Silent Springs 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.

Working 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 – Silent Springs documents these groups as they build road blockades, occupy campuses, enter coal mines and establish makeshift camps in defence of a shared horizon.

208pp, 127 colour and 81 monochrome plates, 210 x 295 mm
Section-sewn OTA bound silkscreened softcover
Designed by Tommaso Tanini
Edited by Sarah Chaplin Espenon, Lewis Chaplin, Tommaso Tanini, Michele Borzoni & Rocco Rorandelli 
Published by Loose Joints
LJ224, July 2026
ISBN 978-1-912719-77-8