Culture
One Woman's Journey to Collect 1,001 Stories About Climate Change
Devi Lockwood is cycling around Australia and New Zealand to gather first-person accounts.
The weather changes quickly on Arthur’s Pass. Rising 3,018 feet above the sea, the trail slices down the spine of New Zealand’s South Island. A narrow viaduct spans mountain ranges and waterfalls. In one spot, it might be dreary, cloaked in heavy mist. Down the road, it might not be raining at all.
The landscape changes quickly, too, from dense forest to jagged scree. “In New Zealand, you can be in the ocean in the morning, mountains in the afternoon, and fields at night, and have the sense of really having gone somewhere,” says Devi Lockwood. The 23-year-old cycled the passage as part of her project to document 1,001 narratives about water and climate change.