What next: a review of Damon Gameau’s 2040
What’s next for our planet? Damon Gameau explores the potential future for humanity and the Earth.
Climate Change – Page 4
Tyberius Larking on Karst as a Metaphor for Solidarity
Tyberius Larking’s journey of his own understanding of solidarity is remarkably timely and is beautifully distilled in reflections of his Mirning Country.
Brixton Street Wetlands
Poet Siobhan Hodge calls for a change of attitude to address the neglect of our environment.
Water, water, everywhere?
We are inseparable from water — more than relying on it, we are constituted by it. Alison Whittaker reflects on the water crisis and its colonial roots.
Maralinga Nuclear Test site South Australia
Writer Di Cousens imagines the desolate landscape of Maralinga Nuclear Test site in South Australia.
Life on the Margins: a review of Blue Lake
In Blue Lake, David Sornig writes about the vulnerability and resilience of a forgotten area of Melbourne, and the people who inhabit it.
River
Poet William Cotter laments the state of our drying-up rivers.
Freshwater: A journey into liminal spaces
Explore the liminality of humanity and beyond with Akwaeke Emezi’s debut novel, “Freshwater”, an extraordinary insight into another way of being.
Dirty deeds: how to stop Australian miners abroad being linked to death and destruction
Julia Lehm writes about the recent developments in South African Courts, which reiterate the right of local communities to consent to uses of their land. This has important implications for Australian mining companies, casting a spotlight on their use and abuse of human rights law.
Poems from the edge of the Indian Ocean
Pettitt-Schipp’s debut book of poetry evokes the traumatic lives of refugees, the grandeur of nature and the importance of family.
Life in pictures at Tibar Rubbish Dump
While the Timorese government pens deals with oil giants, local Timorese people are still finding their feet after the brutal 24-year occupation.
Understanding nature: a review of Saras Dewi’s Ecophenomenology
Saras Dewi explores the disequilibrium between human and nature in her book Ecophenomenology: Unravelling the Disequilibrium of Human Relations with Nature.
David
Poet Andy Jackson writes about bodily difference and in his latest collection he explores Marfan Syndrome through a series of portraits.