Planetary Praxis

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Cambridge research group studying social life, technology + the planetary through practice-based research. http://smartforests.net, http://citizensense.net, planetarypraxis.org.

Printed copies of *Ecologies of Fire / Ecologías del Fuego*. Photograph: Jennifer Gabrys, 2026.
CONAF Boldo 1 headquarters in Temuco showing use of different fire technologies for observation and alerting. Photograph: Jennifer Gabrys for Smart Forests, 2024.
Front page of the paper ‘Digital fire technologies and community networks: Cultivating just sociotechnical practices for living with planetary change’ by Jennifer Gabrys, Paula Tiara Torres, and Pablo González Rivas, published in People and Nature. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70377.
Rainforest at Argyll and Countryside Trust with Philippa Mckee and Julie Young, Lochgilphead, Scotland. Credit: Mind the Film with Smart Forests, 2026.
Workshop participants gather outdoors to watch AutoSpray's seed-spraying drone demonstration. Credit: Mind the Film with Smart Forests, 2026.
Front cover of *Community-led Forest Technologies: A Smart Forests Final Report*, showing the community shelter at Ardura Community Forest, Isle of Mull, Scotland, with orange and rust colour filters applied. Credit: Mind the Film with Smart Forests, 2026.
Episode icon for Niall Burnside. The background image shows a four-wheeled SAMS (Scottish Association for Marine Science) robot operating on the coast. Plum and forest green filters have been applied. The text reads ‘Niall Burnside: Monitoring Scotland’s Temperate Rainforests across Sea and Land’. Image source: SAMS Robotics Academy.
Episode icon for Gordon Gray Stephens. The background image is an aerial view of temperate rainforest on the west coast of Scotland. The text reads ‘Gordon Gray Stephens: Visualising and Saving Scotland’s Rainforest’. Image source: The Woodland Trust, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzoAxoG3AZg.
ALT: Episode icon for Rachel French. The background image shows Ardura Community Forest on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. The text reads “Rachel French: Forests as Community Spaces”. Purple and green filters have been applied. Image source: Mull and Iona Community Trust (MICT), https://www.mict.co.uk/projects-services/ardura.
Episode icon for Gethin Davies. The background image shows Coed Llechwedd in Wales. The text reads ‘Gethin Davies: Restoring the Celtic Rainforest with Community and Technology’. Image source: Celtic Rainforests Wales, https://celticrainforests.wales/coed-felenrhyd-llennyrch.
Lista de episodios de podcast con carátulas de álbumes en la lista de reproducción de Smart Forests Radio «Incendios forestales en Chile». Captura de pantalla: Smart Forests Atlas, https://atlas.smartforests.net/es/listas-de-reproduccion/incendios-forestales-en-chile/.
List of podcast episodes with album covers in the Smart Forests Radio playlist ‘Forest Fires in Chile’. Screenshot: Smart Forests Atlas, https://atlas.smartforests.net/en/playlists/forest-fires-in-chile.
Página doble de portada y contraportada de *Ecologies of Fire / Ecologías del Fuego* (Smart Forests y Fundación Mar Adentro, 2026), en la que aparecen el título y los resúmenes en inglés y español. La portada muestra en blanco y negro el lugar del incendio de China Muerta.
Front and back cover spread of *Ecologies of Fire / Ecologías del Fuego* (Smart Forests and Fundación Mar Adentro, 2026), showing the title and abstracts in English and Spanish. The front cover features the China Muerta burn site in monochrome.
Icono del episodio de Simón Crisóstomo Loncopán. La imagen de fondo muestra estatuas mapuches de Chemamüll en la Aldea Intercultural Trawupeyum de Curarrehue, Chile. Se han aplicado filtros azules y morados. El texto en blanco dice «Simón Crisóstomo Loncopán: Gobernanza territorial mapuche y restauración forestal». Crédito de la imagen: Jennifer Gabrys, 2023.
Episode icon for Simón Crisóstomo Loncopán. The background image shows Mapuche statues from Chemamüll in the Trawupeyum Intercultural Village in Curarrehue, Chile. Blue and purple filters have been applied. The white text reads “Simón Crisóstomo Loncopán: Mapuche Territorial Governance and Forest Restoration”. Image credit: Jennifer Gabrys, 2023.
