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The Rush to Rescue Wildlife From Australia鈥檚 Fires
Photographer John Moore documents the surviving wildlife and the volunteers and veterinary workers who have responded to the country's fires
How to Turn Your Yard Into an Ecological Oasis
Replacing grass with even a few plants native to your region can save insects and the ecosystems that depend on them.
You Can Put a Price on Nature
鈥淢inimum Viable Planet鈥� is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
When Environmentalists and the Fishing Industry Team Up, Ocean Habitats Win
An inspiring collaboration on the Pacific Coast blew fishery conservation goals out of the water.
Citizen Scientists Track How Plastic Pollution Impacts Birds
To get a big-picture perspective on the plastics that plague beaches, scientists team up with volunteers along the California Coast.
Aloof to Social Proof
鈥淢inimum Viable Planet鈥� is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
Strength From Grief: How Aboriginal People Experience the Bushfire Crisis
How do you support people forever attached to a landscape after an inferno tears through their homelands: decimating native food sources, burning through ancient scarred trees, and destroying ancestral and totemic plants
The Time for Postponing Climate Action Is Over
We are entering humanity鈥檚 defining decade, and 2020 is when we have to make the hard decisions.
Newest National Park Offers Glimpse of Ice Age Clashes
White Sands is one of the few places that offers sledding in the summer. Guests to this site in southwest New Mexico can rent sleds at the visitor鈥檚 center and
To Help Australia, Look to Aboriginal Fire Management
Cultural burning is proactive, while Western-style controlled burning, also called hazard reduction burning, is reactive.
What Makeup Do You Wear for the End of Days?
鈥淢inimum Viable Planet鈥� is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
For a Sustainable Food System, Look to Seeds
鈥淥ur seeds are more than just food for us. Yes, they are nutrition. But they鈥檙e also… spirituality,鈥� says Electa Hare-RedCorn, a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and a
What We Could Do With a $5 Carbon Charge on Your Flight
Like it or not, the world will be flying more in the decades ahead鈥攁nd flights are for many in the developed world the largest part of an individual鈥檚 (and often
Restoring Harmony in Haida Gwaii
Dinners in Roberta Olson鈥檚 restaurant begin with a taste of k鈥檃aw. The dried herring roe on kelp is a traditional food for the Haida people, an Indigenous nation that has called
Oh, Christmas Tree… Fake Christmas Tree?
It鈥檚 the holiday season again, and in the midst of making to-do lists and prepping for festive dinners, some people will once again ponder whether it is better for the
A Wish List From Climate Protesters in Seattle
The protesters were relatively chipper, if subdued, on this Monday morning鈥攁 fitting time of day for a meeting of the Sunrise Movement. This national youth-led effort is pushing the Green
Black Farmers Embrace Practices of Climate Resiliency
They are using heritage farming practices to undo some of the damage brought on by decades of intense tillage by early European settlers.
How Youth Have Changed the Climate Movement
鈥淲e do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors. We borrow it from our children,鈥� affirms the Oglala-Sioux version of a belief common to several indigenous cultures. To David Brower,
Big Ag and the Small-Scale African Farmer
The headquarters of the world鈥檚 largest charitable foundation stretch along an entire block near downtown Seattle. There鈥檚 a plaza at the entrance, and to one side, a wall embossed in
A Return to Nature-Based Education
At the beginning of the 20th century, untempered industrialization and rampant deforestation prompted the conservation and preservation movements. The creation of Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks at the end of
Alaska鈥檚 Melting Glaciers Tell the Story of Climate Change
The story of Alaska鈥檚 glacial retreat is plainly written across the landscape. Melting has left these slow-moving rivers of ice, while still spectacular, much diminished. And it is forcing us
How to Shop Sustainably
By now, the word is out: fashion, particularly 鈥渇ast fashion,鈥� is killing our planet. Low-cost, cheaply made clothes that are designed to be worn briefly until styles change are terrible
Preparing Native Youth to Steward Ancestral Lands
It had been more than a 100 years since the Nim铆ipuu (Nez Perce) people launched a carved canoe in eastern Oregon鈥檚 Wallowa Lake. And now in this place, beloved by
Big Oil Needs to Pay for the Damage It Caused
This month in a Manhattan courthouse, New York State鈥檚 attorney general Letitia James argued that ExxonMobil should be held accountable for layers of lies about climate change. It鈥檚 a landmark
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