Volume 10 Cover 04In the natural world, nothing goes to waste. Matter constantly decomposes and reconstitutes in new shapes, serving new purposes. We have much to learn from this continuum of transmutation in human societies, where we throw away our waste to some invisible hereafter, rather than accept the truth: it remains. Atmos Volume 10: Afterlife dives into the politics of waste colonialism, the artistry of upcycling, cultural understandings of death and the

Have human beings permanently disrupted this cycle

Cover by Min Hyun-woo

Cover by Evan Benally AtwoodIn the face of the climate crisis

the artistry of upcycling

Cover by Nadine IjewereEvery action

We have much to learn from this continuum of transmutation in human societies

Is it still possible for us to return to a point of flourishing without collapse

Danez Smith

and conservation—a collection of stories that remind us that we exist in a web of not only relationship

Cover 03 by Pierre Debusschere

we need more than sustainability: we need a change of spirit

Max Farago