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Becoming Human

Rock art by Caroline Ross (for cover of Issue 13)

‘Sometimes, it is necessary to return to the body, to emotion, or to the still waters of the deep psyche, in order to remember what it means to be human’. From forest and river encounters to meditations on time, Becoming Human explores the physical, psychological and experiential aspects of our current predicament and how we might realign our bodies and minds with the living systems.

The Poetics of Ecology

Hannah Close
23rd February, 2022
Becoming Human

The Butterfly and the Cocoon

Steve Wheeler
4th August, 2021
Becoming Human editor, Steve Wheeler speaks with depth psychologist and wilderness guide Bill Plotkin about the metamorphoses of the soul in times of ecological crisis.
Becoming Human

On Water and Failure

Andrew F Giles
12th May, 2021
Permaculture farmer, Andrew F. Giles explores queer ecology, fieldwork and flexibility among the mountains in Spain during a time of ecological crisis
Becoming HumanBelonging

Sick

Cate Chapman
7th October, 2020
For our Becoming Human series, poet and editor Cate Chapman writes about the parallels between navigating long-term illness and a planet and a people in crisis.
Becoming Human

What’s Possible

Akshay Ahuja
14th May, 2020
Akshay Ahuja interviews the writer and activist, Charles Eisenstein about how we might navigate a radical shift in our inner and outer worlds.
Becoming Human

Decolonising Sleep

Uma Dinsmore-Tuli
12th February, 2020
In the final post in our winter Becoming Human series, Uma Dinsmore-Tuli declares a reclamation of sleep in an insomniac culture.
Becoming Human

The Happiness Problem

Sam Wren-Lewis
6th February, 2020
Becoming Human

The Alien and the Magic Rabbit

Siana Fitzjohn
29th January, 2020
Latest in our Becoming Human series, Siana Fitzjohn tells the tale of how a relationship with a fellow creature healed a dark encounter of the human kind.
Becoming Human

The Way Back to the Wilderness Within

Max St John
22nd January, 2020
In the second round of our series Becoming Human, Max St John tells the story of his journey back to the wild through the Daoist body practice Nei Gong
Becoming HumanLife writing

A Thunderous Galloping Gathering

Amy Irvine
2nd October, 2019
Amy Irvine challenges Edward Abbey's influence on our individualistic relationship with wilderness, in an extract from her latest book 'Desert Cabal'
Becoming HumanPlace & Time

Where the Wild Things Aren’t

Philip Webb Gregg
25th September, 2019
As part of our 'Becoming Human’ series, Philip Webb Gregg reflects on city life after an upbringing in the wilds of southern Spain.
Becoming Human

Voices Calling from the Water

Alice Attlee
20th June, 2019
Alice Attlee enters the freezing waters of the river Medway in the wake of fellow swimmer-writers and activists. With illustration by Nick Hayes. Latest post in our 'Becoming Human' section.
Becoming Human

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