Nature & Environment

Nature is not separate from human systems but reshaped by them, turned into resource, backdrop, or crisis depending on the lens. The environment reflects the tension between exploitation and care, profit and survival. Climate change is only the loudest signal in a web of smaller shifts that mark how people live with land, water, and air. The story of nature is also the story of human choices, and whether we notice the cost before it becomes irreversible.

A stylized illustration of Rapa Nui people building rock gardens around plants in dry soil.

Easter Island: Telling the Story Right Matters

The first time I came across a photo of Easter Island, it was in a school library. Rows of stone heads rose from grass the color of old broom bristles, staring out as if they had seen too much. The caption called it a lesson about what happens when you