#15 Down to earth
9 August 2022
In the Scottish Highlands, an ancient form of land tenure can make us rethink how we relate to the land today
An interview with researcher Kukka Ranta and Áslat Holmberg, vice president of the Saami Council
In the last decade, winemakers across France have been hit by the consequences of unprecedented climate variations. Can drones help them manage their vast wineries?
The ongoing legacy of forced collectivisation in the Czech countryside
How Estonia’s deforestation chops into the country’s DNA
In this limited glossary we tried to capture a small fragment of the nuances in the expansive Irish “land vocabulary.”
“The only thing that makes me happy is being with plants.” Discover the personal and political power of allotments with Delilah Kealy-Roberts.
Drive through Spain’s emptying countryside with Stefano Montali, as he investigates the struggles of rural life.
A plant-based fictional short story by Oliver Cable for our 15th magazine: Down to earth.
From deep in the south of Italy, we bring you a father and son’s coming of age stories, told in parallel. “I’m Josh, and this
It’s a Saturday morning in Romania when 700 Zoom users from all over the country type in the same 11 digits—a Zoom ID Meeting number.
Ukrainian economic migrants in Slovakia often work illegally because they only have tourist visas. After the visa’s expiration date, many stay in the Slovak Republic,
Youth military summer camps have existed in Poland since the 1920s, but the phenomenon has grown massively in recent years. The young participants are put
Moldova gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1992. It had the same centralised ideals and heroes as any other communist country for over
“All is fair in love and war,” says the well-known proverb. But even war has rules.
I started drawing victims on the second day of the war. Only one portrait a day so that the process does not become mechanical. I
For Belarusians, the Lukashenko regime leaves them with few options but to flee the country if they want to stand with Ukraine
After 41 years of one-party rule in Czechoslovakia, communism was traded in for a new sense of freedom in 1989. But recent events have shown the ghost of old comrades in new forms.
In the middle of one of the more affluent areas in the Hungarian Buda hills, a spacious, yellow villa houses some 50 Roma refugees from
“Seems like Putin has gone for it.” The words appeared blurry on my screen—but rubbing my eyes and putting my glasses on didn’t make them less surreal…
Anton Polyakov documents daily life in Transnistria, from the remnants of the Soviet Union kept firmly in place to Russian folk sport and Transnistrian traditions.
“That’s crazy,” I say while holding a sign reading “Stop Putin’s War” outside the Russian Consulate in Naples. “I’ve lived outside of Russia for years
A story that spans three generations of women: Sara, her mother, and her grandmother. In their collective lifetimes, Albania entered a communist dictatorship; the regime
“Dear Peter. I have been waiting to write to you for a long time, but the latest news has made it clear that it is
While the invasion of Ukraine has stunned the world with its scale and violence, it is neither an isolated phenomenon nor coming out of nowhere.
“Look! There are cargo ships bringing coal to the plant again!” says Luciano Damiani, gesturing towards two vessels silhouetted on the horizon between the sea