Growing Community in Vacant Chicago Lots
Most community gardens don’t last more than 10 years. But the Harambee Garden—at 12 years and running—has lessons to share.
Environment
Individuals Are Not to Blame for the Climate Crisis
The fossil fuel industry uses greenwashing and woke-washing to shirk their own responsibility.
The Race to Zero Emissions
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, we get ready for a climate marathon.
Environmental Education Is Falling Short. Activism Can Help
“We can’t afford to let our education systems get in sustainability’s way.”
What They Knew: The U.S. Government and the Climate Crisis
In a new book, Gus Speth charts 50 years of the U.S. government’s role in causing global warming.
How India’s Farmers Launched a Movement Against Modi’s Farm Bills—and Won
Hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers spent a year relentlessly protesting the Modi government’s push to corporatize Indian agriculture. Their fight offers a model for social movements worldwide.
2022’s Imperative: Letting Go of Our Past to Birth Our Future
Building an ecological civilization is the only way forward to saving both the planet and humanity. And time is running out.
Why Children’s Stories Are a Powerful Tool to Fight Climate Change
Stories are the most diverse, innovative, and dynamic technology for social transformation.
Smoked Salmon for Amelia: A Native Perspective on Homelessness
“The ultimate cause of homelessness is our spiritual break with the land.”
Black Farmers Are Rebuilding Agriculture in Coal Country
Jason Tartt saw opportunity in the terraced hillsides of his native West Virginia, both for restoring the land and for other Black farmers.
17 Months Later, Dixie Fire Survivors Are Experiencing a New Kind of Disaster
Getting the mail used to take 5 minutes. Now it's a 50-mile round trip that can take up to 4 hours due to the constant removal of hazardous trees.
Climate Justice Through Divestment
“We are on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance.”
Vandana Shiva: Reciprocal Care Will Give Us a Future
Vandana Shiva holds on to hope that we can collectively bring Earth back into our imagination.
Electric Solutions to Decarbonize Your Life
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week we look at how you can electrify your life for the planet.
In Search of Sustainable Spirits
An alcohol aficionado on how spirits like bourbon fit into our food system.
25 Years of YES!: Hope, Progress, and Setbacks
A robust conversation with YES! co-founders Sarah van Gelder and David Korten, as well as longtime contributing editor Vandana Shiva.
Can a Major City Go Car-Free? Berlin Might Know Soon Enough
A group of activists in the German capital are pushing an ambitious plan to eliminate private vehicles in the city center, an area twice as big as Manhattan.
Community Efforts to Clean Up Contaminated Water in One California Town
“Lawmakers need to figure out better ways to balance the interests of industry with protecting people’s health.”
How an Inefficient but Resilient Food System Fed a Hospital—and a Community
“When we started our farm-to-hospital concept, we never could have anticipated a global pandemic, but the pandemic provided proof of concept.”
Talking (and Not Talking) About the Climate Emergency With My Kids
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, how to talk to kids about climate change.
The Rights of Rivers
Indigenous communities and conservationists around the world are challenging the long-held view of water as a human commodity. Can the same approach work in the United States’ arid Southwest?
Facing Eviction from an Urban Farm, Baltimore Activists Continue Their Fight for Food Sovereignty
After years of relying on fresh produce from a local urban farm, Baltimore’s Cherry Hill neighborhood is rallying together to save their farm from the city’s eviction notice.
A Guide to Climate Reparations
Reparations, debt cancellation, and climate justice are all regular features in climate solutions—but what do they mean in practice?
Does the Climate Crisis Inspire Anger?
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, we contemplate anger, heart, and action.
Chasing Liberty Along the Nez Perce Trail
“For 16 disquieting days, Sassia and I felt like we were chasing liberty—but whose, was the daily question. It never seemed like it was ours, or that of others obstructed from the American Dream. Not the Nez Perce’s, for sure.”
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