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Ecologies

Insect Theatre

An extract from Tim Edgar's incredible new photography book.
Mother Earth, Economics and the Fall

A round-table discussion about environmental consciousness and the economics of desire.
Pestival

This spring sees the return of Pestival – the brilliant festival of insect-related occurrences – and this time, they’re taking over the Wellcome Collection. Across a month-long season of games, installations, debates, discussions and dinners, visitors will be encouraged to reconsider humanity’s relationship with the insect world.
Burmese Kitchen: Golden Egg Curry

Burmese Golden Egg Curry is a beautiful way of presenting eggs.
Burmese Kitchen: Chickpea soup with lemongrass and ginger

Chickpeas area often eaten for breakfast in Burma. They’re also used to make soothing soups like this one
Like the eyes of Iain Sinclair....

A poem about urban nature cliches, by Tom Chivers.
Go fishing in your garage

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The farm began with 500 tiny tilapia fry and a few mint and basil plants in Toole’s 14th floor apartment, before moving to a converted parking garage.
Pop-ups co-opted

Pondering the slow, lingering death of the pop-up.
Farewell to the Natives

Rarely is a creature found around the plant or on its surface. Even honey made from the pollen is a mild poison.
An End to Climate Change?

“It’s about plant physiology. There’s a carbon and nitrogen balance in plants that we’ve got to maintain.”