Murmurations: Climate Solutions Require Black Ecology
Slavery and genocide fueled climate destruction. Black liberation will fuel regeneration.
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Divest From Death From Appalachia to Gaza
Appalachian Jews make the connection between climate disaster in Asheville, North Carolina, and U.S.-funded genocide in Gaza.
Weather Data by and for the People
While Project 2025 would stymy climate data collection, a network of grassroots volunteers are braving hurricanes—including Milton and Helene—to collect and share local data that can ultimately save lives.
A Prayer for the Modern Climate Era
Practicality meets possibility in Ayana Elizabeth Johnson’s new book, which dares to ask, “What If We Get It Right?”
My Innate Connection to Stolen Land
From the U.S. to Palestine, Indigenous people have been pushed off their land in the name of conservation. It’s time we decolonize our relationships—with the Earth and each other.
Where Fire Back Means Land Back
After a 19th-century treaty left them landless, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians are reclaiming their ancestral lands—and their traditional wildfire management practices.
The Rights of Nature Prevail Again in Ecuador
The beguiling, mist-covered forest of Los Cedros provides a vision of a future where the rights of the natural world are actively and effectively protected.
We Will Not Be Saved
In the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Waorani people continue to resist the violence of the white “savior.”
Nurturing Seeds of Freedom in Palestine
Surrounded by a 26-foot-high separation wall, barbed wire, and a watchtower, a group of young Palestinians prepares a 3.5-acre piece of land for the growing season in spring. The noise
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.
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.
Terra Affirma: Our World Is Stitched Together by Birds
The freedom to move is a survival strategy.
Rewilding the American Serengeti
A tribal college internship aims to train the next generation of stewards for a recovering prairie ecosystem—its land, animals, and people.
Mothering As a Radical Climate Solution
Emily Raboteau’s latest book is a meditation on how we can more clearly see and care for all we hold dear.
Bringing France’s Waste Prevention Plan to Life
Regional waste-reduction programs hold lessons for communities across the globe.
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.
Rewilding a Grieving Heart
A father copes with the loss of his daughter by giving back to nature, as she had wanted.
Surprising Solidarity in the Fight for Clean Water and Justice on O’ahu
After a 2021 leak at the U.S. military’s Red Hill fuel storage facility poisoned thousands, activists, Native Hawaiians, and affected military families have become unlikely allies in the fight for accountability.
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.
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