TERRAFORM

Six writers exploring the future of our planet.

We’ve just finished publishing TERRAFORM, six writers exploring the future of our planet through an online essay collection and print pamphlet. You can still support the project by collecting the digital or print pamphlet here. 👇🏻

5% of sales went to the Elysian treasury, with the remainder split 11 ways (10 articles plus design).

Here’s the complete essay collection:

• We can terraform the Earth—not just Mars, by Elle Griffin

• No, we shouldn't return to the climate of the 18th century by Étienne Fortier-Dubois

• A self-governing forest, by Elle Griffin

• The future used to be better by Maarten Boudry

• How can we rewild the Earth at scale? by Spencer R. Scott

• Maybe an exowomb is better than pregnancy by Elle Griffin

• We should all participate in scientific research by Anant Agrawal

• How much of the planet should we harm for our comfort? by Elle Griffin

• We could return three continents of land to the wild by Elle Griffin

• Building an operating system for Earth by stephen marshall

How much we earned + how we’re funding print pamphlets going forward

This is our second cooperative media project this year, and a continued experiment in funding journalism. Here’s the breakdown of what we earned for the project, how we shared the profits, and my thoughts on what upcoming projects should look like: