Belonging

Matt Sowerby contemplates the complicated legacies of John Ruskin and J. M. W. Turner in his home town, as Ruskin's View crumbles into the River Lune. Third in our series on land, culture and time.

Continuing our water-themed posts this month, James McGowan shows how getting one's feet wet can help bond a community together while restoring and re-inhabiting the local wild environment.

'The term 'eco-district' is a lie. In reality, it’s just real estate speculation and property development, dressed up by putting the word 'eco' in front' – Sylvie Decaux brings us a green-fingered resistance story from the heart of Paris, fighting to save green spaces from concrete.

A story of California rock and flame: Nicholas Triolo juxtaposes the tale of a narrow escape from the devastating Paradise wild fire, with the life and work of the poet Robinson Jeffers

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

Artist Abigail McDougall moves from Bristol to the island of Thasos in Greece, and undergoes the challenges of shifting to an ecological way of life.

Two writers contemplate the significance of steams in different territories: the Braamfontein Spruit in Johannesburg and the river Mel in Cambridgeshire.

Tom Smith speaks with Mark Boyle about his new book 'The Way Home'

A city like Berlin is already a natural disaster in so many ways. How are we supposed to know when a bit more is too much?

An essay by Dave Pritchett on wilderness, the rhetoric of progress and liberation ecology.