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Martha Swift

Oct 12
6 min

How Recycling Ruined the World: a review of Chen Qiufan’s Waste Tide

Christine Ochefu

Oct 4
5 min

I May Destroy You: lessons for environmentalism

Ibrahim Kombarji

Sep 13
5 min

Technicolour: ecology & politics in Lebanon

Gail Tasker

Aug 22
6 min

Junk Jazz & Green Music

Martha Dillon

Jun 8
9 min

A Greener Future for Council Housing: interview with John Boughton

Aaron Bradshaw

May 16
8 min

The Unusual Chemistry of the Tar Sands

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How Recycling Ruined the World: a review of Chen Qiufan’s Waste Tide

Martha Swift

Oct 12
6 min

How Recycling Ruined the World: a review of Chen Qiufan’s Waste Tide

Martha Swift reviews Chen Qiufan's Waste Tide, finding a gripping cyberpunk thriller with a challenging ecological message.

The Craftsman and the Sustainable Transition

Eloise Dethier-Eaton

Sep 17
6 min

The Craftsman and the Sustainable Transition

Eloise Dethier-Eaton turns to the work of William Morris to understand her role as a craftsman in the sustainable transition.

Artists are the Best Consultants: interview with Helen Turner

Aoife Fannin

Sep 13
7 min

Artists are the Best Consultants: interview with Helen Turner

Aoife Fannin interviews Helen Turner, Artistic Director and Curator of the groundbreaking E-WERK Luckenwalde project.

'My Hope for the Future': children's climate art competition winners revealed

It's Freezing in LA!

Sep 7
11 min

'My Hope for the Future': children's climate art competition winners revealed

It's Freezing in LA! are proud to publish the seven finalists of the 2020 'My Hope for the Future' art competition.

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