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What feelings do we suppress about the ongoing climate crisis? And when are we allowed to express them? These are some questions explored among artists during Singapore art week – a two weeks’ event celebrating and displaying art all over the city.

On the 8th of October, it was time for the Environmental Communication Day 2025. As an intern for Mistra Environmental Communication, I was part of the planning committee for the day, but since I had never participated in the Environmental Communication Day before, I didn’t really know what to expect.

One word that I believe sums up the Environmental Communication Day 2025 is reflexivity. I appreciated how the structure of the sessions and the participants’ discussions were permeated by the importance of observing oneself in relation to one’s surroundings. Many of the conversations and presentations that took place made me think about how we can gain insight into our communication practices by being self-aware of common expressions and habits. Discussing these things together allows us to reflect on, and perhaps also question, our relationship to something as closely connected as nature and culture.

Haikus – a form of short poetry exemplified below – can be daunting for folks who do not see themselves as poets or as creative. Poetry emerged nonetheless from participants in a workshop discussing ‘if/when/how/should/does environmental communication enable cultural change?’ during the Mistra Environmental Communication Programme Laboratory in October.