How 9/11 Set Progressive Causes Back鈥攁nd How We Rebounded
The Bush administration used the attacks to label dissent and protests against international trade agreements as terrorism. Now movements have recovered their lost momentum.
Climate Change
For Climate Solutions, Listen to Indigenous Women
Native women and women of color are the ones doing the work of surviving, recovering, and building resilience.
Why Libraries Are Essential to Climate Justice
For vulnerable communities, libraries are increasingly becoming a refuge in times of disaster.
More Care, Less Carbon
Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, the short-attention span sampler edition of MVP, featuring a few little and big things on my broken mind.
Judging Your Climate Impact (and Mine)
Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, Sarah wonders if everyone can see her judging others鈥� carbon footprints.
This Experiential Learning Farm Helps Youth Build a Better World
At Freetown Farm, members of the community can learn the names of medicinal herbs and harvest vegetables, all while developing a deeper relationship to the land and local community.
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Managing Climate Panic After the IPCC Report
Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, a pep talk in the wake of the big IPCC report.
Care Workers Demand Federal Support as First Responders in Climate Crises
Domestic care workers have been overlooked in the economy and as political actors for too long.
Is It Time to Abandon the Term 鈥淐limate Anxiety鈥�?
People are calling for a more nuanced discussion of climate change and mental health鈥攐ne that centers the experiences of marginalized communities.
The Power of Personalizing the Climate Crisis
Raj Patel鈥檚 new film follows one Malawian activist鈥檚 efforts to bring the immediacy of climate change to the U.S.
Imagine a World of Climate Solutions
鈥淭he Ministry for the Future鈥� is a vision of everything we could do to save the planet, and ourselves, from catastrophic global warming.
The Present and (Possible) Future Arctic
鈥淭he Atlas of Disappearing Places鈥� presents a realistic but not completely hopeless future for the Arctic.
When Less Is More
If we鈥檙e going to survive as a species and heal the Earth, we鈥檒l need to drastically cut back on our consumption.
Gaza, a Surprising Model for Urban Living
Gaza has been forced to rely on high-efficiency solutions for political reasons. Soon, the rest of the world will have to do so for climate-related reasons.
What Role Should 大象传媒 Play in Climate Science?
The S谩mi people of Northern Sweden oppose geoengineering as a solution to climate change because they say it follows the same logic that produced the climate crisis in the first place.
The Best Climate Solutions Start with Listening to Communities
Engaging residents opens the opportunity for them to thrive despite the ever-increasing climate emergency.
Sketches to Make You Smile
鈥淢inimum Viable Planet鈥� is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, comics to help you stay positive and take action.
Suffering the Heat of Climate Change, Cities Seek Retribution
Baltimore is suing major oil and gas companies for spurring the climate crisis and the rising temperatures that have an outsized impact on low-income, urban areas.
Heat: A Comic
鈥淢inimum Viable Planet鈥� is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, hot and bothered and insulted by my children.
Don鈥檛 Tell Me to Despair About the Climate: Hope Is a Right We Must Protect
There is no point at which we can no longer strive to make the future better than it otherwise would be.
The Ever-Clearer Link Between Deforestation and Public Health
Efforts to decolonize forest protection have been stalling for years. COVID-19 might give the movement the urgency it needs.
One Simple Way to Stop Climate Gloom
鈥淢inimum Viable Planet鈥� is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
In California鈥檚 Drier Future, What鈥檚 the Best Investment for Securing Water?
Experts agree that cities need diverse water supplies, but desalination plants remain controversial.
Greta Thunberg Talks Science, Self-Care, and What鈥檚 Next for Her
She says the pandemic has shown how quickly we can develop a vaccine once we really put our resources behind it; it's time to do the same for climate solutions.
3 Climate Activists Making Change in Their Frontline Communities
BIPOC leaders pursue visionary solutions proportional to the climate emergency we face.
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