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Mia Sandgren

Mia Sandgren is a Demos Editor. Throughout her studies of the environment and sustainability, she has critiqued and created many visions of a sustainable, just and inclusive future.

Redefining Normality with Acts of Everyday Activism

Like many students, I came to university hoping to find a way to make the world a more just and sustainable place. After a few environmental science courses that explored the cause...

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Opinion

Futures Possible

The future is arguably the defining concern of progressive politics. We strive for a better future, and believe the present is insufficient. It is fundamentally conservative to su...

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Editorial

Bringing Up Tomorrow

Julianne Schultz and Brendan Gleeson (eds), 2016. Griffith Review 52: Imagining the Future , Text Publishing, Melbourne. Available online: https://griffithreview.com/editions/imag...

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Book Reviews

Biocide Resistant Crops and the Capitalist World-System

Readers be warned: bringing up genetically modified organisms (GMOs) at a dinner party could just be the 21 st century equivalent of bringing up feminism or conscientious objectio...

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Essays

Mining Stories: Slow Violence, Resource Extraction and Writer-Activism in Australia

The red leaf on the left is covered with iron ore dust, the leaf on the right has been cleaned. When plants are covered with dust they can no longer photosythesise, meaning they sl...

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Book Reviews

When Dust Gets in Our Eyes

If you live in metropolitan Australia, chances are you rarely think about soil erosion. If you live in a regional or remote area, you probably battle with wind and/or water erosion...

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Essays

Participatory Resource Management as an Alternative Democracy

You could be forgiven for thinking, or even believing, that you have a say in decisions that impact your life because you live in a democracy. “I vote. Therefore, I have a say.” Bu...

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