Between the Lines
Reviewing books, movies, plays, and exhibitions that contribute to fostering cultures of sustainability.
Of Birds and Fish
Under the Glacier Halldór Laxness New York: Vintage, 2004. 240 pages Susan Sontag’s introduction, appropriately…When Giants Sleep, and Lights Turn On
Sleeping Giants offers a haunting tribute to Iceland’s thawing glaciers, through a lens that invites…On Whaling in Iceland
Sjávarblámi / Sea’s Blue Yonder Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir & Mark Wilson Exhibition, National Gallery of Iceland,…Love and Snails in Times of War
Endling is a smart, darkly comic tale of snails, love, and wartime guilt set against…A Future Stuck in the Past
A climate-ruined world feeds on carbon protein and memories of what was. What We Can…Life That Ran Away
A tragic-comic journey with a Nobel-prize winning physicist embarked on saving the world, and by extension, his life. Solar Ian…All the Pretty Rivers
A triple tour of rivers in Ecuador, India, and Canada that highlights the disastrous effects of human…Reclaiming Patriotism for Climate Action
Chillingly relevant in 2025, Orr’s 2005 political and environmental warning also offers a powerful vision…Framing the Nearly Untouched Wilderness and Its People
Amazonia offers an intimate glimpse into the rainforest’s landscapes and cultures, but through a lens…The Pictures They Don’t Want You to See
It’s one thing to read about the costs of factory farming – it’s another to…Ode to Less (Electric) Light
This thought-provoking book reveals how artificial light disrupts the natural world and urges us to…Climate Fluctuations are Normal
Climate fluctuations have driven constant change on our planet for millennia; the only difference now…No Place Like Home
A luminous, disorienting meditation on time, distance, and the fragile beauty of Earth seen from…A Journey to the End of the World
There’s something about standing at the edge of a glacier, where the air bites and…Noticing Nature Everywhere
The Vegetarian Han Kang Translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith New York: Hogarth, 2018.…Of Sand, Bark, Wood, and Swirls
Artist: Brigitte de la Horie (18 June 1952) Exhibit: “40 ans d’expo”, Les Ecuries, Waterloo,…Time to Divest from Fossil Fuels
The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-fuel propaganda and how to fight it Dr. Genevieve Guenther. Oxford:…The Greatest Current
There is something majestic and mesmerizing about the ocean and there is something dull and…Can We Really Adapt to Climate Change?
The Ministry for the Future Kim Stanley Robinson. New York: Orbit, 2021, 563 pages, $19.99…More posts