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Towards A Symbiotic Science A recent flurry of partnerships between Indigenous tribes and Western researchers foretells a new philosophy of science.

Indigeneity

The Scientists Studying the Edge of Extinction

The Scientists Studying the Edge of Extinction

The Scientists Studying the Edge of Extinction Researchers on the frontline remain resilient through grief as they protect Earth's rarest creatures from kākāpō to right whales.

Anthropocene Biodiversity

Atmos and Synchronicity Earth Celebrate the Chrysalis Youth Fund

Atmos and Synchronicity Earth Celebrate the Chrysalis Youth Fund

Atmos and Synchronicity Earth Celebrate the Chrysalis Youth Fund Kicking off Climate Week in New York City, Atmos and Synchronicity Earth came together to toast the launch of the Chrysalis Youth Fund.

Changemakers

During climate change protests in NYC, indigenous protestors raise flags and artifacts to show representation.

During climate change protests in NYC, indigenous protestors raise flags and artifacts to show representation.

A Glimpse Into NYC’s Climate March to End Fossil Fuels On Sunday, tens of thousands of protestors flooded Manhattan’s streets and demanded an end to fossil fuels.

Photography Democracy

Jeff Goodell on Painting Climate Realities Through Art

Jeff Goodell on Painting Climate Realities Through Art

Jeff Goodell on Painting Climate Realities Through Art Acclaimed writer, Jeff Goodell, co-curated a new art exhibit that confronts the dire threat of climate change.

Art & Culture Anthropocene

Fabricating Change

As fashion month kicks off in New York, Atmos presents a series of stories that examine the opportunities and challenges facing an industry in urgent need of reducing its textile waste.

Explore the series

Algae spread out like a fan

A spool of wool that could be used as a biomaterial.

Close-up of enoki mushroom

Three beige string biomaterials hang next to each other.

An oil spill caused by fossil fuels floods the ocean.

Explore the series

A model dressed in pink and white linen fabric lays on the forest floor.

A model dressed in pink and white linen fabric lays on the forest floor.

Spinning Stories From a Place of Love As part of our week-long deep-dive into material solutions, photographer Andy Jackson lenses an intimate exploration of linen and love.

Photography Ethical Fashion

Gray mist engulfs both grassy and snow capped mountains in the distance.

Gray mist engulfs both grassy and snow capped mountains in the distance.

All The Earth For billions of years, our planet's crust has fractured and reformed. What can it teach us about creating wholeness amidst fragmentation?

The Overview Deep Ecology

An oil spill caused by fossil fuels floods the ocean.

An oil spill caused by fossil fuels floods the ocean.

Can Next-Gen Materials Unravel Fashion’s Reliance on Fossil Fuels? A new wave of materials is emerging to tackle the issues associated with fashion’s supply chains.

Fabricating Change Ethical Fashion

A group of sheep walk along a grass field.

A group of sheep walk along a grass field.

How Wool Can Help Mend Frayed Landscapes Want to fix fashion and heal the climate? Start by paying farmers for the real cost of restoring the land.

Fabricating Change Ethical Fashion

Order Volume 08: Rhythm

Nature is an elaborate orchestra of interconnectedness, in which timing is everything.

Visible Light: Colorism and Perception

Visible Light: Colorism and Perception

Visible Light: Colorism and Perception Light touches everything, but our perception dictates what we see. Ronan Mckenzie explores how colorism emerges from the prism of perception

Art & Culture Ethical Fashion

Close-up of enoki mushroom

Close-up of enoki mushroom

Reweaving the Future: Inside Fashion’s Biomaterial Revolution Meet the innovators redefining beauty and combating waste through planet-positive biomaterials.

Fabricating Change Art & Culture

A black sewing machine rests on a table draped with a white sheet in an empty concrete room.

A black sewing machine rests on a table draped with a white sheet in an empty concrete room.

How Traditional Indian Fabrics Are Reinventing the Wheel of Sustainability Can hemp and khadi be the antidote to the resource-depleting textiles that make up today’s fashion industry?

Fabricating Change Art & Culture

Several chunks of poisonous mushroom stick to red background.

Several chunks of poisonous mushroom stick to red background.

Pick Your Poison A society built on immoderation has proven to be toxic for both us and the planet. So what is the antidote?

The Overview Deep Ecology

Cracked beige concrete is slightly shown in the shadows, slightly in the sunlight

Cracked beige concrete is slightly shown in the shadows, slightly in the sunlight

Earthquakes in a Warming World As climate change causes increased seismic activity, ancestral teachings about earthquakes continue to provide life-saving knowledge.

Indigeneity Anthropocene

Two dung beetles roll not he dirt along with a circular cut out of solar system drawing.

Two dung beetles roll not he dirt along with a circular cut out of solar system drawing.

Dung, the Cradle of Diversity Guided by celestial bodies in the sky, dung beetles fertilize the land, nourishing their surroundings and engineering flourishing ecosystems

Common Origins Deep Ecology

A Love Letter to My Compost Heap

A Love Letter to My Compost Heap

A Love Letter to My Compost Heap Writer Romany Williams redefines composting as a pathway to greater environmental responsibility and spiritual growth.

Deep Ecology Biodiversity

In the desert of San Luis Potosí, the Wixárika search for peyote.

In the desert of San Luis Potosí, the Wixárika search for peyote.

A Mysterious Murder in the Peyote Guardians’ Sacred Desert After years of defending sacred land, Margarito Díaz was assassinated in his sleep.

Indigeneity Identity & Community

Sustainable Fashion

Highlighting stories that explore the issues our fashion industry is facing

A fuzzy black and white illustration of a clock.

A fuzzy black and white illustration of a clock.

A Day in the Life of a Fast Fashion Worker One worker employed by a garment factory in Malaysia breaks down the hour-by-hour reality of producing stock in the name of fast fashion.

Environmental Justice Ethical Fashion

Can Made-To-Order Brands Slow Down the Fashion System?

Can Made-To-Order Brands Slow Down the Fashion System?

Can Made-To-Order Brands Slow Down the Fashion System? The rise of made-to-order fashion labels is good for the industry’s sustainability credentials. But the scale of impact remains uncertain.

Ethical Fashion

Digital vs Slow: The Future of Sustainable Fashion

Digital vs Slow: The Future of Sustainable Fashion

Digital vs Slow: The Future of Sustainable Fashion Slow fashion designer Nicklas Skovgaard speaks with The Fabricant's lead digital designer Anna Liedtke about disrupting the fashion system

Ethical Fashion Art & Culture

Paper and plastic waste boxes sit in a storage unit.

Paper and plastic waste boxes sit in a storage unit.

Lifting the Curtain on Carbon Colonialism Carbon colonialism is a system where the Global North “outsources” carbon emissions by moving dirty industry and waste to the Global South.

Environmental Justice Ethical Fashion

Carrying Capacity

Carrying Capacity

Carrying Capacity Clothing waste in Ghana's Kantamanto Market is grueling work for the women and girls who injure themselves carrying loads upon their heads.

The Frontline Ethical Fashion

Hoda Katebi’s Mission to Abolish Sweatshops

Hoda Katebi’s Mission to Abolish Sweatshops

Hoda Katebi’s Mission to Abolish Sweatshops The community organizer is setting the tone for what an equitable fashion system could be.

Ethical Fashion

The Future of Fashion Is Justice

The Future of Fashion Is Justice

The Future of Fashion Is Justice California and New York are paving the way to sustainable and equitable fashion, signaling a major shift in the industry.

The Frontline Ethical Fashion

Sustainable Fashion

Highlighting stories that explore the issues our fashion industry is facing

A fuzzy black and white illustration of a clock.

A fuzzy black and white illustration of a clock.

A Day in the Life of a Fast Fashion Worker One worker employed by a garment factory in Malaysia breaks down the hour-by-hour reality of producing stock in the name of fast fashion.

Environmental Justice Ethical Fashion

Can Made-To-Order Brands Slow Down the Fashion System?

Can Made-To-Order Brands Slow Down the Fashion System?

Can Made-To-Order Brands Slow Down the Fashion System? The rise of made-to-order fashion labels is good for the industry’s sustainability credentials. But the scale of impact remains uncertain.

Ethical Fashion

Digital vs Slow: The Future of Sustainable Fashion

Digital vs Slow: The Future of Sustainable Fashion

Digital vs Slow: The Future of Sustainable Fashion Slow fashion designer Nicklas Skovgaard speaks with The Fabricant's lead digital designer Anna Liedtke about disrupting the fashion system

Ethical Fashion Art & Culture

Paper and plastic waste boxes sit in a storage unit.

Paper and plastic waste boxes sit in a storage unit.

Lifting the Curtain on Carbon Colonialism Carbon colonialism is a system where the Global North “outsources” carbon emissions by moving dirty industry and waste to the Global South.

Environmental Justice Ethical Fashion

Carrying Capacity

Carrying Capacity

Carrying Capacity Clothing waste in Ghana's Kantamanto Market is grueling work for the women and girls who injure themselves carrying loads upon their heads.

The Frontline Ethical Fashion

Hoda Katebi’s Mission to Abolish Sweatshops

Hoda Katebi’s Mission to Abolish Sweatshops

Hoda Katebi’s Mission to Abolish Sweatshops The community organizer is setting the tone for what an equitable fashion system could be.

Ethical Fashion

The Future of Fashion Is Justice

The Future of Fashion Is Justice

The Future of Fashion Is Justice California and New York are paving the way to sustainable and equitable fashion, signaling a major shift in the industry.

