How These Danish Bees Give Hope to Refugees
In the face of rising anti-immigrant sentiment, an organization has worked to integrate new arrivals to Copenhagen by taking care of honeybees.
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The Power of Bike Education to Transform Lives and Communities
Amid a pandemic biking boom, cycling education organizations are working to make sure access is equitable and inclusive.
Measuring Equity Through City Trees
Planting trees is a way to build community and bolster benefits to human and environmental health.
Strengthening Communities and Shifting Power in Pursuit of a Just Transition
How two grassroots, BIPOC-led coalitions are helping to democratize the climate justice space.
It’s a Sign: How to Keep Climate Communications Compelling
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, on benign visual interventions in physical space.
How Art Can Help Cultivate Climate Resilience
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
Why “Solarpunk” Gives Me Hope for a More Sustainable Future
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
Harnessing People Power to Protect Alaska’s Last Remaining Wilderness
A new social movement is bringing together Indigenous activists and TikTok creators to prevent drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
What Will It Take to “Build Back Better”?
We’re in a time of global and national crises. President Biden must rise to the task.
Reasons for Hope on Climate Change in 2021
Despite the onslaught of climate disasters, there is more momentum for political action now than ever before.
Why I Gave Away My Salary During the Pandemic
It wasn’t philanthropy. It was an investment in a marginally more livable world for us and our child.
Let’s Call Environmentalism What It Is
We should be thinking less about keeping a clear conscience and more about striving toward a mutualistic relationship with the rest of the earth.
Buddhist Children’s Books Inspire Environmentalism in Taiwan
Education is critical to confronting the climate crisis, and Taiwan offers an example of how to encourage kids to care about their environment.
Biden Needs to Go Big to Rebuild America
There’s an easy way for Biden to help restart the U.S. economy, invest in infrastructure, and repair environmental damage: Revive the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Biden’s Climate Plan Is Better Than Most, But Is It Enough?
Transformative solutions will have to address both the benefits and the costs—and provide a path to a healthy future for those facing the greatest losses.
What Portland’s Smoky Summer Can Do for Air Quality Equity Across the Country
Environmental advocates in Houston and Detroit are striking a balance between acting fast and making lasting change.
What Regulating Big Tech Has to Do With Climate Change
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, big tech and climate and you.
The Kind of Heroes We Need to Actually Save the Planet
We can begin by embracing mythologies aimed at exalting environmental sustainability and social equality.
5 Ways to Push the Climate Conversation on Social Media
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, five quick tips that really do work!
Should You Have Kids Despite Climate Change?
This decision comes with the privileges of race, class, and citizenship status—which is why reproductive justice needs to be part of the climate conversation.
Climate Literacy Is Essential for Effective Change
We need to make it easier to understand basic climate science and emissions reductions.
Young Activists Aren’t Waiting For Anyone
Older generations have generally favored “nowism,” which privileges short-term well-being at the expense of long-term environmental and societal sustainability. And today’s youth are done with it.
What Regenerative Farming Can Do for the Climate
Taking care of the soil is the key to making farms and farmers more resilient.
Is 2020 the Opening for a Just Transition?
As the U.S. considers how to reopen, stimulate, and recover its economy post-pandemic, how radically could it be reimagined?
Can Kentucky Slip Its Industry Ties to Save Its Climate?
There’s a growing environmental movement in Kentucky, and more leaders than ever are speaking the language of sustainability.
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