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Sulawesi: Where Continents Collide
The Jungle
October 30, 2017

Sulawesi: Where Continents Collide

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the above is a photo of the Scottish Highlands. In fact, it was taken in central Sulawesi.

Yayoi Kusama: An Artist for the Anthropocene
Bad Gals/ Boys
April 2, 2017

Yayoi Kusama: An Artist for the Anthropocene

To step into an Infinity Mirror Room is to lose one’s finite self in infinite reflections. It is also to experience reality as Kusama sees it: the self as a part of the environment, not apart from it.

The Sacred Grove
The Jungle
February 26, 2017

The Sacred Grove

Whatever Thoreauvian notions you might harbor about nature in the tropics, the truth is that the impact of human intervention is everywhere, and what you encounter is not quite natural.

How Do We Save All This?
The Jungle
April 2, 2017

How Do We Save All This?

Isn’t it time we started thinking about pristine ecosystems as providing a service, and if so, shouldn’t the owners of that resource be compensated for the service?

The Hydraulic Civilizations of Central Asia
Material Culture
November 4, 2016

The Hydraulic Civilizations of Central Asia

It is a little known fact that Central Asia (which, typically, does not conjure up much in the popular imagination beyond oil and despots)…

An Islamic Environmentalism
Immaterial Culture
October 8, 2016

An Islamic Environmentalism

“A group of men set out to collect the fruits of a garden, but before doing so, they failed to acknowledge that their labors…

A Watery Story
The City
October 24, 2015

A Watery Story

Are autocratic regimes necessary to push through the changes we need to save our planet?

Pondering the Haze
International Relations
September 26, 2015

Pondering the Haze

How does a single nation handle a transnational problem?

If You Want to Save the Planet, Don’t Buy So Much Stuff
The True Cost of Things
June 24, 2015

If You Want to Save the Planet, Don’t Buy So Much Stuff

Recycling doesn’t let us off the hook for our consumption choices.

One Man’s Trash is Another’s Treasure
The True Cost of Things
June 23, 2015

One Man’s Trash is Another’s Treasure

The global scrap trade conjures up ugly images of ragpickers and mountains of trash, but it’s actually one of globalisation’s great green successes.

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