What Kelp Forests Can Do for the Climate
Cultivating algae empowers coastal communities while storing CO2 deep underwater.
Climate Crisis
If You Liked It, Then You Should’ve Put a Carbon Tax On It
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
How to Get Off Fossil Fuels Quickly—and Fairly
Climate experts share a range of ideas and strategies for envisioning a better future.
Indigenous Artists Use Technology to Tell Stories About Their Ancestral Lands
These five art projects explore the impacts of climate change using VR and other mediums.
There Is No Climate Justice Without Racial Justice
“Without a focus on correcting injustice, work on climate change addresses only symptoms, and not root causes.”
Grieving My Way Into Loving the Planet
Being fully present to what is happening in the world is a radical act that can transform grief into action.
10 Books Climate Activists Are Reading Now
Prepare to be informed and inspired!
Amid Shutdowns, Youth Climate Activists Are Writing the Curriculum for a Just Economic Recovery
Students across generations are flocking to online crash courses on movement building and the Green New Deal.
Earth Day Activists Wanted to Disrupt the Fossil Fuel Industry. The Pandemic Is Doing it For Them
Protestors can't be on the streets right now, so they're gathering strength on the boulevards of the Internet.
Next Up: The Climate Emergency
The coronavirus pandemic has shown that we are capable of putting people before profit. We can start planning now for a just economy—and an effective Green New Deal.
Coronavirus and Climate Change: How to Save Lives During Crises
A Canadian emergency doctor connects the dots between human and environmental health.
How the Climate Change Generation Is Redefining Community
We need to shift more than just our economy. We need to revolutionize our concept of community.
Saving People from Coronavirus Can Teach Us How to Do the Same for Climate Change
The global pandemic has slowed polluting human activity, while the climate crisis hasn’t been able to make a dent. This could be a turning point.
We Need a Green New Deal for Farmland
Americans have a short window of opportunity to combat climate change, rectify racist policies, and conserve farmland. This policy would help.
New Beginnings for an Ancient Forest, One Tree at a Time
Forest workers rush to give slow-growing whitebark pine saplings a head start.
Bridging the Food-or-Energy Gap
Should land be used for solar panels or agriculture? The burgeoning Solar Sheep movement argues: Why not both?
What U.S. Farming Can Do to Stop Climate Change
The landscape of farmland, pastures, ranges, and forest could sequester carbon on a massive scale by 2030. Here’s the math.
We’ve Got a Better World in Mind
How to get from here to there in the next 10 years.
The Search for Planet-Friendly Protein
We can take a cue from cultures that eat further down the food chain.
How to Raise Climate-Resilient Kids
In the face of climate change, children need positive stress as well as compassion to maintain mental health and inform their responses.
The Rush to Rescue Wildlife From Australia’s Fires
Photographer John Moore documents the surviving wildlife and the volunteers and veterinary workers who have responded to the country's fires
When Environmentalists and the Fishing Industry Team Up, Ocean Habitats Win
An inspiring collaboration on the Pacific Coast blew fishery conservation goals out of the water.
Citizen Scientists Track How Plastic Pollution Impacts Birds
To get a big-picture perspective on the plastics that plague beaches, scientists team up with volunteers along the California Coast.
Strength From Grief: How Aboriginal People Experience the Bushfire Crisis
How do you support people forever attached to a landscape after an inferno tears through their homelands: decimating native food sources, burning through ancient scarred trees, and destroying ancestral and totemic plants
The Time for Postponing Climate Action Is Over
We are entering humanity’s defining decade, and 2020 is when we have to make the hard decisions.
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