Earth's Echo

Wild Places

2 pieces in this section.

The forests, reefs, terraces and coastlines that give the tropics their character, and what it takes to visit them without wearing them out. Written for people who would rather understand a landscape than simply photograph it.

The Rice Terraces and the Subak: Bali's Thousand-Year Water Democracy
Wild Places

The Rice Terraces and the Subak: Bali's Thousand-Year Water Democracy

The terraces everyone photographs are the visible part of something far more interesting — a cooperative water system, run by farmers, that has managed an…

Maya Sundari · 14 May 2026
Under the Canopy: What a Day in the Rainforest Is Really Like
Wild Places

Under the Canopy: What a Day in the Rainforest Is Really Like

The tropical rainforest of the imagination is loud, green and full of animals. The real one is hotter, quieter and far stranger — and it takes a day or two to…

Ravi Menon · 23 April 2026