Terracing has been used for centuries to help prevent fire, moderate temperatures, and make farming possible even when water is scarce.
Environment
The modern food system has a huge carbon footprint. These Indian cafés want to change that.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, joining, organizing, and building a climate community.
Local communities’ traditional methods of conservation reduce conflict and can offer strong protection for threatened animals.
As an Indigenous child soldier caught in El Salvador’s civil war, my father found safety in a deep, reciprocal relationship with nature.
Verbena Fields in Northern California is an emerging model of what decolonizing land via Traditional Ecological Knowledge can look like, supported by partnerships between Native and non-Native communities.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, music camp memories, preconditioned anxiety, and slow work.
Four essential reads offer insights into how wild animals view humans and how our presence affects nearby animals and birds.
Urban parks are many people’s main access to nature as well as a critical protection against warming.
Native tribes are reliant on their local water sources, which have been continuously exploited and contaminated by the U.S. government and non-Native people. Indigenous groups are finding new ways to demand justice.
Indigenous communities and partners are combining ancient knowledge with modern technology to revitalize food systems and self-determined economies in the face of ever-increasing climate pressures.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, climate words, communication and the words we cannot say.
The decision offers hope to First Nations everywhere: Commercial investors cannot ignore the consent of Indigenous communities.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, short-term versus long-termism.
Getting involved with climate action can be a source of hope and inspiration.
In our modern world, conifers and evergreens are used for a spectrum of staples ranging from homesteads to holiday decor, though we rarely stop to recognize the Tree People who provide us these essentials.
Bill McKibben has been a leading advocate for climate change action since he wrote the first popular book about global warming in 1989. In his new memoir, “The Flag, The Cross and the Station Wagon,” he connects the climate crisis to his suburban American boyhood and wonders “What the hell happened?”
Writing climate into your favorite series, from “Seinfeld” to “Scandal.”
From short videos to influencing Hollywood storylines, a new climate-related project is empowering BIPOC artists to take the lead on storytelling.
Tribal nations are finding sustainable ways to generate jobs and food security.
A moral philosopher on the ethics of how we address global warming.
Dozens of tribes are investing in solar, wind, and hydro projects, building toward a more sustainable future.
An activist and writer argues for a movement that centers BIPOC voices on the environment.
Women often suffer the most from environmental degradation. A nonprofit in Colombia is trying to make their needs central to conservation.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, illustrator and journalist Sarah Lazarovic explains why she needed to work on climate full-time.
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