Based in the agrarian world of commercial sesame farming in northern Paraguay, Forecasts tells a story about what happens when global insurance companies promise financial safety nets to local farmers struggling with the effects of climate change. This striking graphic novel brings together original ethnographic research and Paraguayan gothic art to confront the limitations of finance to respond to a deteriorating environment. Taking a human-centered approach to complex weather and financial models, Forecasts offers new ways of looking at overlapping speculative futures in a more-than-human landscape. Based on more than a year of fieldwork in Paraguay, the book follows one man’s possible journeys through a season of planting and harvesting, buffeted by losses and sustained by the hope that he can cultivate conditions that will help his family thrive. Forecasts makes a sweeping account of environmental and financial risk accessible through the intimate story of one family’s triumphs, heartbreaks, and hopes for the future.

TotalWork: Broken Britain is a sociohistorical commentary on life in C21st Britain. It represents the valid opinion of one Chartered Occupational Psychologist, gained through her personal work experience as a mental health professional. Dr Caroline Schuster is a specialist in the management of emotional, environmental and behavioural stress: something that millions of Britons face today. As Britain and the West fall further into recession, we all face record levels of stress related to home, school and work. Reflecting on all important aspects of life, this book has been written to help the ordinary man, woman and child in the street gain a deeper understanding of their own personal stress levels as well as some stresses inflamed by government policy, society and the media. TotalWork is not a cure for stress, but it will help us to reflect on how we react with our environments and how that reaction impacts on our quality of life.

Based in the agrarian world of commercial sesame farming in northern Paraguay, Forecasts tells a story about what happens when global insurance companies promise financial safety nets to local farmers struggling with the effects of climate change. This striking graphic novel brings together original ethnographic research and Paraguayan gothic art to confront the limitations of finance to respond to a deteriorating environment. Taking a human-centered approach to complex weather and financial models, Forecasts offers new ways of looking at overlapping speculative futures in a more-than-human landscape. Based on more than a year of fieldwork in Paraguay, the book follows one man’s possible journeys through a season of planting and harvesting, buffeted by losses and sustained by the hope that he can cultivate conditions that will help his family thrive. Forecasts makes a sweeping account of environmental and financial risk accessible through the intimate story of one family’s triumphs, heartbreaks, and hopes for the future.