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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
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
Grab a Spade and Get Digging!
World + People
Nature

Grab a Spade and Get Digging!

Witold Szwedkowski, poet and Urban Guerrilla Gardening activist, talks about backyard policy, the spade as a tool of rebellion, and the subversive potential of the pumpkin.
Marta Anna Zabłocka
A Self-Sufficient System
World + People
Nature

A Self-Sufficient System

Permaculture – an approach that adopts successful self-sufficient systems from nature – might hold the key to producing healthy food in a time of ecological crisis.
Łukasz Nowacki
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
Growth in Isolation
Art + Stories, World + People
Fiction, Nature

Growth in Isolation

In the autumn, Sophie Perry moved to an environmentally-certified orchard in Michigan. There, she grew her own mushrooms, leading to positivity amid the pandemic.
Anna Drzewiecki
Jungle, Our Healer
Soul + Body
Wellbeing

Jungle, Our Healer

In the Indigenous communities of Panama and Suriname, botanical decoctions are effective in treating a number of health ailments.
Maria Hawranek
An Archivist of Nature
Art + Stories
Art, Fiction

An Archivist of Nature

Anna Atkins was the author of the first photographic album in history, yet her achievement was largely unknown until the 1970s.
Maciej Świetlik
Work With Your Green Fingers
Soul + Body
Good Food

Work With Your Green Fingers

Our writer is back at Aleksandra and Mieczysław Babalski’s organic farm in the north of Poland, where Farmer Mietek explains to her the best work ethic.
Berenika Steinberg
Eat Daisies!
Soul + Body
Good Food

Eat Daisies!

Flowers don’t only belong as crystallized cake decorations – there’s a whole host of wild plants whose flowers you can use for all sorts of jams, sugars and syrups.
Monika Kucia