The non-human world is a realm of vibrant experience, dynamism and interconnectedness – a relational ecology composed of multiple species, systems and stories that, together, constitute the living matrix of life on Earth. This is the world of bacteria, fungi, plants and animals, of planets, elements and winds – ecosystems, climates and terrains – that has neither depended on nor been subsumed by the anthropocentric impulse of human reaction and action. It is ripe with resources of energy, information and emotion – a web of embedded meaning that is not circumscribed by human senses, assessments and interpretations.

See also: climate change, black bodies, white supremacy, indigenous traditions, late-stage capitalism