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'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.

Cayte Bosler retraces the roads taken by pioneer US motorist Alice Ramsey, seeking what remains of the natural world in 'this strange age of technocratic fever dreams'

James Mcconachie considers the past, present and uncertain future of La España vaciada: Spain's hollowed-out interior, known for wildfires, hailstorms and abandoned dwellings.

In the third post in our Of Earth and Empire series, Sara Jolena Wolcott discusses how a regenerative culture requires a return to an indigenous, cyclical understanding of time.

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.

To launch our new series about walking, here is an audio field guide to crossing a continent on foot

New twist on our Outbreak series: a 'palimpsest' of pieces from around the world. Today we hear from Joanna Pocock in London and Austin Jepsky in Pittsburgh, USA

Catrina Davies reflects on our perilous relationship with transport on an epic cycle across the badlands of Spain. From our anniversary issue REFUGE.

Reviews of 'Underland' by Robert Macfarlane and 'Horizon' by Barry Lopez