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Seeing Green
World + People
Nature

Seeing Green

Human eyes like to gaze into other eyes—so it is easy for us to overlook creatures that do not have eyes. Even when these creatures are countless, even when they’re all around, and even when they are invaluable to human life—if they are not similar to us, we are blind to them.
Klaudia Khan
Together as a Team
World + People
Dreams and Visions

Together as a Team

For a long time, humans have been opting for permanent communities instead of brief alliances. Scholars still wonder who came up with this idea, when, and why.
Tomasz Wiśniewski
Planthropocene
World + People
Dreams and Visions

Planthropocene

Let us try to redefine humanity by acknowledging its fragility and transience. These days, as philosophy seeks ways to overcome anthropocentrism, the classical theory of evolution can help. 
Monika Rogowska-Stangret: 
Through Storm and Drought
World + People
Nature

Through Storm and Drought

Edith and Frederic Clements were early pioneers in ecology and the holistic approach to nature – yet their work has not been fully appreciated until recently.
Paulina Wilk
The Queen’s Lily
World + People
Nature

The Queen’s Lily

In the 19th century, the giant lily was brought from Guyana to Victorian Britain. There, gardener Joseph Paxton displayed the plant’s remarkable architectural properties.
Agnieszka Drotkiewicz
Garden Greens
World + People
Nature

Garden Greens

Spring is the perfect time to pick the leaves of nettle, starwort, dandelion, common yarrow, and sheep’s sorrel.
Jakub Bas
The Maple’s Face
World + People
Nature

The Maple’s Face

The trees of our childhood—with their exceptional shapes, boughs and presence—can feel very human, almost like old friends...
Michał Książek
Daisies Forever
Soul + Body
Good Food

Daisies Forever

Daisies, these inconspicuous flowers, are more tenacious than we think.
Łukasz Łuczaj
The Quack
World + People
Nature

The Quack

Zoopharmacognosy—the self-medicating behavior of birds and other animals—can teach us humans a lot about how to live in tandem with the natural world.
Szymon Drobniak
Trees Die Twice
World + People
Nature

Trees Die Twice

Trees not only live much longer than humans and other animals—they also die differently, bit-by-bit, in a carefully-planned process.
Szymon Drobniak