10 Reasons to be Optimistic (Without Being Naive) About Climate Change
These are dark times, but hope is not lost nor foolish, and change has already begun.
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Can Detroit Return its Brownfields to the Indigenous Sacred Sites They Once Were?
The destruction of burial mounds in Detroit paralleled the displacement and genocide of Indigenous peoples throughout the United States.
How Replanted Seagrass Is Restoring the Ocean
Two decades in to the worldโs largest seagrass restoration project, Virginia's coastal waters are once again vibrant and healthy ecosystems.
Cooler, Cleaner Megacities, One Rooftop Garden at a Time
Growing greens can be a powerful tool for change.
How One Woman Convinced a Community to Love a Bad Omen
An Indian biologist went door-to-door, listening and helping people develop livelihoods, to ultimately save an endangered species.
Going Circular: 7 European Citiesโ Quest to Become Fully Sustainable
Construction waste is a huge polluter. An international experiment is hoping to reduce that waste to nothing.
Measuring Equity Through City Trees
Planting trees is a way to build community and bolster benefits to human and environmental health.
Europe Reduces Waste by Guaranteeing the Right to Repair
Legislation is pushing back against a waste-based economy by requiring companies to help customers fix their appliances and electronics.
Can Californiaโs Cap and Trade Actually Address Environmental Justice?
Since Californiaโs program launched in 2013, questions have swirled about whether cap and trade has helped or hurt people living in the shadow of the stateโs largest emitters.
Major Environmental Wins in Louisiana Have Faith Leaders to Thank
Churches and other places of worship helped strike down an industry-backed ballot amendment and delay a massive plastics project.
What Portlandโs 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.
COVID-19 Lockdown Demonstrates How Economy-Wide Transformation Can Halt Climate Change
The blip in emissions will not have a longterm impact unless we invest in sustainable solutions on a grand scale.
How Montana Is Cleaning Up Abandoned Oil Wells
Oil wells pollute even after the drilling and pumping stop, so this work could help prevent thousands of tons of potent greenhouse gases from contaminating air and water.
How a Small North Carolina Community Is Pushing Back on Pollution
A new group of allies is fighting a proposed asphalt plant that threatens their health and their homes.
Between PPE and Takeout, Are Single-Use Plastics Back to Stay?
The pollution caused by manufacturing, transporting, and disposing plastic harms communities who are already at a higher risk for COVID-19.
How Do We Fix Americaโs Fertilizer Problem? Look in This Ditch
Indiana farmers have managed to clean up their pollution. Hereโs how they did it.
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.
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.
Big Oil Needs to Pay for the Damage It Caused
This month in a Manhattan courthouse, New York Stateโs attorney general Letitia James argued that ExxonMobil should be held accountable for layers of lies about climate change. Itโs a landmark
My Indigenous Culture Is an Act of Resistance
Two generations saw our Inuit and Dine homelands in Northern Canada nearly destroyed. Now my way of life is one of cultural repair.
Appalachiaโs Deep History of Resistance
Protest runs through the regionโs veins like coal seams through the mountains.
Why Detroit Could Be the Engine for the Green New Deal
The city exhibits all of the problems the framework is meant to heal.
Why the Planet Needs You to Repair Your Broken Stuff
Overproduction and planned obsolescence are the new normal. But fixing your broken things is a way to resistโand build community.
Why We Canโt Ignore U.S. Military Emissions
The U.S. militaryโs carbon footprint is bigger than 140 countries combined. To seriously address climate catastrophe, we must dismantle its vast infrastructure.
โThe Story of Soil Is the Story of All of Usโ
Annie Leonard and Tom Newmark on how they came to see soil as a solution to one of our biggest environmental problemsโand as a tool to build more resilient communities.
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