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Short Essays

Political Ecologies and Plastic Pollution: Global Action and Question of Justice

By Vivek Anand Asokan By arguing that equity matters and that plastic solutions must match the diverse capacities of countries, the article examines the ongoing…

Vivek Anand AsokanJuly 1, 2026

Long Reads Series The affective politics of climate justice movements in Europe

Climate democracy when democracy fails. The affective politics of climate justice movements in Europe.

by Alice Dal Gobbo This essay introduces the series “Climate democracy when democracy fails. The affective politics of climate justice movements in Europe”: a research…

Alice Dal GobboJune 10, 2026

Reimagining, remembering and reclaiming water Short Essays

From remunicipalisation to the democracy of the commons

By Vanessa Mascia Turri Naples became one of Europe’s most ambitious experiments in democratic water governance after Italy’s 2011 referendum against water privatisation. Yet bringing…

Vanessa Mascia TurriJune 3, 2026

Art & Multimedia Long Reads

Notes on Isla Grande: Figurations of Environmental Violence and Beauty in the Colombian Caribbean

By Gracia Ramirez and David Vergara-Moreno This photo essay looks at Isla Grande, the largest coralline island of Nuestra Señora del Rosario Archipelago, which is part…

Gracia RamirezMay 19, 2026

Long Reads Notes from the field

Interdisciplinarity across the secular/faith divide: revelations from researching Christian environmentalists in Trump’s America

by Rebecca Rutt, Margrethe Birkler, and Emily Jean Cornwell Interdisciplinary research is tricky enough but working across faith / atheist positionalities can bring unexpected insights…

Rebecca RuttMay 6, 2026

Olive Trees in Afrin: Memory, Conflict, and the Destruction of a Landscape

Filmmaking, Memory, and Water Under Apartheid – Interview with Mohanad Salahat

GENOA 2001–2026: “Detonation”

Political Ecologies and Plastic Pollution: Global Action and Question of Justice

From remunicipalisation to the democracy of the commons

Notes on Isla Grande: Figurations of Environmental Violence and Beauty in the Colombian Caribbean

Interdisciplinarity across the secular/faith divide: revelations from researching Christian environmentalists in Trump’s America

Latest Series

Conflicts over the memorialization of water in Barcelona: A temporal turn in political ecology

Reclamando el derecho a la autogestión del agua

Autogestión, reclaiming the right to self-management of water

Where have all the commons gone in Italy? A new podcast

Transforming capitalism? The role of the commons and direct democracy in struggles against water privatisation in Europe.

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