A whale of a pattern of thought and an organizing principle for community-based environmental management

Rob Moir
11 min readApr 26, 2022
Gaft cutter Eda Frandsen in the Hebrides, Scotland. Photo by Rob Moir

Off the coast of Maine, an explosive exhalation of air swept my attention over the sailboat’s starboard rail. A broad stretch of hide rose like a pebbled sand bar the length of the twenty-seven-foot boat. The right whale wheeled forward, sliding into opaque water while I stammered and pointed.

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Rob Moir

Rob Moir is writing environmental nonfiction and writes for the Ocean River Institute and the Global Warming Solutions IE-PAC newsletter.