Future Natures

Why we tell stories about commoning and crisis

How creative storytelling can help explore crises, weird ecologies and possibilities, a chat about environmentalism and toxic digital technology, and an…

Feb 17

November 2024

Fungi futures

A new podcast episode on fungi and queer ecologies, plus carbon-based land grabs and a new research project.

Nov 29, 2024

September 2024

From heat justice to disenchanted modernities

A new podcast episode, a talk on 'mega-projects' and some exciting events to look forward to in the UK, USA, Europe and online.

Sep 26, 2024

August 2024

Commoning and the possibilities of rural futures

A podcast episode and new article ask how rural futures are being opened up in Spain, England, South Africa and beyond.

Aug 13, 2024

May 2024

Read the zine: 'Strange Natures'

Read our zine that compiles art, creative writing and essays on the theme of 'Strange Natures', and listen to a new podcast episode with reflections on…

May 24, 2024

March 2024

Resisting enclosures, imagining other worlds

Stories from Xolobeni in South Africa, animal worlds and strange encounters, and the state and consequences of global land grabs.

Mar 15, 2024

January 2024

Exploring Strange Natures

An update on our 'Strange Natures' season, with more to come in the next few weeks.

Jan 23, 2024

October 2023

Strange Natures, maps and resistance

A news update from Future Natures - including a new season and a call for creative contributions, a comic on the uses and abuses of grand models and…

Oct 20, 2023

May 2023

From food ecologies to epidemic care

Recent stories from Future Natures on enclosures, commons and commoning

May 23, 2023

April 2023

Resistance and seeds

Our latest update features stories of enclosure and commoning, from defence against mining in Europe to seed sharing in Argentina - plus news of our…

Apr 4, 2023

January 2023

Dark Agoras / Unsettling land

Stories from the commons in the city and rural spaces, past and present

Jan 30, 2023

December 2022

Commoning beyond crisis

Video of our recent discussion event, a new conversation about food commoning, and how to get involved in Future Natures.

Dec 20, 2022