Why don't we grieve for extinct species?
We have no rituals for coping with extinction, ecological destruction or environmental loss. And that's a problem. Now, an impassioned group of artists and activists are trying to create them. In early 2010, artist, activist and mother, Persephone Pearl, headed to the Bristol Museum. Like many concerned about the fate of the planet, she was in despair over the failed climate talks in Copenhagen that winter. She sat o…