Youth Take J.D. Vance to Task on Climate
Community organizers with the Sunrise Movement explain why they protested outside the GOP Vice Presidential hopeful’s office.
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The Movement to Ban Plastic Production
Frontline communities continue to pay for plastics—from production to pollution. Now advocates are trying to reach consensus on a global plastics treaty before it’s too late.
Protecting Workers in a Warming Climate
At a time of extreme heat, a new proposed OSHA rule could protect millions of American workers from heat-related stresses and even fatalities.
Rejecting Shame to Reclaim the Power of the Period
Advocates are working to overcome patriarchal structures worldwide that deny menstruating people dignity, access, and agency.
A Cross-State Movement to Hold Railroads Accountable
Facing the ongoing impacts of pollution and derailments, activists in East Palestine, Ohio, and Baltimore are teaming up to pursue justice for their communities.
As Summer Swelters, Can Workers Get Heat Protections?
As temperatures continue to rise, California workers, worker protection groups, and state regulators are making progress on implementing heat regulations.
Why This Vegan Restaurant Introduced Meat
Sage Regenerative Kitchen’s executive chef explains why she added meat to the menu—and why she believes so deeply in regenerative farming.
Reject Ego-nomics, Embrace Eco-nomics
Finding our way to a viable human future will require the guidance of a true eco-nomics, grounded in biology and ecology rather than finance and capital.
How Folklore Can Shape Our Climate Futures
It’s not just our homes that are at risk from climate change; it’s our customs, songs, and stories.
The Climate Lessons a Typhoon Taught Us
A decade after Typhoon Haiyan decimated the Philippines, the city of Tacloban is setting a new standard for surviving global catastrophes.
For the Good of the Hive
A bee caretaker learns just how much humans can gain from tuning in to nature’s cues.
The Water Came Early
Grappling with the fantasy and memory of flooding on California’s last remaining almond farm.
Rooted in the Diaspora
Evolving technology and place-based knowledge help a family connect with joy while far from home and one another.
Imagining a More Just Climate Future
When we think about climate change, we often think in terms of statistics, studies, and measurements of melting glaciers, dwindling wildlife populations, and mass human migration. It’s a grim reality.
Rewilding a Grieving Heart
A father copes with the loss of his daughter by giving back to nature, as she had wanted.
Radically Reimagining Our Future Through Climate Fiction
When it comes to telling the story of climate change, we need both journalism and fiction to imagine a better world.
More Than a Marble
Propelled by a discerning non-verbal child, a craft gets elevated to an act of devotion.
EVs Could Meet Biden Climate Goals—Just Not Chinese Ones
Why can’t Americans buy Chinese electric vehicles that could help the Biden administration meet its climate goals?
Food Forests Aren’t Just Nourishing. They’re Cool.
Trees and edible plants are being planted at churches, schools, street corners, and empty lots across the country to provide free shade and food to all.
Family Planning in a Changing Climate
Meghan Elizabeth Kallman and Josephine Ferorelli discuss the politics of pregnancy and childbirth in an era of environmental challenges.
Real Climate Solutions Must Include Human Rights
The authors of “The Conceivable Future” argue that we should focus less on whether or not to have babies and more on stopping the extraction and burning of fossil fuels.
The Future Is Feral—and Climate Resilient
To produce food in the face of climate change, we may need to learn from so-called weeds.
Soil As a Source of Prosperity
Rethinking our connection to the soil can form the basis for new ways of thinking about prosperity and economy
Welcoming Relatives Home: The Return of the Lynx
On the Colville Reservation, tribal members are restoring wildlife populations—and with them, abundance, resilience, and reciprocity.
Why Are Fossil Fuels Booming Under Biden?
Ahead of COP28 in Dubai, a new report by Oil Change International reveals a shocking boom in oil and gas production under President Biden.
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