Ukrainian Environmental Humanities Network

Some stills from the future film 𝑬𝒚𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒓𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒔 by Daryna Mamaisur & its work in progress. 𝑨 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒎 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒚, 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎. The Ukrainian Environmental Humanities Network collaborates with this project by facilitating a fundraising campaign for the herbarium’s preservation. More news soon! 🌱 The project 𝑬𝒚𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒓𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒔 received an important push during the Ukrainian Ecologies residency and is now being developed with the support of the KEY WORK: Artistic Grants Program by @ribbon.international and @jamfactory.artcenter . *** Кілька кадрів із майбутнього відеоесе Дарини Мамайсур «Рєснічкі та піщані кришталики», а також бекстейдж. Робота зосереджена на одній з найбільших гербарних колекцій з півдня України та Криму, яка була евакуйована до Прикарпатського університету в Івано-Франківську після деокупації Херсона. Фільм є спробою візуально осмислити роль Херсонської колекції у спотвореній темпоральності війни: де теперішнє змагається з минулим, і де сама пам’ять опиняється під загрозою. Українська мережа довкіллєвої гуманітаристики є партнерами проєкту, фасилітуючи кампанію задля збереження гербарію Херсонського державного університету. Слідкуйте за нашими новинами 🌱 За підтримки програми «KEY WORK: Мистецькі гранти» RIBBON International у партнерстві з Jam Factory Art Center.

This year, we launched two new issues — No. 4, The Environmental Issue, in February, and No. 5, After Now, in November — and organized numerous events (and even a festival) across Kyiv, Lviv, Berlin, Sarajevo, Lutsk, and Paris. On top of that, our third issue received yet more awards for its design, overseen by our creative directors at @kollektiv.scrollan . All of this makes now the perfect moment to say thank you to everyone involved: our contributors, collaborators, sponsors, readers, friends, families, and all those who have inspired us along the way. Thanks are flying your way from Kyiv and Berlin. May 2026 be easy ❤️

📍Next Tuesday in Warsaw: «A photo with a cat. On the paradigms of discourse in the Russian-Ukrainian war»  Turnus Gallery-Café (Wolska 46/48, Room 4, Warsaw) at 4:30 pm. The panelists will discuss the role of cats as indicators of «the good guys» in war narratives on both sides of the war, the change (?) in society’s perception of cats, their material role in the trenches, and the impact of war on cats/cat war history. The event is organized by the Environmental Humanities Center of the University of Warsaw.

Продовжуємо довготривалий збір з новими силами!🍂 Запускаємо розіграш-збір на підтримку збереження гербарію, евакуйованого з Херсона. Щоб долучитися до розіграшу лотів: Задонатити на банку одну з таких сум: • 100 грн — лот 1: насіння різнотрав’я • 150 грн — лот 2: журнал The Funambulist • 200 грн — лот 3: два сніданки із домашніми сирниками від Дарини Мамайсур (сніданок у Києві 11.08 розіграємо напереродні, другий сніданок — за особистими домовленостями) У коментарі до переказу вкажіть свої контактні дані (Telegram, email або інше). Чим більше донатів — тим більше шансів виграти лот! 🍓Результати розіграшу будуть оголошені після досягнення позначки 25 000 грн на банці. We’re continuing our long-term fundraiser with renewed energy! Announcing a fundraising giveaway to support the preservation of a herbarium evacuated from Kherson. To take part, donate one of the following amounts to the fundraising account: • 100 UAH or 2 euros — Lot 1: a packet of Ukrainian wildflower seeds • 150 UAH or 3 euros — Lot 2: The Funambulist magazine • 200 UAH or 4 euros — Lot 3: a homemade syrniki breakfast with Daryna (in Kyiv until July 11, or in Brussels afterwards) In the payment comment, include your contact information (Telegram, email, etc.) The more donations you make, the higher your chances of winning a prize! 🍉Winners will be announced once we reach 25,000 UAH in donations.

@solomiyamag issue no. 4 is now available at the Vsesvit Shop! The first monothematic issue of Solomiya Magazine—The Environmental Issue—brings together a collection of artists and researchers reflecting and advocating on behalf of Ukraine's more-than-human communities and ecologies. In collaboration with the Ukrainian Environmental Humanities Network @ukrenvhum an international collective of curators, artists, and scholars—Solomiya team created issue that celebrates the richness and complexity of Ukrainian landscapes. This issue offers a diverse range of perspectives, amplifying voices that challenge the colonial, imperial, and extractive narratives that have long shaped external perceptions of Ukraine’s environment. Available for UK-wide shipping at shop.vsesvit.uk

Chornobyl is known worldwide as the site of the world’s worst nuclear catastrophe. Yet the wider Polissyan landscape in which the Chornobyl Zone is situated, with its swampy wetlands and wellpreserved Ukrainian traditions is rarely brought to our attention. Art historian @semenik.oksana and geographer @jonnyjt explore the unique Polissyan landscape and its cultures of nature by examining Polissyan artworks from before and after the Chornobyl catastrophe, with a special focus on the works of Maria Prymachenko. Find the whole text in Solomiya No. 4—The Environmental issue.

