Rewilding a Grieving Heart
A father copes with the loss of his daughter by giving back to nature, as she had wanted.
Environment
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.
Education for Nomadic Families in Nigeria
Displaced by climate change, Fulani children are getting access to education no one in their communities has had before.
EVs Could Meet Biden Climate Goals—Just Not Chinese Ones
Why can’t Americans buy Chinese electric vehicles that could help the Biden administration meet its climate goals?
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.
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.
Family Planning in a Changing Climate
Meghan Elizabeth Kallman and Josephine Ferorelli discuss the politics of pregnancy and childbirth in an era of environmental challenges.
Centering the Dignity of L.A.’s Unhoused
Unhoused people in Los Angeles just survived a massive storm. What can the city do about housing before the next extreme weather event?
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.
Writers of Color Are Redefining Nature Writing
A new generation of poets, essayists, memoirists, and novelists is narrating stories of severed connections and exploitation—both their own and the Earth’s.
Soil As a Source of Prosperity
Rethinking our connection to the soil can form the basis for new ways of thinking about prosperity and economy
How Tribes Are Restoring Wildlife and the Land
Decades after Washington’s native bighorn sheep were decimated, they're starting to thrive—thanks to Indigenous efforts.
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.
Welcoming Relatives Home: A Ceremony for Salmon
The Colville Confederated Tribes are dedicated to “reuniting with old friends” by reintroducing fish to their shared waters and pronghorn to their ancestral lands.
Welcoming Relatives Home: Bringing Back the Bighorn
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington State are restoring the lands and species of their traditional ecological community.
Soil Builds Prosperity From the Ground Up
Respecting the humanity and history of soil can help us grow a more resilient future for all.
Why Are Fossil Fuels Booming Under Biden?
Ahead of COP28 in Dubai, a new report by Oil Change International reveals a shocking boom in oil and gas production under President Biden.
The Fall of an Arizona Border Wall
A documentary film chronicles the growth—and rare success—of a movement to take down a wall of shipping containers on the U.S-Mexico border.
Nature Offers a Model for Filtering Wastewater
A growing trend of building wetlands as a means of wastewater filtration has surprising benefits: thriving wildlife, vibrant tourism, and a sense of community ownership.
The Surprising Power of Wastewater Wetlands
Amid the growing threats of climate crisis and habitat fragmentation, constructed wetlands are gaining popularity as natural water-cleaning systems.
Why Indigenous Communities Oppose New York’s New Industrial Park
Indigenous writer Robin Wall Kimmerer explains why a new massive green-energy powered industrial park in western New York State threatens communities and habitats.
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.
Native Sites in Ohio Named to World Heritage List
The latest addition to the prestigious UNESCO list—the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, created by Indigenous people 2,000 years ago—“preserves the future of our past.”
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