Harley McDonald-Eckersall – Medium

Harley McDonald-Eckersall

Harley McDonald-Eckersall

Framing Animals as Individuals in Climate Communications

A Resource for Communicators and Change-Makers

6 min readJul 8, 2022

--

A crowd of people at a protest. A woman holds a sign reading animal agriculture = climate breakdown while another holds a yellow Animal Rebellion flag

--

Harley McDonald-Eckersall

Redefining Uncertainty

What the cultural and creative movements can teach us about social movement organising

14 min readJun 10, 2022

--

Redefining Uncertainty

--

Harley McDonald-Eckersall

Apocalypse or Revolution? — On fires, fear and climate grief

This time last week I was sitting in bed on my second full day in London, looking on in horror as story after story detailed the…

3 min readJan 12, 2020

--

Apocalypse or Revolution? — On fires, fear and climate grief

--

Harley McDonald-Eckersall

Finding a Liberated Future Amidst Trauma

At the beginning of this month, I had the privilege of speaking at the Liberated Futures conference held in Melbourne. Organised by the…

3 min readDec 11, 2019

--

Sunrise through a tree

--

Harley McDonald-Eckersall

Justice for Who? — Finding a Language of Liberation (Part 1)

Language is a marvellous, and marvellously complex, creation. It shapes the world we live in, constructing opinion and perspective…

5 min readDec 4, 2019

--

Close up of book pages forming a heart

--

Harley McDonald-Eckersall

5 Books That Changed the Way I Think

Ever since I can remember, I have loved to read. As a child I used to escape into fantasy worlds, closing myself in my bedroom for hours…

9 min readNov 27, 2019

--

A stack of books

--

Harley McDonald-Eckersall

Burning Out Bridges — My journey towards healing and re-connection

Recently, I had one of those strange experiences of confluence which, when they occur, are almost enough to make me believe that the…

6 min readNov 18, 2019

--

1

A bridge over a lake

--

1

Harley McDonald-Eckersall

Stories From the Saddle — Reflections on Racing, Riding and Living with Horses

Tomorrow, thousands of TVs will echo with the sounds of pounding hooves. Tomorrow, the gleaming coats of thoroughbreds will glisten in…

8 min readNov 4, 2019

--

Stories From the Saddle — Reflections on Racing, Riding and Living with Horses

--

Harley McDonald-Eckersall

Bending or Breaking? — Contemplating Compromise in Social Movements

Recently, I’ve observed a couple of situations arising in the animal rights movement which have caused me to contemplate the idea of…

9 min readOct 30, 2019

--

A cat curls up in twisted position to sleep

--

Harley McDonald-Eckersall

Animal Rights Under Occupation — Lessons from the Palestinian Animal League

On the weekend I had the privilege of presenting at the Animal Activists Forum about my time in Palestine earlier in the year and what I…

1 min readOct 23, 2019

--

--

Harley McDonald-Eckersall

Harley McDonald-Eckersall

Activist, ally and anti-speciesist. Doing my best in an imperfect world and constantly in awe of the inspiring people I see fighting for liberation.

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams