Nature is disappearing. Animal species are going extinct, ecosystems are destroyed, the permafrost is melting, our winters become autumns. But what is nature? And isn’t thinking about nature as something separate from humanity what causes many of our problems, like the climate crisis and the corona pandemic?

In her essay Firedune, Eva Meijer visits the Dutch island of Vlieland for a week. The island ecosystem is under pressure, but there are also parts of her own history there, time that never comes back. With the aid of writers, philosophers, artists, and her dog Doris, Meijer looks for what it is exactly that is disappearing and what we can offer in return.