Samantha M. Harvey brings us a story of struggling to create ceremony and a sense of connection with place in a culture that promotes neither of those things.
Writer and herbalist Frieda Kipar Bay tells of fleeing fire in California to follow the trail of migrating forests, in search of a safe haven for her family.
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.
Nathanael Bonnell re-examines the role of maps in the context of place, culture, colonialism and future-history and asks what will the new maps look like, and how will we create them?
'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.
Two writers contemplate the significance of steams in different territories: the Braamfontein Spruit in Johannesburg and the river Mel in Cambridgeshire.