Protest runs through the region’s veins like coal seams through the mountains.
Pollution
The city exhibits all of the problems the framework is meant to heal.
Overproduction and planned obsolescence are the new normal. But fixing your broken things is a way to resist—and build community.
The U.S. military’s carbon footprint is bigger than 140 countries combined. To seriously address climate catastrophe, we must dismantle its vast infrastructure.
Annie Leonard and Tom Newmark on how they came to see soil as a solution to one of our biggest environmental problems—and as a tool to build more resilient communities.
An Indigenous-led organization in New Mexico is using fungus in an attempt to remove chemicals from soil.
Oil spills don’t stand a chance against the cleansing power of mycelium.
It only took a few months for a young environmental scientist from the Bahamas to create a youth movement to ban single-use plastics in her country.
Proponents say this natural alternative to wildfire cleanup is potentially cheaper.
Greening alleys reclaims public space, reconnects urban dwellers to one another, and invites nature deep into cities.
Doing something every day can be profoundly helpful in giving people hope, and it’s a path to change.
Decreasing the environmental footprint of food waste can save the planet and your wallet.
A program in eastern Kentucky is retraining miners in industries that help mitigate the environmental impacts of mining on communities.
More than 40 families in Iowa are fighting to contain the spread of concentrated animal feeding operations.
With all due respect to The Guardian’s economics editor, our planet will not be saved by capitalism.
An 11-year-old social media celebrity collects thousands of encouraging letters from around the globe to remind her Flint schoolmates they are not forgotten.
A Northern California community offers mental health first aid to survivors of devastating fires.
Thousands of charging stations flank the roadway, which stretches from British Columbia to Mexico. Now, the alternative fuel corridor needs to grow.
College students wondered, “Why build a new power plant when we could just ask people to cut down on their AC use instead?”
In the polluted Watts neighborhood, residents’ average lifespan is 12 years less than people from affluent areas.
Youth activists ages 11 to 18 return home to educate their communities about how to curb the crisis.
Plastic manufacturers are not responsible for the disposal of their products, so the burden is placed on people in the Philippines.
In 1988, global warming became front-page news—and 30 years later the U.S. has yet to take meaningful action.
Climate change will impact agriculture and food supplies. That’s why this digital classroom is teaching food literacy.
The no-waste economy must be applied to fashion, just as it is in the food industry.
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