Latest Writings
All I Wanna Say Is: People Don’t Really Care About COVID-19
Martin Luther King Jr. once said that injustice anywhere is a threat to injustice everywhere. COVID-19 is a disease and unfortunately, it does what diseases do – it infects, it weakens and it kills but the injustice comes in when there are people who beckon for it with the way they choose to live when they pretend it doesn’t exist…
What happens when there’s nothing left to drink?: A look into Pennsylvania’s water Crisis
Pennsylvania is a state that is defined by its history of manufacturing exports: iron, steel, textiles, metals and chemicals. Cities like Philadelphia and Pittsburgh were hubs for industrialization, with the latter being the main source of steel production for most of the United States throughout the majority of the 19th and 20th centuries. But by […]
Art and the American West
Art and climate activism have always gone together—but this requires a different interpretation and definition of art than that found in the halls of conservatories or opera houses or art galleries. As Lucy R. Lippard writes in her book Undermining: A Wild Ride Through Land Use, Politics, and Art in the Changing West, “There is […]
Stop Dumping Death On Us: A case of the Dandora Dumpsite in Nairobi Kenya
“This place which I call home and its people should also count as Kenyans, deserving a better, cleaner, safer and healthier environment.” -PETER MWASHI LITONDE Noxious chemicals from the waste run into the nearby Nairobi river causing a health risk to those using the water down the stream. The waters of the Nairobi river flow […]
About Biophilia Records
Biophilia means “love of life or living things.” Founded by Cuban-American pianist & composer Fabian Almazan, Biophilia Records is a Harlem-based music label, home to meaningful, imaginative artists, united by a common passion for the health of the arts, the environment and all communities.