Students of @ual.ukr — University of the Arts London @unioftheartslondon — invite you to join the March for the Children of Ukraine on 1 June in London. ⠀ As creatives and students, they know that art cannot remain silent in the face of injustice. While Ukrainian children are being forcibly deported to Russia, there can be no neutrality — only a choice between action or silence. ⠀ Join us on International Children’s Day as they march to demand justice and the safe return of thousands of abducted children. Stand with Ukraine. Stand for truth. ⠀ 📌Event Details: 🗓 Sunday, 1 June ⏰ Assembly from 13pm 📍Start: Marble Arch March to: Parliament Square, 14-16pm Occasion: International Children’s Day ⠀ 📣Organised by: @ukraine_solidarity_campaign @campaignforukraine @vsesvit.uk @uaid.intl @goldsmiths_ua @bringkidsback_ua @saveukraine.official @ukrainian_child_rights_network @gen.ukrainian 🤝 Supported by: @kharpproject @ukrenvhum @indivisiblelondonuk @rozviy_initiative @united.action.uk @pcsunion @tradesunioncongress @unisontheunion @gmbunion ⠀ #BringThemBack #StopDeportations #saveukrainianchildren #bringthembackua #childrenarenonnegotiable

Peter Tatchell @petertatchell1 a legendary British human rights activist with over 50 years of campaigning for justice and freedom, is joining our march in London on 1 June — International Children’s Day. This march is dedicated to Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia. They were taken from their families, homes, and country — in what the International Criminal Court recognises as a war crime. Learn more at @bringkidsback_ua Join us to demand their return. Let’s raise our voices for those who cannot. 📣Organised by: @ukraine_solidarity_campaign @campaignforukraine @vsesvit.uk @uaid.intl @goldsmiths_ua @bringkidsback_ua @saveukraine.official @ukrainian_child_rights_network @gen.ukrainian 🤝 Supported by: @kharpproject @ukrenvhum @indivisiblelondonuk @rozviy_initiative @united.action.uk @pcsunion @tradesunioncongress @razem.londyn @unisontheunion @tradeunioncongress @gmbunion @pcsunion #BringThemBack #StopDeportations #saveukrainianchildren #bringthembackua #childrenarenonnegotiable

Twice a year, thousands of birds pause at the Tuzly Lagoons on a narrow spit of land in Bessarabia between the Danube and the Dnister during migration season. Once a haven for wildlife and stargazers, the area has been scarred by war since 2022—birds have fled, and dolphins now wash ashore. In Fragile Shores (2024), photographer Daria Svertilova captured the toll of Russia’s invasion on this fragile ecosystem for Solomiya Magazine. The works of @svertilova are featured in the current Solomiya No. 4 — The Environmental Issue.

Extract from “Relationships with nature are more constant than relationships with people” by @aliinyk.co and @dmytrochepurnyi featured in Solomiya No.4: The Environmental Issue. The magazine is available worldwide via link in bio.

Join us on 1 June for a march in support of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia. ⠀ Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine has faced a genocide targeting its children. ⠀ 📌 19,546 documented cases of unlawful deportations 📌 Only 1,324 children returned 📌 At least 1.6 million remain in Russia or in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine: ⠀ Children have been abducted from orphanages, schools, hospitals, and homes - renamed, re-educated, and stripped of their identity. This is a deliberate and systematic attack on Ukraine’s future. ⠀ 📍 Event Details: 🗓 Sunday, 1 June ⏰ Assembly from 12:30 PM 📍 Start: Marble Arch, 1:00 PM 🚶‍♀️ March to: Parliament Square 👥 Rally: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM 🕊 Occasion: International Children’s Day ⠀ This march is jointly organised by Ukrainian advocacy initiatives and British labour ogranisations: @ukraine_solidarity_campaign @vsesvit.uk @campaignforukraine @ukrenvhum @united.action.uk @goldsmiths_ua @rozviy_initiative @uaid.intl @indivisiblelondonuk @gmbunion @pcsunion In collaboration with Ukrainian organisations leading the child return efforts: @bringkidsback_ua @saveukraine.official @ukrainian_child_rights_network @gen.ukrainian and is held in support of President Zelenskyy’s Bring Kids Back initiative @bringkidsback_ua ⠀ We demand: ▪️The immediate return of all abducted children ▪️An end to Russian occupation ▪️Accountability for all crimes committed against children, in line with international humanitarian and criminal law. ⠀ Stand with Ukrainian children. Let the world hear us. Bring them back. ⠀ #BringKidsBackUA #ChildrenAreNonNegociable #SaveUkrainianKids #StolenChildren

An extract from “A landscape, simplified” by @iryna_zamuruieva featured in Solomiya No. 4: The Environmental Issue. The magazine is available worldwide via link in bio.