A village defies nature
Mudslides, flooding, thawing permafrost – few communities in Switzerland are as visibly affected by the consequences of the climate crisis as Guttannen in the Swiss Alps. This body of work offers a non-anthropocentric perspective on a place where local events mirror the global effects of a rapidly heating planet. It aims to reflect on the broader relationship between humans and nature within the context of the environmental crisis.
The story was published in the Republik Magazine in July 2024 alongside the text by Florian Wüstholz.
Climate activists walk along the the moraine of the Lower Grindelwald Glacier, 2021.
Link to the essay by Marcel Hänggi in the Republik Magazine.