The Emerald ReviewHow do we learn to let go? At first glance, this question may appear to have little to do with the environment. That most cherished of society’s abstractions, the latter is indeed more likely to be described in the language of holding on—“conservation,” “preservation,” “protection”—than anything else. No doubt, the logic is tempting in its […]
“I feel a great weight bearing down Can you say the same? A cosmic spread lies overhead Calling both our names. It groans and heaves from side to side A titan so aloof! Yet on this ground was never found A more disarming view And so I’ll ask just one more time Why you had […]
Every year as the tail end of summer approaches, an invisible army replaces its fallen warriors. Plump with the blood of their foes, these weary guerrillas achieve a victory at once decisive and Pyrrhic—having succeeded in intercepting enemy logistics, they now find themselves frozen in place by the weight of their spoils. With all other […]
“The world is changing. The planet’s heating up. What the fuck is going on?” So sang legendary musical comedian Robert “Bo” Burnham in the opening to his latest Netflix special, Inside. Released in 2021, Inside represents a uniquely distilled snapshot of the grievances that animated young people worldwide—and particularly those who’d spent the better part […]
Every year since the turn of the millennium, the nations of the world gather to address that most timely of planetary concerns: climate change. Among their ranks, one can reliably expect to hear outsize input from the world’s leading merchants of oil (Abu Dhabi), natural gas (Washington), and coal (Canberra). Redoubling their efforts, a dedicated […]