Science
Tentacular brains, the sadness of a ficus and the limits of anthropocentrism
Jose Valenzuela Ruiz
How can we understand the idea of intelligence in a plant or an octopus by means of our human consciousness?
Planet
Terraforming the Earth, Redesigning the World
Toni Navarro
Climate emergency is forcing us to harness our ability to intervene in planetary processes and direct it at repairing the damage caused to the planet.
Planet
Reimagining the human-virus entanglement
Ignasi Torrent
Away from human-centred forms of knowledge production, the pandemic opens up the possibility of speculation about more-than-human forms of storytelling
Planet
De-centred Humanity II
Elisabet Roselló
Theories such as actor-network theory, flat or object-oriented ontologies and hyperobjects, question the central role of human beings in the conception of the classic natural order.
Planet
De-centred Humanity I
Elisabet Roselló
On the need for considering new world visions geared towards a resilience and a more adequate position at this planetary time.
Planet
Joanna Zylinska: “We need a new way of seeing the Anthropocene”
Laura Benítez Valero
Approaching the climate crisis from an ethical standpoint, at different scales, where humans may be the cause but are also answerable to demands and solutions.
Planet
Minister of the Future
Timothy Morton
Timothy Morton represents the heirs of the planet, human and non-human, whose existence will be determined by what we do and how we think from now on.
Planet
Storytelling
Angry Optimism in a Drowned World: A Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson
José Luis de Vicente
Reflections from a science-fiction angle on the scenarios posed by climate change and the defence of the imagination to help find real solutions.
Science
Our Monsters
Roc Jiménez de Cisneros
New materials, which have emerged because of human activity, may force us to rethink the distinction between the natural and the artificial.
Planet
10 Proposals to Fight Climate Change through Culture
The finalists of the Cultural Innovation International Prize offer us different ways to spread awareness and to address climate change.
Planet
Storytelling
Climate Change as a Narrative Twist
Jorge Carrión
What will the narratives of the Anthropocene be? How will we explain the world since our realisation that we have drastically changed it?
Planet
Timothy Morton: Ecology Without Nature
Roc Jiménez de Cisneros
We interview the philosopher Tim Morton, author of “Dark Ecology”, who proposes that we rethink the way we see ecology, anthropocentrism and art.