Lexicon - Ecological Emotion Research Lab

ECOLOGICAL EMOTIONS RESEARCH LAB

An Earth Lexicon for Children
My purpose is a language that can make us whole,Though mortal, ignorant and small.The world is whole beyond human knowing. –– Wendell Berry, ‘Some Further Words’

I asked friends and colleagues, all environmental researchers and writers, to share some words with the coming generations – old words, borrowed words, and made-up words. Georgie Igoe has created art to accompany the definitions which we have worked up together.

We hope they will help children of all ages navigate the changing world.

Art
Georgie Igoe

Contributors
Glenn Albrecht
James Bradley
Danielle Celermajer
Sophie Chao
Andrew Errington
Rohan Howitt
Billy Griffiths
Rachel Douglas Jones
Jamie Lorimer
Ruth Morgan
Emily O’Gorman

Editing
James Dunk
whalesong
The underwater music made by very large seagoing mammals. Human ears can only hear some of the songs
whales sing to each other, which resound in the depths of the world
whalesong
The underwater music made by very large seagoing mammals. Human ears can only hear some of the songs that whales sing to each other, which resound in the depths of the world
whalesong
The underwater music made by very large seagoing mammals. Human ears can only hear some of the songs that whales sing to each other, which resound in the depths of the world
An Earth Lexicon for Children
A video version of the lexicon created for the event New Feels, New Forms: Art, Play, and Ecological Emotion, held in Sydney in December 2022.

Read by Aubrey and Ira Dunk. Film by Lisa Grant, featuring Hazel and Wilder Grant. Film editing by Stephanie Dunk. Word editing by James Dunk. Words and definitions by: Glenn Albrecht, James Bradley, Danielle Celermajer, Sophie Chao, Andrew Errington, Billy Griffiths, Rohan Howitt, Rachel Douglas Jones, Jamie Lorimer, Ruth Morgan, and Emily O’Gorman.

An Earth Lexicon for Children

My purpose is a language that can make us whole,Though mortal, ignorant and small.The world is whole beyond human knowing. –– Wendell Berry, ‘Some Further Words’

whalesong

The underwater music made by very large seagoing mammals. Human ears can only hear some of the songswhales sing to each other, which resound in the depths of the world

whalesong

The underwater music made by very large seagoing mammals. Human ears can only hear some of the songs that whales sing to each other, which resound in the depths of the world

whalesong

An Earth Lexicon for Children

The underwater music made by very large seagoing mammals. Human ears can only hear some of the songs
whales sing to each other, which resound in the depths of the world