This Experiential Learning Farm Helps Youth Build a Better World
At Freetown Farm, members of the community can learn the names of medicinal herbs and harvest vegetables, all while developing a deeper relationship to the land and local community.
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Managing Climate Panic After the IPCC Report
Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, a pep talk in the wake of the big IPCC report.
Designing a Hopeful Vision for Gaza
In response to bombing and blockade, “Open Gaza: Architectures of Hope” explores solutions for building peace and prosperity.
Is It Time to Abandon the Term “Climate Anxiety”?
People are calling for a more nuanced discussion of climate change and mental health—one that centers the experiences of marginalized communities.
The Power of Personalizing the Climate Crisis
Raj Patel’s new film follows one Malawian activist’s efforts to bring the immediacy of climate change to the U.S.
Imagine a World of Climate Solutions
“The Ministry for the Future” is a vision of everything we could do to save the planet, and ourselves, from catastrophic global warming.
The Colorado River Runs Again
“It’s not only about wildlife, or birds and trees. It’s also about the people.”
The Present and (Possible) Future Arctic
“The Atlas of Disappearing Places” presents a realistic but not completely hopeless future for the Arctic.
How Indigenous Communities Are Building Energy Sovereignty
“If it’s extractive in nature, you are absolutely unwelcome.”
What Role Should Social Justice Play in Climate Science?
The Sámi people of Northern Sweden oppose geoengineering as a solution to climate change because they say it follows the same logic that produced the climate crisis in the first place.
The Best Climate Solutions Start with Listening to Communities
Engaging residents opens the opportunity for them to thrive despite the ever-increasing climate emergency.
Depaving Cities for a Greener Future
Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, Montreal’s depaving efforts make this Toronto-dweller green with envy (and inspiration).
How Replanted Seagrass Is Restoring the Ocean
Two decades in to the world’s largest seagrass restoration project, Virginia's coastal waters are once again vibrant and healthy ecosystems.
Sketches to Make You Smile
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, comics to help you stay positive and take action.
Suffering the Heat of Climate Change, Cities Seek Retribution
Baltimore is suing major oil and gas companies for spurring the climate crisis and the rising temperatures that have an outsized impact on low-income, urban areas.
Settlers Have an Obligation to Defend Treaty Rights, Too
“The treaties are not just a concern for Indigenous people. They were entered into by the U.S. government, and as citizens, we have a responsibility to ensure our government honors that law.”
Cities Use Public Transit to Make Nature More Accessible
Seattle is one of several major cities implementing a “transit to trails” program to help more people access local wilderness.
Tribes Are Leading the Way to Remove Dams and Restore Ecosystems
When the Elwha River dams fell, it was the culmination of many decades of successful partnerships to support the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe in righting historic wrongs.
Cooler, Cleaner Megacities, One Rooftop Garden at a Time
Growing greens can be a powerful tool for change.
Heat: A Comic
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, hot and bothered and insulted by my children.
The Beauty of Beasts (and How to Save Them From Us)
In grappling with the complicated history of environmental conservation, Michelle Nijhuis eschews blind hope in favor of pragmatic possibility.
Rights for Rivers: Fighting for the Legal Rights of Nature
Arguing for the legal standing of nature was greeted as ridiculous in the 1970s. But now the idea is catching on.
Why the Shift from “Climate Change” to “Climate Emergency” Matters
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, emergence through emergency.
Don’t Tell Me to Despair About the Climate: Hope Is a Right We Must Protect
There is no point at which we can no longer strive to make the future better than it otherwise would be.
Do You Talk About Your Climate Concern?
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
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