Episode icon for Max Bodmer. The background image shows three people discussing around a table, reviewing a large map of Costa Rica, taking notes with laptops and papers. Green and teal filters have been applied. The text reads ‘Max Bodmer: Bringing Carbon and Diversity Together’. Image source: rePLANET, https://www.replanet.org.uk/article/859/.
Icono del episodio dedicado a Felipe Ortega. La imagen de fondo muestra a Felipe Ortega en el campo. Se han aplicado filtros azul y musgo. El texto en blanco reza: «Felipe Ortega: Planificación intercultural con comunidades y ecosistemas». Crédito de la imagen: Jennifer Gabrys, 2023.
Episode icon for Felipe Ortega. The background image shows Felipe Ortega in the field. Blue and moss filters are applied. The white text reads “Felipe Ortega: Intercultural Planning with Communities and Ecosystems”. Image credit: Jennifer Gabrys, 2023.
Episode icon for Sylvain Vaquer. The background image shows a laptop in the field. Olive and magenta filters are applied. The white text reads ‘Sylvain Vaquer: Biodiversity Monitoring Powered by People and AI’. Image source: Mozaic Earth’s LinkedIn post, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mozaicearth_invasive-species-activity-7437814659786903552-PPMB.
Episode icon for Andrés Fuentes Ramírez and Paola Arroyo Vargas. The background image shows a LogTag temperature data logger installed in China Muerta. The text reads: ‘Andrés Fuentes Ramírez and Paola Arroyo Vargas: Fire Ecology and Post-Fire Recovery’. Image credit: Jennifer Gabrys, 2024.
Icono del episodio de Andrés Fuentes Ramírez y Paola Arroyo Vargas. La imagen de fondo muestra un registrador de datos de temperatura LogTag instalado en China Muerta. El texto dice: «Andrés Fuentes Ramírez y Paola Arroyo Vargas: Ecología de fuego y recuperación tras los incendios». Crédito de la imagen: Jennifer Gabrys, 2024.
Episode icon for Murtaza Taj. The background image shows field trials at LUMS Digital Sustainable Agriculture Facility: Multiple PTZ cameras and IoT sensors are simultaneously deployed to help build the MVP. Moss and dark green filters are applied. The white text reads ‘Murtaza Taj: Building Technology and Trust for Forest Fire Prevention’. Image source: Centre for Water Informatics & Technology, Lahore University of Management Sciences, https://wit.lums.edu.pk/research-stories/Embracing-IoT-and-AI-for-Forest-Protection-Lessons-Learned-and-the-Path-Forward-for-the-Forest-Fire-Detection-Early-Warning-System.
Two pages from *Ecologies of Fire*, showing two images of fieldwork in Chile on the left and Spanish text on the right. Smart Forests and Fundación Mar Adentro, 2026.
David Brown explains the ‘participatory mapping’ activity during a workshop. He stands beside a projected slide showing a map covered with colourful sticky notes and bullet points outlining the mapping process.
Front page of the paper ‘Community-led landscape regeneration: A review of and framework for engagement in restoration initiatives’ published in Ambio by David Brown and Jennifer Gabrys (2025).
Front page of “This Machine Kills CO2”: Planting a Trillion Trees and Mobilizing Forests as Technologies” by Jennifer Gabrys, published in Science, Technology, & Human Values.
Front page of "Designing Biodiversity Systems via Digital Kinships: Insights from Community Data Processes and Creative Practice" by Michelle Westerlaken, published in CSCW, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10606-025-09524-2?utm_source=rct_congratemailt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=oa_20250616&utm_content=10.1007/s10606-025-09524-2
*समुदाय-नेतृत्ववालीवनप्रौद्योगिकी: एकस्मार्टवनअंतरिमरिपोर* का कवर पेज (2025), https://publications.smartforests.net/hi/community-led-forest-technologies/web-version.
Halaman sampul * Teknologi Hutan yang Dipimpin Masyarakat: Laporan Sementara Hutan Cerdas* (2025), https://publications.smartforests.net/in/community-led-forest-technologies/.
Portada de * Tecnologías forestales comunitarias: Un informe interino de Smart Forests* (2025), https://publications.smartforests.net/es/community-led-forest-technologies/.
Cover pages of ‘Community-led Forest Technologies: A Smart Forests Interim Report’ (2025) in English, Spanish, Indonesian, and Hindi. Source: https://publications.smartforests.net/en/community-led-forest-technologies/
Pages from “Sensing a Planet on Fire and Listening with Forests” by Jennifer Gabrys in Common Sensing, by Riccardo Badano, Tomas Percival, and Susan Schuppli (Centre for Research Architecture).
