This organizer thinks so. She’s in Paris demanding a solution before the chaos starts.
In just a few months at the beginning of WWII, the U.S. auto industry converted to a war machine. We need that kind of rapid, driven transition to get away from fossil fuels. Here's the just way to do it.
Lots of us have had a moment—a revelation, observation, or interaction—when climate change became more than a concept. What’s yours?
Can we cure the toxicity of male trauma and the resulting illnesses it creates?
“There may be no greater, growing threat facing the world’s children—and their children—than climate change.”
Cooperation Jackson heads to the Paris climate talks to show what a just transition to a green economy looks like.
How do we achieve gender equality? This issue will look at why women's and LGBTQ issues are everybody's issues. Send us your pitches by Dec. 28.
How private companies are involved with COP21 talks, what the internet does to your focus, and how artists transformed ads to reveal the way companies pollute the planet.
Bike more comfortably whether in rain, snow, or just frigid temperatures.
"We realize that in this country we don’t have political power. So we have always looked at building alliances, coalitions, or being part of coalitions."
Studies show that collective intelligence rises with the number of women in a group—but women are often underrepresented at talks like the ones going on in Paris this week. Meet 15 leaders worth listening to.
Activists, researchers, and an artist. For them, climate change is personal.
What if this holiday season we fill our shopping baskets with only that which is needed and give something back in return?
FDA approves genetically engineered salmon, gun control debates overlook the biggest group of gun violence victims—black men—and apps that might help you put old stuff to new use.
Unlike at previous climate talks, countries are coming to the table with science-backed contributions that challenge the business-as-usual approach.
In Minneapolis, demonstrators are demanding police release video of a fatal shooting of an African-American man. Earlier this week, five were shot by alleged white supremacists.
Student-led organizations are bringing mental illness into the light to lower the suicide rates of young people.
Almost half of America's food is thrown out every year. Despite the popularity of things like local markets and farm-to-fork initiatives, the U.S. food system remains a heavily industrialized, wasteful business.
All 143 REI stores will be closed on Black Friday. But what more can the co-op do to live up to its values and transform the conversation in the United States?
A new documentary shows planning options to mitigate a new climate, but questions about the global South are largely ignored.
Turning the city's resolution into policies that protect health and safety is one fight that lies ahead. Another is forging a wall of resistance from San Diego to Vancouver, B.C.
In Washington state, eight kids took the government to court to safeguard their future through stronger regulations on carbon emissions. Here's what they gained.
Journey with us to the Unis'to'ten camp, where one First Nations clan stands in the path of three pipelines.
Like refugees everywhere, my mom gave her children the gift of a better life—and an understanding of what it means to risk everything for it.
The rise of ISIS, the “war on terror,” the attack on Paris—these are symptoms of a civilization in its twilight. But the displays of global solidarity show that the seeds of a new paradigm are being planted.
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