Mountain community

Activation has come to represent a future in which mutual aid efforts center accessible care and creative expansion through community solidarity. Last fall I attended an artist residency that reconfigured my expectations around creative community. Exiting the bus from the familiar chaos of New York City into the verdant curtain of the Catskill Mountains, I spent four days immersed in…

As an avid hiker, you don’t often think about what could happen if you’re in danger and who would come get you? 🚨 Mountain Rescue is a completely voluntary emergency service. They receive no government funding, no member is paid and every bit of resource they require has to be fundraised through charitable donations. ⛰️ In 2023, UK Mountain rescue teams had an average of 100 call outs a year per team. As volunteers, the @uknewsar team attend emergency call outs - all while doing their full…

My name is Elianne van Turennout, a 31-year-old photographer and photo manipulation artist from Groningen, Netherlands.

An anthropologist’s research on water insecurity reveals how clean water can reinforce a community’s physical and spiritual health.

The Boulders is a gated master planned community that celebrates the wonders of nature minutes to Hendersonville and Asheville. Come visit!

A group of travelers witnessed the heartbreaking situation of the people living in the slums of Smokey Mountain in Tondo, Manila.