Climate and Culture
Volume 08 Rhythm
Volume 07 Prism
Volume 06 Beyond
Volume 05 Hive
Alaska glacier by Daniel Shea
Volume 04 Cascade
White rhinoceros sanctuary in Africa by Sam Rock
Volume 03 Flourish/
Collapse
Volume 02 Latitude
Volume 01 Neo-Natural

In This Issue

Greenland Has Climate Change-Fighting Minerals. Will it Mine Them?
In Greenland, melting glaciers are exposing elements critical for the energy transition. Greenlanders are deciding if they want mining in th... Read Article
Divine Rite: How Whirling Dervishes Honor Rumi’s Legacy
The ritual of sema was inspired by Rumi, the renowned Islamic poet, scholar, and Sufi mystic. Today, the Mevlevi Order—or the Whirling Dervi... Read Article
Woman in green dress engages in the ritual of sema
adrienne maree brown and Prentis Hemphill On Restoring Our Rhythm
What does it mean to rewild ourselves? Emergent Strategy and Pleasure Activism author adrienne maree brown and therapist and somatic healer ... Read Article
A young woman wears a white costume.
The Way of the Birds: Celebrating Nigeria’s Biggest Carnival
At carnival, each band moves like a flock of birds. Outfitted in clothes from Nigerian designers or made from upcycled materials, these danc... Read Article
A woman in silver body paint and white feathers is surrounded by a band at carnival in Nigeria
Saving the Monarch Butterfly Migration
Each fall, clouds of monarchs make their way from the U.S. and Canada down to Mexico, returning north when the weather warms. The beloved bu... Read Article
Several butterflies gather together in the shape of a tree.
Making Music in a Warming World
Music is a powerful cultural force, but the current model of touring and streaming harms the Earth. How can music take real action on climat... Read Article
A young man leans back on a large speaker in a junkyard.
What We Lose When We Lose Old-Growth Forests
Old-growth trees are living archives. At the Harvard Forest Tree Ring Lab, researchers are coaxing clues from these elders to our planet’s p... Read Article
A black and white shot of the center of a large tree trunk.
In Meghalaya, India, Ancient Forests and Cultures Intertwine
Photographer Bharat Sikka takes us to the trees of Meghalaya. There, he records a sylvan symphony of ancient forests and the cultures that t... Read Article
A body of water with ancient forest in the background.
Tricia Hersey Wants Us All to Slow Down
Almost all animals on this planet require rest in some sense or another, including humans. The Nap Ministry founder and Rest Is Resistance a... Read Article
A wavy stream of pink sits on top of a body of water.
A Symphony of Evolution in the Nevada Desert
Every landscape on Earth contains traces of its past lives. With close attention, we can find in those faint notes the beginnings of a grand... Read Article
A light brown rocky cliff
Feeding the Revolution: Claudia Serrato On Decolonizing Your Diet
In a world where everything is optimized and efficient, Claudia Serrato is slowing down. That starts with decolonizing her diet. Read Article
The Changing of the Seasons
They say that the only constant is change—and nowhere is this more evident than in the seasons and cyclical rhythm of nature. But what happe... Read Article
In the Amazon, Drums Carry a Message—and a Warning
In Peru, the Indigenous Bora people translated their language into drumbeats. After surviving slavery and colonization, their lifeway and la... Read Article
How Humans Are Learning to Speak Whale
Humans, who have long dreamed of interspecies communication, are now working to decode the calls of two whale species. But our efforts to un... Read Article
A Day in the Life of a Fast Fashion Worker
Workers in fashion’s supply chain are reeling from widespread layoffs and incidents of wage theft. One worker employed by a garment factory ... Read Article
A fuzzy black and white illustration of a clock.
How Venezuelan Folk Music Honors the Land
Joropo is a genre of music and dance practiced in the grasslands of Colombia and Venezuela. Folk music forms a central part of the local cul... Read Article
A Venezuelan woman dances with a young boy.
Language of the Spirit
More than mere words, a language holds the identity of a people. For Indigenous tribes in the U.S., safeguarding Native languages means keep... Read Article
A black and white illustration of a person laying their head on the bottom of a large statue head.
Rhythm and Reggae in Jamaica’s Blue Mountains
In the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, a Rastafari community practices living in concert with the world around them. Photographer Philip-Daniel D... Read Article
The profile of a Jamaican woman is shown as she looks toward the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.
Dancing in the Moonlight
These images tell the story of Luna Mira, an imagined city that celebrates the wonderful moon. Under the ever-changing sky, two lovers myste... Read Article
Two lovers lean their foreheads against one another beneath the moon.
Last Life: A Short Story from Eloghosa Osunde
How does art come to be? Nigerian fiction writer Eloghosa Osunde tells the story of Akin, a man who becomes a bridge between worlds, allowin... Read Article
A yellow and red graphic of the letters L and L.
Circadian Song: Kinsale Drake on Living by the Sun
In Diné tradition, one rises each morning with the sun, blessing and greeting the day. How, in a modern world that encourages disconnection,... Read Article
The sun sets along the horizon, behind a shadowed mountain
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