{"product_id":"silent-springs","title":"Silent Springs","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSilent Springs\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMichele Borzoni \u0026amp; Rocco Roorandelli \u003cbr\u003eLoose Joints \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e127 colour and 81 monochrome plates\u003cbr\u003e210 x 295 mm\u003cbr\u003eSection-sewn OTA bound silkscreened softcover\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-1-912719-77-8\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003eA radical portrait of youth climate activism across Europe, as a generation steps onto the public stage to fight for its own future.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilent Springs\u003c\/i\u003e traces non-violent direct action as young climate activists organise across borders in the face of accelerating ecological collapse and tightening state repression. Moving between countries and movements, the project maps a shared urgency shaped by parallel crises and collective resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWorking in a rigorous, restrained documentary style edged with constant tension, Italian photographic duo Michele Borzoni and Rocco Rorandelli continue their critical investigative practice to reveal the discipline, ingenuity and choreography behind climate justice movements including Extinction Rebellion, Ende Gelände, Code Rouge, Last Generation and Soulèvements de la Terre. Against a backdrop of escalating climate catastrophe – alongside mounting institutional hostility and social apathy – \u003ci\u003eSilent Springs\u003c\/i\u003e documents these groups as they build road blockades, occupy campuses, enter coal mines and establish makeshift camps in defence of a shared horizon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePresented as a contemporary manifesto, Borzoni and Rorandelli combine photographs tracing the stages of action, from planning and encampment through police confrontation and dispersal, with a glossary that breaks down the language, tactics and ethical frameworks of climate action to reveal how resistance is sustained and justified from within.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBorrowing its title from Rachel Carson’s seminal 1962 book, but reframed in the plural, \u003ci\u003eSilent Springs\u003c\/i\u003e captures the scale of mass mobilisation alongside the lived reality of those involved to explore the hopes, relationships and informal ecosystems that bind these young activists together. What emerges is a record of young people choosing to stand their ground with their bodies and their voices, insisting on a future that institutions persistently fail to safeguard.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Loose Joints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46327149363257,"sku":"1-0162","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9878\/5849\/files\/SilentSpringsRealmBooks469.jpg?v=1786747217","url":"https:\/\/www.realmbooks.co\/products\/silent-springs","provider":"Realm Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}