Seeds As Antidotes: All of Us Began As an Encounterment
Right now, in front of me, there is a pepper tree that is 60 years old. Its leaves dance in the wind and often reach the window of my studio where I write, almost like a nudge t
The Environmental Cost of Conflict
Armed conflict reshapes the living systems that hold us together. Peace is not only about the absence of war, it is about the presence of a liveable planet. Conflicts intensify th
Desire and Ecosexual Consent Between Art and Queer Subcultures
Embracing Radical Intimacy in Environmental Activism Humans’ relationship with the Earth and with non-human life—and, in fact, with each other—is fraught with exploitation o
Reclaiming Pleasure: The Antidote to Oppression
How to reclaim the sensual self? Pleasure serves an ecological function; it is through the ebbs and flows of desire that nature ensures survival. Our needs, desires, and sensualit
Fiction and Political Imagination: Changing the Narrative
Fiction does not merely shape how we imagine the future – it influences what feels possible, what feels inevitable, and what feels worth fighting for, which is why protopias offe
Queer Indigenous Stories: To Be Seen Otherwise | Kali Spitzer
To Be Seen Otherwise traces Kali Spitzer’s practice as an act of care, kinship, and reclamation—where photography becomes less about image-making and more about relationships.
We Found Hope in a Rotting Place
We will all be soil again. Rot and decay are part of the natural cycle. Anyone who composts knows this, is intimately familiar with the process of breaking down to return anew.
When the Spirit of Nature Calls: A Journey Through Grief, Death, and Eternity
Love is complicated and perhaps even more so when we are faced with the death of someone we love. Grief has a way of reshaping our understanding of the world, leaving us to search
You Are Here: Five Poems to Break our Minds out of Borders
In their poetry collection You Are Here, Edie Popper challenges key assumptions underpinning the capitalist and anthropocentric systems by which we live—assumptions that encourag
