A Vision for a Better Environmental Movement
An activist and writer argues for a movement that centers BIPOC voices on the environment.
Climate Crisis
Raising Cows for the Climate
Regenerative grazing is booming along the Mid-Atlantic, potentially helping to mitigate cows’ climate impact.
Could a Transportation Revolution Actually Save Us From Climate Change?
In the newly released IPCC report, scientists concluded that immediate cuts are necessary to stop emissions. Systemic changes currently underway in the transportation sector could begin lowering that emissions footprint—but will it be enough?
After Hurricane Ida, a Historic Black Community Races to Save Its Future
Residents of Ironton, Louisiana are rallying for their share of recovery funds.
How to Get Past Despair to Powerful Action on Climate Change
The evidence is clear that people are changing the climate dramatically. But human actions can also affect the climate for the better.
The Links Between Spirituality and Climate Change
Faith does have a role to play in restoring climate hope.
What if Legal Personhood Included Plants, Rivers, and the Planet?
A new podcast explores the rights of nature movement and its potential to shift Western legal doctrine around environmental protection.
Being the Change
Living sustainably can serve as quiet persuasion for those who may be turned off by scolding and hypocrisy.
On Unraveling and Resilience
In a world unraveling due to climate change, an environmental scientist looks to Indigenous stories of resilience.
Drawing a Path to Action
Finding your place in the fight against the climate crisis doesn’t have to be rocket science.
Why Every Job Is a Climate Job
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, how to be a climate ally where you are.
Individuals Are Not to Blame for the Climate Crisis
The fossil fuel industry uses greenwashing and woke-washing to shirk their own responsibility.
Environmental Education Is Falling Short. Activism Can Help
“We can’t afford to let our education systems get in sustainability’s way.”
What They Knew: The U.S. Government and the Climate Crisis
In a new book, Gus Speth charts 50 years of the U.S. government’s role in causing global warming.
Why Children’s Stories Are a Powerful Tool to Fight Climate Change
Stories are the most diverse, innovative, and dynamic technology for social transformation.
Climate Justice Through Divestment
“We are on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance.”
Talking (and Not Talking) About the Climate Emergency With My Kids
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, how to talk to kids about climate change.
A Guide to Climate Reparations
Reparations, debt cancellation, and climate justice are all regular features in climate solutions—but what do they mean in practice?
Queering Climate Activism
“At the end of the day, how does the gender binary and heteronormativity support the extraction and moving of wealth to this handful of global elites?”
Indigenous Leadership for Transformative Climate Action
Native Hawaiian organizer Kaniela Ing on the moral path forward.
At COP26, Indigenous, Black, and Brown Activists Offer Radical Solutions for Climate Change
While elites fixate on technological fixes such as “net zero” emissions, communities of color fear it will disproportionately impact them and instead demand a just phasing out of oil and gas—and a seat at the table.
We Need a Global Treaty for Climate
To urgently drive down carbon emissions, we need a worldwide, and equitable, fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty.
Noam Chomsky Talks Climate and Racial Justice
A conversation about the roots of our current climate crisis and humanity’s prospects for emerging into a livable future.
3 Indigenous Women Talk COP26 and What Real Climate Solutions Look Like
“It’s not just swapping out oil and gas. It’s about changing the system so that it’s sustainable for everybody.”
Indigenous Leaders Call for Landback Reforms and Climate Justice in “Required Reading”
The authors, who are taking part in COP26 this week, discuss ways to support Indigenous communities and their allies in healing the planet and moving forward to a post-oil future.
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