How Wildfires Impact California鈥檚 Housing Crisis
Wildfires and the destruction they cause have become a societal problem. Addressing this issue comprehensively should include both short-term and long-term solutions.
Environment
Baby Boomers Mobilize Around Climate Change
The generation鈥檚 organizing experience, voter turnout, and spending power make them a powerful force for change.
Planting for the Planet
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, ecological architecture and depaving as climate justice.
Deconstructing the Farm
Rewilding a farm to bring back threatened species.
On Navajo Nation, Activists Use Citizen Science to Fight Pollution
Methane pollution is poorly tracked, so Din茅 activists are monitoring it themselves.
Putting the Commune in Community
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, community fundraising and climate.
Could This Ancient Farming Technique Be a Climate Solution?
Terracing has been used for centuries to help prevent fire, moderate temperatures, and make farming possible even when water is scarce.
The Indigenous Food Caf茅s Transforming Local Cuisine
The modern food system has a huge carbon footprint. These Indian caf茅s want to change that.
Building Community for the Climate Movement
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, joining, organizing, and building a climate community.
How Indigenous Traditions Are Saving Zimbabwe鈥檚 Endangered Wildlife
Local communities鈥� traditional methods of conservation reduce conflict and can offer strong protection for threatened animals.
The Tree That Saved My Father鈥檚 Life
As an Indigenous child soldier caught in El Salvador鈥檚 civil war, my father found safety in a deep, reciprocal relationship with nature.
Decolonizing California鈥檚 Wildfire Zone
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.
How to Relax in a Climate Crisis
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, music camp memories, preconditioned anxiety, and slow work.
Making Space for Wildlife
Four essential reads offer insights into how wild animals view humans and how our presence affects nearby animals and birds.
An Experiment in Central Park Offers a View of Cities鈥� Climate Future
Urban parks are many people鈥檚 main access to nature as well as a critical protection against warming.
A Growing Movement to Reclaim Water Rights for Indigenous People
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.
Combining Old and New: Aquaponics Opens the Door to Indigenous Food Security
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.
The Language of the Climate Movement
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, climate words, communication and the words we cannot say.
How Indigenous Land Rights Halted Amazon鈥檚 South Africa HQ
The decision offers hope to First Nations everywhere: Commercial investors cannot ignore the consent of Indigenous communities.
Sustainability Through Being a Good Ancestor
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, short-term versus long-termism.
When You Can鈥檛 Read Anymore About Climate, Take Action
Getting involved with climate action can be a source of hope and inspiration.
Medicine of the Tree People
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.
Climate Debt and American Dreams
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, 鈥淭he Flag, The Cross and the Station Wagon,鈥� he connects the climate crisis to his suburban American boyhood and wonders 鈥淲hat the hell happened?鈥�
A Climate Story for Every Show
Writing climate into your favorite series, from 鈥淪einfeld鈥� to 鈥淪candal.鈥�
How Artists are Transforming Climate-Related Storytelling
From short videos to influencing Hollywood storylines, a new climate-related project is empowering BIPOC artists to take the lead on storytelling.
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