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FeaturesThe Bitter Reality
Research shows that 60% of the world’s 124 wild coffee species are at risk of extinction. Protecting those coffee species, and wild relatives of our food crops is vital for long-term sustainability.
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FeaturesPlanting the Future
How can we imagine flourishing futures amid the polycrisis? Kalpana Arias explores how gardens are on the frontlines of resistance and regeneration.
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FeaturesUÝRA
Uýra Sodoma is a manifestation of the biologist, ecologist, visual artist and art educator Emerson Pontes. Uýra tells stories to and for their community via the emotion of the imagination
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FeaturesThe Colour of Transformation
Through the metaphor of butterfly metamorphosis, a documentary shares new perspectives on nature from seven global majority women pioneers who work in land justice and biodiversity conservation.
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EssaysFinding the Balance
There is an imbalance of power in the environmental movement. If we are having conversations about the future of the planet, then we need to include everyone.
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EssaysTime is Running Out for Africa
Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate was concerned by a lack of awareness of the climate crisis in her country, and began a series of strikes to demand action from the government.
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InterviewsNew Ways of Being and Healing Outside
misery’s co-facilitators, Sonji Shah and Maymana Arefin, discuss how we can redefine our relationships with nature and create spaces for queer joy and healing outside racial capitalism.
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EssaysStaying Power
Adventures in nature don’t always have to be pursued in other lands, sometimes they can be found closer to home.
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EssaysWithout Vultures
Vultures around the world are facing a crisis, and that crisis impacts us all.
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EssaysWeather Warning
Antarctic atmospheric scientist John Law describes his work at Rothera Research Station.
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PhotographyMy Garden My Kingdom
The oldest and biggest refugee camp in Iraq, which hosts 32,000 Syrian refugees, their gardens are more than just a source of flowers and food.
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EssaysTeko Porã
The good and beautiful paths of bem viver
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FeaturesThe Sámi Narrative
Sámi people have an ancient reciprocal relationship with reindeer and the landscapes of the European Arctic. Against the backdrop of a warming world, their way of life is under threat.
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FeaturesAlive and Enchanted
The UK lacks forest. Regeneration offers a chance to move beyond current systems and create a soul connection with woodlands - a chance to rejoin nature.
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EssaysThe Water Element of Five Element Taoist Medicine
The energetics of the five elements are a constant presence within the cosmos, our solar system, our earth and the vital life force behind everything we do.
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FeaturesAncient Knowledge, Future Farming
The book, Country: Future Fire, Future Farming is a unified clarion call from two very different minds: Bill Gammage and Bruce Pascoe.
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FeaturesThe Waterfall
The Dutch artist Maurits Escher’s lithograph, Waterfall, is an impossible image. It depicts a waterfall running a mill - the collected water descending only to reach the top of the fall again,...
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FeaturesRe-Indigenising the Land
Harnessing the guiding light of their traditions and beliefs, the Indigenous Manobo youth of Bukidnon, in the Philippines, are leading the way in preserving their land and culture.
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EssaysBetween the Dog and the Wolf
The artists reflect on remnants of ancient ways of thinking, cautionary tales and the recognition of consequences.
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FeaturesBecoming pond
The pond is a microcosm of a bigger ecosystem, reminding us that the water that constitutes us inextricably connects us to the whole of the natural world.
— Issue #5