In the beginning,
there was the forest
Challenging misconceptions and reweaving the contemporary narrative, a group of Visayan heritage advocates are on a voyage to unearth the legacy of pre-colonial Philippines and reshape what it...
where the leaves fall is a magazine exploring humankind’s connection with nature through the intersection between social justice and the environment, art, science, culture, philosophy and food.
Pluriverse Confluence Alliance
A critique of the prevailing narratives that shape our lives: challenging oppressive systems, revitalising cultural narratives, unveiling obscured histories, embracing paradigm shifts, while fostering transformation, imaginative realities, community solidarity, collective liberation and affection.
The beginning, the middle, and the beginning
Nêgo Bispo, a prominent quilombola [inhabitant of a quilombo], is a poet, writer, teacher and political activist. His voice resonates as a leading advocate in the quilombola struggle for land and social rights and is also at the forefront of the debate for the dismantlement of colonial thought.
Decolonising the Garden
Meet the ‘outspoken gardener’ who sees possibilities of an otherwise. During the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, gardener Sui Searle founded the platform Decolonising the Garden and the newsletter Radical to create a shared space for underrepresented voices in gardening and horticulture.
New Imaginings / Intertwined Imaginaries
Photographer Tamary Kudita’s powerful portraits aim to retell and recentre the often obscured histories of Zimbabweans and other African cultures. Drawing from fabrics and mixing African and European histories, she uses fantastical imagination to explore identities.
The Queer Pluriverse
How queer ways of living and loving could provide realisable models for a pluriversal future
My Garden
My Kingdom
The oldest and biggest refugee camp in Iraq, which hosts 32,000 Syrian refugees, their gardens are more than just a source of flowers and food.
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PhotographyUru-Eu-Wau-Wau
Gabriel Uchida’s photographic exploration led him to the Uru-eu-wau-wau and the heart of the Amazon, where he found a way of life under threat.
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FeaturesEarth to Art
Daro Montag’s art practice has seen him take on more assistants than it is possible to count.
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FeaturesThe Wild Inside Us
If we want to help nature to restore itself, we need to start looking at our borders through the eyes of our ecosystems.
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InterviewsHikaru Dorodango
Naoto Kanesaka is the director of the Children’s Centre in Kobe City, in Japan’s Hyōgo Prefecture. When studying early years education at university he discovered dorodango, the process of...
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FeaturesCrossing Borders. From London to Gotland.
Paul Wu and his family left the UK in January 2019, moving from a suburban south London home to a farm on Sweden's largest island.
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PhotographyDecay Photography
"I am against nature. I don’t dig nature at all. I think nature is very unnatural. I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can’t touch with decay." - Bob Dylan
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PhotographyThe Great Mosque
Moulded by human hands and reshaped by the elements.
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FeaturesFood Identity
More than any other food, vegetables connect us to the seasons and to where we live, and are unique to each region and nation. For a local voice and a global statement on diversity, vegetables...
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FeaturesThe Chef's Manifesto
Our food culture is shaped by many things, but chefs are some of the biggest influencers. Like supermarkets, their choices impact the whole supply chain - from farm to fork - and the very...
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FeaturesThe Compost Connection
Realising that their way of life was affecting both the planet and their own physical and mental health led Amandine, Benoit and their friends to change their lifestyle.
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EssaysThrough the Keyhole
How to make a keyhole permaculture vegetable bed using only kitchen by-products and basic garden tools.
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PhotographyDispersal
Seeds come in as many different shapes, sizes and designs as the plants they are to become. They float, they fly, they stick and they burst. A photographic exploration of the structures and...
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PoemsHaiku
Haiku is a short form of Japanese poetry that is more than 400 years old. It is constructed with three lines containing a number of qualities: kigo (a seasonal reference), kiru (cutting), ma...
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EssaysMeeting the Wild: a Facilitator’s Field Notes
Rewilding the self requires us to move away from our anthropocentric notions of ourselves and embrace being at one with nature.
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EssaysThe Field Beyond
When boundaries both divide and connect, is it possible to be on both sides of the line at the same time?
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FeaturesOne With The Elements
The late Cuban-born artist Ana Mendieta’s Earth Body series explores life, death and the impermanence of existence, using her own body to create interventions in the landscape.
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FeaturesEnd of Life Environmentalism
US environmentalists are challenging established death conventions by demonstrating alternatives to managing the end of life.
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