Grimes last year entitled her album Miss Anthropocene, while Nick Mulvey released a song in 2019 called In the Anthropocene, which comes with a little explainer about what the term refers to: “the current geological age”. The Anthropocene is a proposed new geological period in which human activity is profoundly affecting the environment. It already seems like the word Anthropocene is becoming more commonly used. Of course there is a political element: by using the term Anthropocene, we are clearly acknowledging our role in the climate emergency, a detail that some have played down (and rejected). Anthropocene puts humans centre stage in this moment in time – as the actors, the ones responsible for the mess.

Source: The Irish Times February 07, 2021 06:00 UTC