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Leila Sackur

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Selling Sunset as LA Burns

Martha Swift

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

Christine Ochefu

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I May Destroy You: lessons for environmentalism

Gail Tasker

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Junk Jazz & Green Music

Martha Dillon

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A Greener Future for Council Housing: interview with John Boughton

Aaron Bradshaw

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The Unusual Chemistry of the Tar Sands

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Being in Nature Can be Boring: Rebecca Tamás’ Strangers

Louis Rogers

Nov 7, 2020
5 min

Being in Nature Can be Boring: Rebecca Tamás’ Strangers

Louis Rogers reviews essays on complex relationships with ecology by celebrated poet Rebecca Tamas.

Gail Tasker

Aug 22, 2020
6 min

Junk Jazz & Green Music

Gail Tasker explores the history and legacies of music made on reclaimed and repurposed objects.

It's Not About Hype: music from Ecuador's electronic underground

Arielle Domb

Jun 23, 2020
3 min

It's Not About Hype: music from Ecuador's electronic underground

Arielle Domb reviews the album Place: Ecuador, a direct response to the Ecuadorian Waorani People’s legal battles to protect their land.

How's the Weather, Baby?: Grimes' Miss Anthropocene and the rise of climate pop music

Arielle Domb

Apr 11, 2020
4 min

How's the Weather, Baby?: Grimes' Miss Anthropocene and the rise of climate pop music

Reflecting on the rise of climate imagery in modern pop music, Arielle Domb reviews Grimes' incendiary new offering Miss Anthropocene.

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