Stories

The Call of Time

As Black cinema reconnects us with African notions of time, it also allows us to consider a more balanced relationship with life, ancestrality and the environment.

Wax and Wane

Tuning into the cycles of the moon can help connect us to nature and give our lives direction.

The Grammar of Being

How our use of language can define our relationship with the natural world.

After the Winter

Reconnecting with the Earth can help us recover from the pandemic and prepare for the future.

The Earthly Sensuous

The intense connection with the natural world that is felt by many autistic people would benefit all of us in the fight against climate breakdown.

Untitled

Life’s Resilience: the Perspective of Deep Time

A palaeontologist reflects on historic extinction events and what we might learn from them today.

The Future is Ancestral

Ailton Krenak, born in the Doce River valley in Minas Gerais, is a member of the Krenak people and has become one of the main voices in defence of Indigenous peoples’ rights in Brazil.

No Planet B

It’s December 2022, and the UN Biodiversity Conference, COP15, is finally happening.

Bathed in Light

The healing properties of the sun, thought to be a cure for tuberculosis, influenced Modernist medicine, literature and architecture.

Obituary for a Coyote

A dead coyote conjures thoughts of last rites and Native American folklore.

African, Dream Again

Forced into labour as a child in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s cobalt mines, Kikuni Papsher escaped and now helps refugee children in Uganda.

Children of the Climate Crisis

Bringing a child into climate chaos can feel daunting, but we can see the world anew through their eyes.

Finding 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.

Future Proof

As climate change-induced extreme weather events ravage countries across the world, governments and planners are having to rethink infrastructure alongside cutting carbon emissions.

The Colonial Life of Plants

Museums in the UK are being forced to deal with their colonial legacies, and this often focuses on the return of looted objects. But what does this movement towards justice mean for less tangible...

Seed Time

A Poem by Will Burns