This Humble Mollusk Can Save Shorelines From Rising Seas
As entire islands disappear in Chesapeake Bay, the oyster is enlisted as a first line of climate defense.
Environment
Why Students of Color Are Stepping Up to Lead Climate Strikes
The youth-led movement builds on the momentum of the increasingly Black and Brown leadership behind the Green New Deal.
The Climate Solution Right Under Our Feet
The ideas behind regenerative farming are simple and ancient.
How to Talk to Kids About Climate Change (and Have Fun, Too)
We can empower children to be a part of the solution.
Serotonin and the Garden of Good Eating
The day I joined my community garden marked not just the beginning of my healing, but also the start of my family鈥檚 suburban homesteading journey.
Mushrooms Clean Up Toxic Mess, Including Plastic. So Why Aren鈥檛 They Used 麻豆社事件?
Proponents say this natural alternative to wildfire cleanup is potentially cheaper.
How to Turn Dirt Into Soil
Simple steps for cultivating a revolution in your backyard.
Going Dark to Reconnect to the Night Sky
Across the globe, communities are working to preserve existing areas of natural darkness and reduce the spread of light pollution.
Build a Border Wall? Here鈥檚 What Border Communities Say They Want Instead
For many of us who actually live along the U.S.-Mexico border, the 鈥淢esquite Manifesto鈥� addresses economic and climate problems by building up industry around the native tree.
After 40 Years of Government Inaction on Climate, Have We Finally Turned a Corner?
Policy expert Gus Speth talks about Our Children鈥檚 Trust鈥檚 lawsuit, explaining the U.S.鈥檚 longtime knowledge of climate change even as it pushed fossil fuels. But now we've got a fighting chance.
The New Planetary Health Diet Promises to Save the Earth. So I Tried It for a Week
We know the broad strokes: Less meat, more beans. But true sustainability also means considering the practical realities of eating.
How Removing Asphalt Is Softening Our Cities
Greening alleys reclaims public space, reconnects urban dwellers to one another, and invites nature deep into cities.
Bill McKibben: Climate Change Is Scary鈥擭ot the Green New Deal
It鈥檚 very clear that conservatives have one plan for dealing with the popularity of the Green New Deal: scaring the hell out of people.
By Reconnecting With Soil, We Heal the Planet and Ourselves
Enslavement and sharecropping cannot erase thousands of years of Black people鈥檚 sacred relationship with the land.
How Colonization of the Americas Killed 90 Percent of Their Indigenous People鈥攁nd Changed the Climate
A new study raises questions about climate change policy for the decades ahead.
Another Kind of Rescue After the Wildfires
Volunteer archaeologists use dogs trained in forensics to help sort the ashes of cremated loved ones from the ashes and debris of burned homes.
Restoring the Range: Can Beef Be Earth-Friendly?
Here鈥檚 how one cattle ranching family in South Dakota restored a prairie, wildlife habitat, and a creek.
The White Earth Band of Ojibwe Legally Recognized the Rights of Wild Rice
Finally, plant species have rights, too.
No Impact Man鈥檚 Guide to Activism
I鈥檝e learned a lot about how to be an ordinary person, filled with self-doubt, who still takes the risk of trying to do something about the world.
Video: How This Tribe Got Their Coastal California Lands Returned
The Kashia鈥檚 success might be the first time that a tribe in the U.S. has held a private deed鈥攁s well as management rights鈥攖o their ancestral lands.
For Cookbook Author, Food Is an Ally Against Dementia
She can鈥檛 remember recipes, and food doesn鈥檛 taste the same, but Paula Wolfert believes that what she eats is key to helping her slow her cognitive decline.
9 Things You Need to Know About the Pipeline Blockade in B.C.
Since 2010, the Unist鈥檕t鈥檈n have fought the transit of fossil fuels through their hereditary lands. In the last few days, police finally moved in. Here鈥檚 how we got to this point.
Healthy Food Just Got a Big Boost in the New Farm Bill
A program that doubles the spending power for food stamp recipients who buy fresh produce just got more funding.
How to Not Be (Completely) Depressed About Climate Change
Doing something every day can be profoundly helpful in giving people hope, and it鈥檚 a path to change.
The Second Best Time to Plant a Tree Is Now
The climate conversation we are going to have in 30 years鈥攐r in 12 years鈥攚ill depend entirely on what we do today. And I mean today. This week, this season, this year.
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