Solomiya No. 4 – The Environmental Issue

Solomiya—The Environmental Issue: A Deep Dive into Ukraine’s More-Than-Human Ecologies

The first monothematic issue of Solomiya—The Environmental Issue is a compelling exploration of Ukraine’s diverse landscapes, ecologies, and more-than-human communities. Created in collaboration with the Ukrainian Environmental Humanities Network (UEHN)—a global collective of curators, artists, and scholars—this issue challenges colonial, imperial, and extractive narratives that have long defined external perceptions of Ukraine’s environment.

Through a powerful collection of essays and visual works, contributors traverse Ukraine’s ecological hotspots, from the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone and the submerged ruins of the Kakhovka Dam to the vibrant wetlands of Odesa and the threatened farmlands of Luhansk and Kropyvnytskyi. Themes such as nuclear legacies, industrial agriculture, shrinking rivers, and displaced scientific collections reveal the urgent environmental challenges Ukraine faces today.

This issue of Solomiya is a must-read for those passionate about environmental justice, decolonial perspectives, and the intricate relationship between nature and culture in times of crisis. Discover a Ukraine beyond the headlines—one shaped by resilience, deep ecological knowledge, and the voices of those fighting to protect its future.