky.social:
A haiku/senryu-adjacent little piece from yours truly in this month's @briefecology.bsky.social.
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I have a new story in this called "Reclamation."
Pleased and downright fascinated to read a review of my short story "Take Him" in Brief Ecology. The story was recently an editor's pick on @gavagai.com & I'll confess it was very difficult to place & rejected many times, which makes the interest and attention of the reviewer especially lovely.
Our latest issue is here! Life After Waste is a collection of essays, interview, fiction, and poetry, all exploring the concept of ecological waste from different perspectives.
Pick up a copy here
🌎 🚮 ♻️ 👇
COVER REVEAL Our September issue is coming soon