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Scapegoat: What the Invasive Species Story Gets Wrong
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Expected 3 Mar 26The problem with invasive species is a problem of capitalism.
A caste of plants and animals labeled "invasive" are villainized as primary drivers of habitat degradation that must be eradicated at any cost—an ethically fraught and often futile approach. Fanatical intervention efforts lay waste to local ecosystems, yet this outdated narrative of “species management” persists in both public belief and conservation policy, distracting from and even justifying a far greater threat to the global capitalist system that is destroying our planet.
Drawing on environmental science and semiotics, Scapegoat recounts how the rhetoric of war between “native” and “invasive” species provides cover for business and political interests and their social and ecological consequences. In her clear-eyed polemic, Clare Follmann challenges received wisdom in light of the true ecological crisis we face. The choice is we can have capital, or we can have life.
A caste of plants and animals labeled "invasive" are villainized as primary drivers of habitat degradation that must be eradicated at any cost—an ethically fraught and often futile approach. Fanatical intervention efforts lay waste to local ecosystems, yet this outdated narrative of “species management” persists in both public belief and conservation policy, distracting from and even justifying a far greater threat to the global capitalist system that is destroying our planet.
Drawing on environmental science and semiotics, Scapegoat recounts how the rhetoric of war between “native” and “invasive” species provides cover for business and political interests and their social and ecological consequences. In her clear-eyed polemic, Clare Follmann challenges received wisdom in light of the true ecological crisis we face. The choice is we can have capital, or we can have life.
192 pages, Kindle Edition
Expected publication March 3, 2026
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About the author
Clare Follmann
3 books8 followersMy name is Clare. I am an author, editor, tea-leaf reader, and grants coordinator located in Olympia, WA.
My work engages with themes of landscape and sense of home, semiotics and language, politics and social critique, and magic and folklore. I use experimental non-fiction, memoir, poetry, fiction, and critical interdisciplinary essay to explore material of interest. I have published articles and prose in Oak Journal, Innersleeve, and Elderly Mag. I was the artist-in-residence at Sou’Wester in the spring of 2020.
b. 1991 Alexandria, Virginia
My work engages with themes of landscape and sense of home, semiotics and language, politics and social critique, and magic and folklore. I use experimental non-fiction, memoir, poetry, fiction, and critical interdisciplinary essay to explore material of interest. I have published articles and prose in Oak Journal, Innersleeve, and Elderly Mag. I was the artist-in-residence at Sou’Wester in the spring of 2020.
b. 1991 Alexandria, Virginia
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