The air around Poco Leok carries an unsettling silence. The kind that echoes between the slopes of hills where ancestral spirits are said to roam, where rituals of planting and harvest are not just seasonal but cosmological cycles anchoring life to the land. This silence now stretches not from tranquillity but from tension — an…
Angry Notes
Guardians of the Deep: The Overlooked Struggle of Ocean Defenders
Happy World Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2024 The ocean has always been a part of who we are. As an Indigenous person from one of Indonesia’s many small islands, I grew up with the sound of waves as my lullaby, the salty breeze as my constant companion, and the knowledge that the sea gives and takes…
On Behalf of Carbon: An Ignorant Trading Need a Necessary Pause
In the ever-evolving tapestry of global environmental concerns, the carbon trend for many has been seen as a critical thread weaving its way through the fabric of our planet’s future. Although, for centuries, humanity treated the atmosphere as an infinite dumping ground, burning fossil fuels without consequence. So when the consequences are undeniable: climate change…