Table of contents from Common Sensing, edited by Riccardo Badano, Tomas Percival, and Susan Schuppli (Centre for Research Architecture).
Screenshot showing the list of episodes in The Forest Multiple playlist on Smart Forests Radio.
“Forestry 4.0” video. FPInnovations. 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4vhLQ8OEP0.
Front page of the article “Actually existing smart forests: A proposal for pluralizing eco-technical worlds,” from the Special Issue on “The Forest Multiple,” by Jennifer Gabrys, Michelle Westerlaken, and Yuti Ariani, published in the Environment and Planning F.
Screenshot showing the list of episodes in The Forest Multiple playlist on Smart Forests Radio.
Front page of the article “Putting the digit back in digital: Zero as number and concept in the digitisation of forests,” from the Special Issue on “The Forest Multiple,” by Lydia Gibson and Tone Walford, published in the Environment and Planning F.
Screenshot showing the list of episodes in The Forest Multiple playlist on Smart Forests Radio.
Information about Panel 3: Amazonian Forest World in The Forest Multiple symposium programme.
The front page of the article “Salvage technoscience: Conserving and extracting the value of the Amazon Rainforest,” from the Special Issue on “The Forest Multiple.” by Priscila Santos da Costa and Steffen Dalsgaard, published in the Environment and Planning F.
Screenshot showing the list of episodes in The Forest Multiple playlist on Smart Forests Radio.
An illustrative example of surveillance regimes in forest spaces. Image source: Adwait Pawar for Simlai (2021) [illustration]. Retrieved 8 August 2022, from https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.84136.
The front page of the article “The gendered forest: Digital surveillance technologies for conservation and gender-environment relationships," from the Special Issue on “The Forest Multiple,” by Trishant Simlai and Chris Sandbrook, published in the Environment and Planning F.
Screenshot showing the list of episodes in The Forest Multiple playlist on Smart Forests Radio.
The front page of the article “Between the god-trick and pluriversal potential: Four figures of drone in tropical forest conservation”, from the Special Issue on “The Forest Multiple”, by Naomi Millner and Mónica Amador-Jimenez , published in the Environment and Planning F.
The front page of the article “Raising the carbonized forest: Science and technologies of singularization”, from the Special Issue on “The Forest Multiple”, by Esther Turnhout and Casey R. Lynch, published in the Environment and Planning F.
Screenshot showing the list of episodes in The Forest Multiple playlist on Smart Forests Radio.
Figure 6. No walls, Duke Forest, North Carolina, USA. Photograph by Will Owens. Research supported by the Office of Science (BER), US Department of Energy, grant no. DE-FG02-95ER62083. Image and description source: Véra Ehrenstein (2024), https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26349825241246013.
Figure 1. The free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) system deployed in the Duke Forest, North Carolina, USA. Photograph by Will Owens. Research supported by the Office of Science (BER), US Department of Energy, grant no. DE-FG02-95ER62083. Image and description source: Véra Ehrenstein (2024), https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26349825241246013.
The front page of the article “Forests high on CO2: A glimpse into how scientists study the biochemical machinery of forest ecosystems”, from the Special Issue on “The Forest Multiple”, by Véra Ehrenstein, published in Environment and Planning F.
Cover page of a report, with the text *Community-led Forest Technologies: A Smart Forests Interim Report* over a background image of people gathered in a forest, with green and yellow filters applied.
Van Gujjar women presenting the map during a workshop. Screenshot from the Smart Forests film, https://smartforests.net/smart-forests-film.
A workshop in the ecovillage, gathering the residents, digital technology experts, and environmental technologiests. Screenshot from the Smart Forests film, https://smartforests.net/smart-forests-film.
A forest patroller conducting a forest survey. Screenshot from the Smart Forests film, https://smartforests.net/smart-forests-film.
Fundación Mar Adentro researcher Felipe Guarda checking a camera trap on a tree. Camera traps can detect human and nonhuman activity, as well as events such as fires. Screenshot from the Smart Forests film, https://smartforests.net/smart-forests-film.
The text 'Smart Forests' over a blurry forest image in the background. Screenshot from the Smart Forests project film. Source: https://smartforests.net/smart-forests-film.