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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Indigenous Self-Determination Is Key Climate Solution in New Report
The National Climate Assessment affirms that Indigenous peoples bear both the weight of climate change’s impacts and carry knowledge that may help lessen its burden.
Himalayan Artists Preserve Climate-Endangered Flowers
Watercolor renditions of orchids, rhododendrons, and other Indigenous blooms help protect the region’s floral biodiversity in the face of climate change.
Pushing Back Against Disaster Capitalism in Florida
A coalition of churches has achieved some successes in resisting and mitigating against rent gouging and displacement after Hurricane Ian.
Jamaica’s Climate-Resilient Coastline
Wetlands and mangrove forests absorb water, waves, and salt to provide economic security for coastal communities.
How New York Socialists Won Big on Climate
New York is the first state to mandate renewable energy in a way that explicitly rejects the neoliberal obligation to put corporate profits first.
The Radicalization of Climate Activism
The climate emergency is here. Our political system isn’t responding at scale, so climate activists are stepping up their game.
Community Care After the Maui Wildfire
The people of Lāhainā are helping each other recover and design a future that is more sustainable for the land and its people.
Are Swimmable Cities a Climate Solution?
Urban waterways have many benefits—but they’re not accessible to all communities.
Taking Back the Power (Literally)
Frontline communities from California to Puerto Rico lead the fight for energy democracy.
Stop Planting Trees
Long touted as an environmental panacea, mass tree planting can actually do more harm than good.
Chicago Neighbors Organize to Keep Climate Flooding at Bay
Dogged by flooding from Lake Michigan, South Side residents have finally drawn attention from city and state officials.
Right to a Healthy Environment Prevails in Montana
A Montana judge rules in favor of 16 young plaintiffs in the US’s first constitutional climate trial.
Where Sustaining the Forest Also Sustains a Tribal Economy
The Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin’s successful logging operation follows one rule: Let the healthy trees keep growing.
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