Geographical Magazine

The future all too often arrives unevenly. On Page 48, Bryony Cottam
assumption about energy, water, tourism and survival. Dominica is
attempting to turn volcanic heat into climate resilience; Montserrat
is asking whether the volcano that devastated it might yet help power its recovery; Antigua and Barbuda is confronting the harsh limits of a tourism-led economy in a drier, more exposed world.
That same tension – between old systems and new possibilities – runs
through Jeremy Lent’s argument for an ecocivilisation on Page 23. His essay rejects both despair and the seductive simplicity of endless growth, pointing instead to practical models that already exist: citizens’ assemblies, platform co-operatives, rights for nature and businesses designed around more than shareholder return.
In Greece, meanwhile, Boštjan Videmšek (Page 33) finds a country caught in Europe’s energy contradiction: talking green transition while reopening the door to offshore gas production in fragile seas.
Together, these features ask a simple but urgent question: when the old ways are failing, do we rebuild them – or finally choose something different?