Tag: nature

Demand Change!
Art + Stories
Opinions

Demand Change!

Naomi Klein’s latest book “How to Change Everything” (co-written with Rebecca Stefoff) is an inspirational guide, sure to spur the youngest generation to environmental action.
Paulina Wilk
Made for Walking?
World + People
Nature

Made for Walking?

The story of land vertebrates begins around four hundred million years ago. But was the evolution of fins and then legs really such a great idea?
Mikołaj Golachowski
The Discreet Movements of the Sunflower
World + People
Nature

The Discreet Movements of the Sunflower

Plants – fixed to the earth by their roots – move in an entirely different way to humans and animals. What biological mechanisms enable their movement?
Marcin Zych
The World Is a Larch
World + People
Nature

The World Is a Larch

In many cultures and languages, trees – their roots, trunks and branches – carry great narrative significance.
Michał Książek
The Minds Of Plants
World + People
Nature

The Minds Of Plants

From the memories of flowers to the sociability of trees, the cognitive capacities of our vegetal cousins are all around us.
Laura Ruggles
We Are Nature
World + People
Nature

We Are Nature

Spinoza helps diagnose the bad ideas and sad passions that preclude us from a finer relationship with the natural world.
Beth Lord
Humans Need Nature to Blossom
World + People
Nature

Humans Need Nature to Blossom

Human bodies are linked to nature. For our remote forebears in pre-history a green, non-threatening, beautiful landscape would have signalled: Green. Vegetation. Water. Somewhere to sleep safely.
Anna Tatarska
Baby Beasts
World + People
Science

Baby Beasts

From post-natal death to hatching out of a mother’s back, the modes of reproduction in the animal world are far more varied than that of humans.
Mikołaj Golachowski
All That Green Stuff Behind Glass
Art + Stories
Experiences

All That Green Stuff Behind Glass

Modern society is moving further and further away from greenery, with forests and parks obscured behind screens and windows.
Kamila Dzika-Jurek
The Wisdom of Flowers
World + People
Nature

The Wisdom of Flowers

Spring is the perfect time to be inspired by nature – flowers can be a great source of knowledge for us humans.
Maria Górz