Notes from the
Anthropocene

An ongoing collection of facts, thoughts, & visuals exploring humanity’s relationship with, and impact on, Earth.

Quote by John Steinbeck about wastefulness, from "Travels with Charley" (1962)
new york city / june 2023
Quote from "The Sixth Extinction" by Elizabeth Kolbert about the estimated extinction rates of coral, mollusks, sharks, mammals, reptiles, and birds.
Aerial view of a long, straight bridge over a river with swirling blue and black patterns. A single white car is visible on the bridge.
Quote from 'The Uninhabitable Earth' by David Wallace-Wells, 2019, about extinctions caused by climate change and greenhouse gases, not just asteroids.
Text image with a quote from "A Man Without a Country" by Kurt Vonnegut expressing criticism of human impact on the environment, petroleum consumption, and war, dated 2005.
Large pile of plastic waste in a landfill under a blue sky during sunset.
Quote: "The waste we seek so hard to ignore threatens to bury us." by Sim Van der Ryn via Finn Arne Jorgensen Recycling (2019).
Crowd of protesters with various signs advocating for climate change action.
Quote from Tom Steyer's "Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We’ll Win the Climate War (2024)" comparing oil and gas companies to cigarette companies in the 1990s, noting knowledge of harm but continuation due to profit. Mentions $7 trillion in government s