Author Archives: Spoorthy Raman

Outrage: Great Green Wall crumbling

By Spoorthy Raman 24 October 2023 Outrage

Progress on Africa’s Great Green Wall is threatened by funding delays and political instability

Green mantle: Hampshire’s green belt

20 November 1959 By Ian Nairn

The progenitor of Outrage records the birth of a green belt around…

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The coloniality of planting: legacies of racism and slavery in the practice of botany

27 January 2021 By Ros Gray and Shela Sheikh

Botany, or the practice of botany, might at first appear to be…

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AR Ecologies: planting trees

15 October 2021 By AR Editors

The first episode of the AR Ecologies series focuses on tree planting…

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Experimental Saharanism: exploiting desert environments

5 October 2023 By Brahim El Guabli

The perception of deserts as spaces devoid of life has justified exploitation…

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In practice: Aziza Chaouni on preserving Morocco’s cultural heritage

12 October 2023 By Aziza Chaouni

From agricultural practices to musical traditions, and from traditional building to modern…

Multi-storey earthen buildings in a Yemeni desert city. There is a deep blue sky.

Interview with Salma Samar Damluji

18 October 2023 By Bushra Mohamed

Salma Samar Damluji speaks to Bushra Mohamed about her 30 years of…

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Desert dystopias: warnings from desertified worlds

19 October 2023 By Max L Zarzycki

Two desert-based dystopias let us imagine what might be done instead

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