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Need a new outfit? Try the library.
The spotlight At a library in Dover, New Hampshire, earlier this year, the shelves of books and CDs typically available for lending were accompanied by something else — racks of clothes. Every Sunday...
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These TV shows are leaving emissions on the cutting room floor
The vision “There’s our carbon footprint to think about, and then there’s also our cultural footprint — both of which are important, but this industry is uniquely positioned to have a large cultural...
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Can a new version of Catan, the cult-favorite board game, make climate change...
The spotlight On a balmy Seattle evening in June, four climate journalists walk into a bar. I’m one of them, with a cardboard box — the reason for our gathering — tucked under one arm. Inside it is...
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These power athletes are shifting attitudes about what vegans can look like
The spotlight Eating a plant-based diet is one of the highest-impact actions a person can take to reduce their personal contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. A broader cultural shift toward plants...
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Meet the scientists behind the ice sanctuary — a memory vault for dying glaciers
The vision “When you lose it, you’ve lost a record of climate on Earth that can never be recovered. There’s a lot of scientists who realize this, and have realized it for decades, who are making...
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Indigenous geography could change how we relate to the Earth
The vision “Native people are still here regardless of what the settler colonial state might try and say. You can uplift and amplify that ongoing relationship with the land here and now.” —...
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How outdoor programs are adapting to the challenge of extreme weather
The vision “How can healing our relationship to the planet help us heal our relationships with ourselves?” — Ki’Amber Thompson The spotlight The outdoors can be a healing place. Spending time in...
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How greener schoolyards benefit kids — and the whole community
The spotlight When Lois Brink’s kids were in elementary school, she remembers being struck by how uninviting their schoolyard was. She described it as “scorched earth” — little more than a dirt field...
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How ‘loving corrections’ could transform our relationships with one another —...
The vision “I foresee a movement with a wide stance, a strong connection to ancestral wisdom, a fortified sense of self that inspires all who see and touch and join it. We spend our time transforming...
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Methane leaks are a climate problem. These satellites could help find them.
The vision “It doesn’t matter how many thermographers we have, boots on the ground, satellites flying in the air, people with drones and airplanes and all the other technology, none of it matters if...
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What if nature had a voice in legislation? A ‘planetary parliament’ could...
The vision “We might have environmental protections, but those come from humans determining what’s good about an ecosystem. It might look a little different if you were to talk to a pod of pilot...
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Climate migration doesn’t look like you think it does
The vision “Narrative agency is most important when reminding people of their own ability to actually do what they’re capable of.” — Ahmed Badr, co-founder of Narratio The spotlight When Rayan Mohamed...
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‘What If We Get It Right?’ Preventing a climate apocalypse might start with...
The spotlight If we get it right, the pace of life is more humane. Time that had been spent dealing with health- and flood-insurance paperwork, advocating for renewable energy, being stuck in traffic,...
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Let’s discuss the ethics of climate action
The vision “Our planet is transforming in a way that will make life much harder for most people. It already has brought suffering to millions and millions of people. And in the United States, most of...
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To prepare for the climate of tomorrow, foresters are branching out
The vision The old tree spoke: Burr of blade and crash of trunk broke embraces held for centuries. My grove — seeded ere memory — found itself emptied of life by the sound and fury of saw. Alone, I...
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In Minnesota, the PolyMet mine pits renewable energy needs against tribes and...
Northeastern Minnesota’s Iron Range has been a major mining hub since the 1860s. Nestled among thick forests and many of the state’s famed “10,000 lakes,” open-pit mines there produce low-grade iron...
View ArticleNew study: Climate change will spread toxic mold to Midwest corn
Climate change is expanding the reach of aflatoxin, a chemical produced by a gray-green mold that infects corn crops and could threaten widespread damage to the country’s lucrative Corn Belt....
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A new coalition is placing a big bet on carbon removal technology
As global emissions continue to rise, the idea that the world will likely overshoot its climate targets is increasingly becoming a reality. In response, a growing contingent of companies have been...
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Water security is now a key US foreign policy priority
This story is part of the Grist series Parched, an in-depth look at how climate change-fueled drought is reshaping communities, economies, and ecosystems. For the first time, the United States...
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Across the Midwest, an ‘unlikely alliance’ forms to stop carbon pipelines
Last fall, a company called Summit Carbon Solutions started holding meetings in towns around the Midwest. Its goal was to introduce residents to a 2,000-mile, $4.5 billion pipeline called the Midwest...
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