It’s Freezing in LA! looks at the climate crisis through the lens of engaging features, critical essays and cultural commentary, moving away from the polarised descriptive reporting and mantra-lead activism that characterises the field.

Issue #12

Following a brief hiatus, IFLA! is back with its much anticipated twelfth edition, the second with editor Jackson Howarth at the helm. Revolving around the theme of ‘Power’, the articles in the issue are cleverly connected through the graphic motif of cables: as you’ll find out inside, these ‘collections of wires’ serve as a thoughtful reminder that power is not merely an ephemeral concept, but a material condition of our existence today. 

In Jackson’s words: ‘We use the concept of power daily. It seems to touch everything in our world. It plays out in court rooms and classrooms, gyms and dinner tables. We talk of power struggles, solar power, willpower. It’s clear that power has something to do with the ability to act, influence, and cause; power to… And yet, when we stop to ask what power actually is, it can quickly explode into a constellation of related topics.’

This colourful issue is split into three interwoven sections—‘People Power’, ‘Power Structures’ and ‘Power as Energy’—each article tied to a distinct colour. Inside, discover pieces on Black ecofeminist traditions of thought; a community newspaper driving climate action in remote villages; an underreported solar energy boom in Damascus; reconnecting with our environment through reading; and much more.