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Photo essays capturing different perspectives on sustainability

Hanoi’s Banana Island

Hidden amidst Hanoi’s chaotic streets, Banana Island serves as a serene, green sanctuary for locals and travelers. In the heart of Hanoi, Banana Island is an...

A Dance of Ice and Water 

The Norwegian High Arctic territory of Svalbard is one of the few places on our planet where you can see the effects of climate change unfolding in real time. The Arctic is...

Where the Water Dies

Export-oriented shrimp farms cast shadow over struggling Guatemala fishing communities. The Laguna Grande and El Muerto lagoons near Champerico on Guatemala’s southern...

Coral Restoration in Tanzania

Coral reefs are crafted by millions of tiny polyps, each no bigger than a grain of rice, working together to build underwater cities so immense they can be viewed from space....

Pamukkale on Thin Water 

At Pamukkale in southwestern Türkiye, nature has built something that feels almost impossible, bright white terraces stepping down the hillside, filled with warm, clear pools....

The Changing Face of Lapland 

Where tundra, tradition, and a changing climate shape daily life. Northern Lapland is a place where the landscape speaks first. The tundra stretches toward the Norwegian border in...

Ten Sites at the Frontline of a Warming Cryosphere

The world’s frozen regions are warming at more than twice the global average, reshaping landscapes that play an outsized role in regulating climate and water systems far beyond...

The Price of Roses 

How offshoring and inequality sustain the global trade.  Each morning, Royal FloraHolland wakes like a transit station. Millions of flowers arrive from all corners of the...

The Cryosphere: Earth’s Frozen Shield

The frozen reaches of our planet play a vital role in climate stability. The cryosphere is the name scientists have given to all the frozen water on our planet. It comes from the...

A Year on From Spain’s DANA

Taking stock of the resilience, recovery, and loss on the anniversary of catastrophe. Many of the towns around Valencia still bear the scars of the DANA, which claimed over 230...

Moving Forward

Across Europe, the way people move is being rewritten. Transport accounts for around 29% of the continent’s greenhouse gas emissions, so the push for cleaner, shared, and...

Reviving a Flooded Greek Farm

In Zilefti, a small village in northern central Greece, the Stalos farm is stirring back to life. Between 3 to 8 September 2023, Storm Daniel turned this patch of land in the...

Guatemala City’s Dump and the Poqomam Displacement 

A visual story of pollution, resistance, and survival along Guatemala’s Chinautla River and its Poqomam communities.  According to the United Nations Environment Programme,...

Weaving a Circular Future 

The fashion and manufacturing industry is the world’s second-largest consumer of water. From fibre cultivation and mechanised spinning to dyeing, weaving, and packaging, water...

Hidden Animals in the Anthropocene 

These photographs are part of a large and growing body of work created by We Animals, which is a non-profit organisation that advocates for all animals through photojournalism....

The Beirut Horsh City Forest

Beirut’s Pine Forest, or Horsh Beirut, is the largest public green space in the capital. Originally a more natural forest adjacent to the growing city of Beirut in the early...

Solar Pumps Are Empowering Female Farmers in India 

In the heart of Bihar, a remarkable transformation is taking place as women farmers lead a pioneering movement to address the pressing issue of affordable agricultural irrigation...

Polar Shades of Blue 

After the polar night, Tromsø awakens with dynamic blues and fleeting daylight in late January.  In late January, Tromsø, an island in a Norwegian strait, emerges from the...

Seoul’s Trees, Forests, and Nature

The capital of South Korea is surprisingly well connected to nature with abounding trees and parks. If you miss the spring cherry blossoms in Seoul, the winter season can seem...

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