The Frontline Ethical Fashion

Light illuminates the inside of an empty snail shell.

Light illuminates the inside of an empty snail shell.

Fractal Nature Geometric, self-similar patterns known as fractals can be found all throughout nature: in snowflakes, galaxies, and even our own DNA.

The Overview Deep Ecology

Bridging Worlds Through Art and Indigenous Wisdom

Bridging Worlds Through Art and Indigenous Wisdom

Bridging Worlds Through Art and Indigenous Wisdom The Kogi people have been stewarding the land of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia for millennia.

Art & Culture Indigeneity

The dark interior of mountain valley pipeline.

The dark interior of mountain valley pipeline.

Appalachia Mobilizes Against Manchin’s Dirty Deal The fight against the Mountain Valley Pipeline intensifies as Congress overreaches to thwart judicial action.

Movement Building Democracy

Black Americans’ Complicated Search for Paradise

Black Americans’ Complicated Search for Paradise

Black Americans’ Complicated Search for Paradise Many Black Americans are moving to Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica for a life free from discrimination.

Black Liberation Identity & Community

As Russia Continues to Invade Ukraine, One Farmer Laments His Land

As Russia Continues to Invade Ukraine, One Farmer Laments His Land

As Russia Continues to Invade Ukraine, One Farmer Laments His Land At the war-torn remains of his property, a Ukrainian farmer spoke to Atmos about loss and perseverance in the wake of the Russian invasion.

Anthropocene Identity & Community

A model poses against a leaning pole in Delhi.

A model poses against a leaning pole in Delhi.

A Glimpse Inside Delhi’s Punk Scene In a new photographic series, photographer Vivek Vadoliya and stylist James Lalthanzuala capture Delhi’s dancers and metalheads.

Art & Culture Photography

A monarch butterfly crawls along a tree trunk

A monarch butterfly crawls along a tree trunk

Complete Metamorphosis The Overview examines a previously explored phenomenon in new light: the one by which a caterpillar becomes a butterfly.

Deep Ecology The Overview

Lighting strikes as a car drives to Tucumcari, NM from Dalhart, TX

Lighting strikes as a car drives to Tucumcari, NM from Dalhart, TX

Storm Chasing While Trans The pursuit of extreme storms, like the weather industry, is a space dominated by white, straight, cis-men.

Identity & Community Queer Ecology

A blurry shot of a Peruvian fruit plant grown tall in front of a dark blue sky back drop.

A blurry shot of a Peruvian fruit plant grown tall in front of a dark blue sky back drop.

Plating Peru’s Megadiversity at the World’s Best Restaurant For Virgilio and Malena Martinez, developing a menu at Central means tuning into nature.

Changemakers Future of Food

Ancient Ties: Indigenous Peoples and the Extraterrestrial

Ancient Ties: Indigenous Peoples and the Extraterrestrial

Ancient Ties: Indigenous Peoples and the Extraterrestrial Native Nations around the globe have known of the existence of alien creatures for thousands of years.

Indigeneity Anthropocene

An ominous shadow hovers above the sea water.

An ominous shadow hovers above the sea water.

Fossilized “Weird, Gigantic” Whale Could Be the Heaviest Animal Ever In a new study published in Nature, researchers discovered a 40-million-year-old whale species.

Biodiversity Ocean Life

A horse under colorful lighting faces the camera.

A horse under colorful lighting faces the camera.

A Mythical Anthology of Horses A glimpse inside photographer Gareth McConnell’s newly released book, The Horses.

Art & Culture Photography

The shadow of a person is shown on a tree trunk that is sitting in middle of a grassy field at dusk.

The shadow of a person is shown on a tree trunk that is sitting in middle of a grassy field at dusk.

Participation Mystique Participation mystique invites us to be one with our environment. What better way to practice it than with a walk through the woods?

Deep Ecology The Overview

A blurry shot of people walking in nature in Europe.

A blurry shot of people walking in nature in Europe.

Why All Great Thoughts Are Conceived by Walking In the French Alps, writer and philosopher Simon Parcot teaches us about the connection between mind and feet.

Well Being Deep Ecology

Seagrass sits slightly below the water's surface where the sun is slightly shining through.

Seagrass sits slightly below the water's surface where the sun is slightly shining through.

Saving Spain’s Ancient Seagrass Overtourism, pollution, and climate change are killing the 200,000-year-old “lungs of the planet.” Manu San Felix is fighting to save them.

Ocean Life Science & Nature

Responses to Dear Earth

Responses to Dear Earth

Responses to Dear Earth Atmos and the Hayward Gallery's Dear Earth exhibition present a curation of words, photographs, and moving images.

Earth Sounds Deep Ecology

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