Issue V

Sep 30, 2020

How do you create a carbon free future? Step one: Envision it.

By Jack Kelly and Lauren Kuntz Movements for climate change action have been building momentum. One must only look as far as recent...

Calder Tsuyuki-Tomlinson

Sep 12, 2020

Issue V

Respite for a Forgotten Future

The current climate crisis marks a fundamental break from the relative climatic stability enjoyed by human cultures throughout the...

The Changing Way: Climate Change and the Camino de Santiago

Steffen Seitz

Aug 31, 2020

Issue V

The Changing Way: Climate Change and the Camino de Santiago

I was all alone on the path. The sun rose slowly behind me, coloring the distant sky a soft pink and then a fiery orange. On both sides...

Taking Root: Failure and Success for the Great Forest Wall of Tōhoku

Isabel Galwey

Aug 15, 2020

Issue V

Taking Root: Failure and Success for the Great Forest Wall of Tōhoku

Today's political zeitgeist gives rise to a relentless focus on walls: their construction and their deconstruction, their ‘how’s and...

Rising Seas and Creeping Authoritarianism: Bangladeshi Democracy in the Age of Climate Change

Ian Miller

Jul 30, 2020

Issue V

Rising Seas and Creeping Authoritarianism: Bangladeshi Democracy in the Age of Climate Change

In November of 1970, a massive cyclone struck the Bay of Bengal, lashing the Ganges Delta with 150 mile per hour winds and sweeping a...

Freya Chay

Jun 20, 2020

Issue V

Alaska: Considering Climate Opportunity

When I am feeling permeable to the world, contemplating the losses of climate change reliably makes me cry. What gets me isn’t imagining...

Language and Climate Action: An Interview with George Lakoff

Alexandria Herr

May 2, 2020

Issue V

Language and Climate Action: An Interview with George Lakoff

Why is it so difficult to act on climate change? Despite growing public awareness of the current climate crisis, the topic of climate...

'The Hoverflies Are Props':
Notes on Fredrik Sjöberg’s Memoir

Sienna White

Apr 22, 2020

Issue V

'The Hoverflies Are Props': Notes on Fredrik Sjöberg’s Memoir

Fredrik Sjöberg’s The Fly Trap is a notoriously difficult book to classify. It is a thin, yellow book, about 250 pages long. The cover...

Richard J. Nevle

Apr 13, 2020

Issue V

Birdwatching

You weave through the sky with the finest thread Invisible but to the stone of deep-down knowing Stitching and restitching the ripped...

Merryn Williams

Apr 7, 2020

Issue V

After Hastings

Some of Hastings has toppled into the sea. This time, the giant rock killed no one, but fast forward to another century and people will...

Alexandre Leskanich

Mar 28, 2020

Issue V

Living in the Aftermath

Historical consciousness has revolutionised human thinking. Knowing history, existing as part of it, even thinking of ourselves as...

Simple in name, hard to achieve: companies to miss 2020 zero-deforestation commitments

Sarah Brickman

Mar 21, 2020

Issue V

Simple in name, hard to achieve: companies to miss 2020 zero-deforestation commitments

Nearly a decade ago, the world’s largest food companies set a momentous goal: they would eliminate deforestation from their supply chains...

No Choice: Climate Change and the UK’s Working Class

Abigail Allan

Mar 8, 2020

Issue V

No Choice: Climate Change and the UK’s Working Class

Earlier this year, I began to notice that the mainstream media was increasingly focussing on the ‘plastic-free’ narrative, frequently...

When Radical Activist Turned Establishment Darling

Anthroposphere

Feb 11, 2020

Issue V

When Radical Activist Turned Establishment Darling

By Henrietta Flodell A comic strip is shared on social media across the world – a group of figures are standing in the left-hand corner,...

Anthroposphere

Feb 5, 2020

Issue V

You See This Star?

by Oliver Lewis The sun was a deep, red pit in the sky, sucking the light of today, and the countless days before, as it trudged towards...

Snakes in the City: an Unexpected Public Health Challenge Posed by Climate Change

Anthroposphere

Jan 22, 2020

Issue V

Snakes in the City: an Unexpected Public Health Challenge Posed by Climate Change

By Francesco Dernie Walking through a typical suburban neighbourhood, you might expect to come across any number of unassuming animals –...

Coastscape: Views of Ocean Change in Santa Cruz, California

Anthroposphere

Jan 11, 2020

Issue V

Coastscape: Views of Ocean Change in Santa Cruz, California

By Sierra Garcia But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls; The little waves, with their soft, white hands, Efface the footprints in the...

Anthroposphere

Dec 18, 2019

Issue V

Follow the Fishermen

By Owen Powell As the sun starts its slow climb, the world begins to stir. Most people are still in their beds as dawn reaches them, but...

Stepping Out of my Scientific Bubble in the Search for Policy Impact

Anthroposphere

Dec 17, 2019

Issue V

Stepping Out of my Scientific Bubble in the Search for Policy Impact

By David Williams Never before has climate science received so much public attention. Yet, as an early career researcher, we are often...

Climate Change, Security, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Anthroposphere

Dec 14, 2019

Issue V

Climate Change, Security, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

By Edgar Roberts Anthropogenic climate change is perhaps the greatest challenge facing humankind today as its impact extends into...

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