The ultimate question of the Anthropocene ↗
Biological resilience, climate change, biodiversity, and social justice through the work of Carl Folke and colleagues.
Writing from Beijing Owl
Taking what we see seriously enough to write it down.
Selected writing
A website cannot hold every story.
These passages and lines of thought come from articles already published by Beijing Owl. The complete Chinese articles remain on our WeChat public account.
Ecology & society · Yanqi Lyu
When a leopard cat comes down the mountain ↗
“A thief,” he said. “But not a truly bad one. Quick, beautiful, with a beautiful pattern. It is cruel too, killing several chickens at once. Still, it is good to have them. The mountain feels alive.”
A leopard cat enters a chicken coop. Outside the camera frame, farmers repair fences, calculate losses, and continue through winter. Beijing Owl places images and interviews together to ask what coexistence requires.
A member’s voice · Yujie Zhang
Being a fox wandering through nature ↗
“Looking and listening quietly with companions, without too many extra records, gives me a purer kind of enjoyment.”
From chasing photographs to hearing a bird deep in the forest, Yujie Zhang writes about photography, observation, and care for life.
Children’s nature exploration
Children’s nature exploration · Yanqi Lyu
Children of nature ↗
A sticker showed an insect resting on a flower. The children did not know whether it belonged with “animals” or “plants.” Someone said, “But they are together in the first place.”
Their questions reminded the high school students leading the activity that every life lives in the same place.
Cultural exploration · Yanqi Lyu & Yutong Wu
The snow leopard does not live on the snow mountain ↗
The name snow leopard makes us think of snow peaks. White Jade Monastery’s thangka paintings and the local knowledge of the Seven Sacred Mountains place the animal among rock and cliffs.
Science tells us about bodies, habitats, and behavior. Local stories show how people make room for other lives.
Public writing
From a paper to a shared question
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework ↗
From international goals to action by 2030 and youth participation.
When environmental protection meets artificial intelligence ↗
Monitoring technology, data sharing, and the social questions around digital tools.
Where does the lungta drift? ↗
Field notes from Nyanpo Yutse: pastures, pilgrimage, pikas, and local knowledge.