Recorded Music Is Everlasting and That’s a Problem Argues ‘Decomposed’
Kyle Devine’s Decomposed is a landmark contribution to musicology, offering a sobering but sorely needed account of recorded music’s environmental consequences.
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Stefano Mancuso’s ‘The Nation of Plants’ Gives the Green Party a Podium
Could humankind change its social structures to mimic plants' inherent strengths of cooperation and conservation?
Fire in the Time of Coronavirus
If we venture out our front door we might inhale both a deadly virus and pinpoint flakes of ash. If we turn back in fear we may no longer have a door behind us.
The Eternal Snow of Frozen Tears: Saving Melting Landscapes
Zürich's Institute of Landscape Architecture explores the fragile connection between mankind and nature in a multimedia project that merges science with art, turning sounds and images of a changing alpine glacier into a moving call to action.
It’s Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature: ‘Against the Anthropocene’
Scientists have argued for a new period in Earth’s geological history, the Anthropocene. Cultural critic T.J. Demos offers a critical take on the concept, pros and cons.
J.G. Ballard Was Wrong (Sort of) About Climate Change
Ballard's foresight likely came from his rumination on the fate of the planet, not environmental study.
Kayaktivists’ Colorful and Effective Protests in 2015
The most elaborately staged spectacle of 2015 was performed by the “kayaktivists”, a group of environmentalists that successfully stopped oil giant Royal Dutch Shell from drilling in the Arctic.
Queen Said It Best: We Are the Champions
The Invaders considers the tenuous position of the planet's top dogs.