Energy, Housing, Food, Water: What鈥檚 a Fair Share?
What equitable resource distribution looks like.
Environment
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.
Going Beyond Composting
3 composters who are thinking about the soil as well as better food waste systems.
What Role Should Social Justice 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.
Depaving Cities for a Greener Future
Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, Montreal鈥檚 depaving efforts make this Toronto-dweller green with envy (and inspiration).
How Replanted Seagrass Is Restoring the Ocean
Two decades in to the world鈥檚 largest seagrass restoration project, Virginia's coastal waters are once again vibrant and healthy ecosystems.
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.
How the Women of Standing Rock Inspired the World
鈥淎 nation isn鈥檛 defeated until the hearts of the women are on the ground.鈥�
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.
The Unsung Caribbean Roots of the Vegan Food Movement
While eating a plant-based diet is often presented as a White, millennial fad that accompanies gentrification, Black people have a long and rich tradition of plant-based eating.
Settlers Have an Obligation to Defend Treaty Rights, Too
鈥淭he treaties are not just a concern for Indigenous people. They were entered into by the U.S. government, and as citizens, we have a responsibility to ensure our government honors that law.鈥�
Cities Use Public Transit to Make Nature 麻豆社事件 Accessible
Seattle is one of several major cities implementing a 鈥渢ransit to trails鈥� program to help more people access local wilderness.
Tribes Are Leading the Way to Remove Dams and Restore Ecosystems
When the Elwha River dams fell, it was the culmination of many decades of successful partnerships to support the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe in righting historic wrongs.
Cooler, Cleaner Megacities, One Rooftop Garden at a Time
Growing greens can be a powerful tool for change.
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.
The Beauty of Beasts (and How to Save Them From Us)
In grappling with the complicated history of environmental conservation, Michelle Nijhuis eschews blind hope in favor of pragmatic possibility.
Rights for Rivers: Fighting for the Legal Rights of Nature
Arguing for the legal standing of nature was greeted as ridiculous in the 1970s. But now the idea is catching on.
Why the Shift from 鈥淐limate Change鈥� to 鈥淐limate Emergency鈥� Matters
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, emergence through emergency.
On July 4, We Need to Prioritize Interdependence. Our Future Depends on It.
This fraught holiday is a time to hold the truth that we need each other to survive and thrive.
Rethinking the Farming Economy
A Vermont nonprofit is connecting independent farms with buyers and distributors, reducing food surplus and working to eliminate food insecurity.
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.
Do You Talk About Your Climate Concern?
鈥淢inimum Viable Planet鈥� is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
Toward Food Sovereignty in Alaska Native Communities
A grassroots project to build biomass-heated greenhouses aims to alleviate food insecurity in the communities most affected by it.
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.
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