Dhading; Rasuwa; Nuwakot, Nepal – Nine-year-old Ram Thakur was walking uphill with his mother and dozens of other people escaping rising floodwater on August 26 when he turned around and saw muddy water rushing towards them. Everyone began to run. His mother, who had been gripping his hand, urged him to climb more quickly. As the roar of the water mixed with cries from the crowd, she shouted: “Chhito maathi hinda, pachhaadi na-hera,” meaning, “Climb faster, don’t look back.” Thakur followed her

At 69, I had never gone backpacking and barely knew what land art meant. Still, when my friend Jackie, a wildlife documentary-maker, asked whether I wanted to join her, Wendy and Sasha on a walking trip through the Refuges d’Art in the mountains of Haute-Provence, I answered with an enthusiastic yes. We would spend our nights beside sculptures created by the celebrated land artist Andy Goldsworthy. Before leaving, I watched Rivers and Tides, a film about Goldsworthy’s practice, and learned that