GRID Magazine

Inseparable from the coordinated effort to protect Tubbataha is the quest to understand it. To scientists from around the world, the faraway atoll presents a bottomless mystery, offering answers that lead only to more questions.‍

Editor's Pick

Dark Mountain, Part II: A Fathomless Frontier

Inseparable from the coordinated effort to protect Tubbataha is the quest to understand it. To scientists from around the world, the faraway atoll presents a bottomless mystery, offering answers that lead only to more questions.‍

This is the decades-long story of how the Filipino divers who made Tubbataha famous–at the cost of unsustainable fishing nearly destroying the reef–helped establish one of the most successful marine parks in the Philippines.

Editor's Pick

Dark Mountain, Part I: A Ship Appears

This is the decades-long story of how the Filipino divers who made Tubbataha famous–at the cost of unsustainable fishing nearly destroying the reef–helped establish one of the most successful marine parks in the Philippines.

Behind every tourist town is a local’s story.

Hometown Stories

Welcome to My Hometown

Behind every tourist town is a local’s story.

This is our 2020 reading list, featuring the people and places we can’t wait to see again, after a year indoors.

Editor's Pick

Our Year Without Travel

This is our 2020 reading list, featuring the people and places we can’t wait to see again, after a year indoors.

As the tourism industry restarts, it's impossible not to turn to El Nido. What does the future of travel look like for the world’s best island?

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Back to El Nido

As the tourism industry restarts, it's impossible not to turn to El Nido. What does the future of travel look like for the world’s best island?

On her first visit to the Philippines for global non-profit Oceana, the filmmaker and conservationist talked to us about being a child of the ocean.

Interview

Exploring The World's Oceans With Alexandra Cousteau

On her first visit to the Philippines for global non-profit Oceana, the filmmaker and conservationist talked to us about being a child of the ocean.

Welcome to Coron Island, the ancestral domain of the Tagbanua, and where photographer Terence Angsioco made his escape from Metro Manila.

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Escape to Paradise

Welcome to Coron Island, the ancestral domain of the Tagbanua, and where photographer Terence Angsioco made his escape from Metro Manila.

Palawan is known for its pristine waters and incomparable shores. But within the island lies a history of its people’s crafts that runs as deep as the waters surrounding it.

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Threads that Bind

Palawan is known for its pristine waters and incomparable shores. But within the island lies a history of its people’s crafts that runs as deep as the waters surrounding it.

Some people have been waiting for a near-decade for the slow, sleepy town of San Vicente to catch up to the Palawan tourism boom. Mayi Picazo, and his Urals, aren’t waiting any longer.

Editor's Pick

Off the Beaten Path

Some people have been waiting for a near-decade for the slow, sleepy town of San Vicente to catch up to the Palawan tourism boom. Mayi Picazo, and his Urals, aren’t waiting any longer.

Waves for Water Philippines is bucking old notions of the NGO and volunteer experience, one filter at a time.

Editor's Pick

Making Waves

Waves for Water Philippines is bucking old notions of the NGO and volunteer experience, one filter at a time.

Pearl farming is not a business for the faint of heart; this is a business for adventurers, for explorers, for those who understand that nature always wins.

Editor's Pick

Treasure Island

Pearl farming is not a business for the faint of heart; this is a business for adventurers, for explorers, for those who understand that nature always wins.

Can a tough bike tour around Palawan put a dent in our resident cyclist's love for his favorite pastime?

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When There's A Wheel, There's A Way

Can a tough bike tour around Palawan put a dent in our resident cyclist's love for his favorite pastime?

At Bahay Kalipay, people come to meditate, to heal intuitively, and to save the planet through good vibes.

Editor's Pick

It Takes a Village

At Bahay Kalipay, people come to meditate, to heal intuitively, and to save the planet through good vibes.

The story of Culion: its past, its present, and the people bringing it into the future.

Editor's Pick

The Lazarus Effect

The story of Culion: its past, its present, and the people bringing it into the future.

Meet the unsung heroes who are working hard to save our culture, our biodiversity, and our land.

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Defending the Land

Meet the unsung heroes who are working hard to save our culture, our biodiversity, and our land.

The Saint Sculptor

The craft that produces religious statues all over the world begins in a modest workshop in the town of Paete.

Biologist Klaus Stiefel goes deep into Mabinay, the Caving Capital of the Philippines, to explore the dynamics between the creatures of the night and the subterranean.

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At the Mountain’s Underbelly

Biologist Klaus Stiefel goes deep into Mabinay, the Caving Capital of the Philippines, to explore the dynamics between the creatures of the night and the subterranean.

This August 16 to 20, join Jacob Maentz and his team at the Homelands exhibition and book launch in Manila for talks honoring the Indigenous peoples of the archipelago.

Interview

Photographing Indigenous Landscapes with Jacob Maentz

This August 16 to 20, join Jacob Maentz and his team at the Homelands exhibition and book launch in Manila for talks honoring the Indigenous peoples of the archipelago.

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Dark Mountain, Part II: A Fathomless Frontier

Dark Mountain, Part I: A Ship Appears

Welcome to My Hometown

Our Year Without Travel

Back to El Nido

Exploring The World's Oceans With Alexandra Cousteau

Escape to Paradise

Threads that Bind

Off the Beaten Path

Making Waves

Treasure Island

When There's A Wheel, There's A Way

It Takes a Village

The Lazarus Effect

Defending the Land

The Saint Sculptor

At the Mountain’s Underbelly

Photographing Indigenous Landscapes with Jacob Maentz