Sustainability

Destroyed House Climate Change

We Were Already Over 350 ppm When I Was Born We Were Already Over 350 ppm When I Was Born

The devastation is too great. We can’t simply slap solar panels everywhere and call it a day.

Jul 12, 2019 / Jamie Margolin

Portugal youth climate strike

The Youth Climate Movement Is Just Getting Started The Youth Climate Movement Is Just Getting Started

The nascent activist movement has continued to expand across the world, and politicians are taking notice.

Jun 13, 2019 / StudentNation / Angely Mercado

Philippines Indigenous Protestor

Duterte’s Chinese-Funded Dam Will Displace Indigenous Communities Duterte’s Chinese-Funded Dam Will Displace Indigenous Communities

An ambitious plan to improve Manila’s water shortage is leaving Filipino villagers high and dry.

Jun 13, 2019 / Nick Aspinwall

‘This Isn’t Your Island’: Why Northern Mariana Islanders Are Facing Down the US Military

‘This Isn’t Your Island’: Why Northern Mariana Islanders Are Facing Down the US Military ‘This Isn’t Your Island’: Why Northern Mariana Islanders Are Facing Down the US Military

Residents of the US commonwealth have discovered an apparently illegal Navy strategy to help it construct Pacific bombing ranges.

Jun 12, 2019 / Chris Gelardi and Sophia Perez

Climate Student Protests

‘This Is Wholesale Child Neglect’: The Silence of School Leaders on the Climate Crisis ‘This Is Wholesale Child Neglect’: The Silence of School Leaders on the Climate Crisis

Many educators say school boards and education groups should speak out on climate inaction, but those calls aren’t always being well-received.

Jun 12, 2019 / StudentNation / Caroline Preston

Indigenous-Colombian Protest

For Afro-Colombians, the 2016 Peace Treaty Brought No Peace For Afro-Colombians, the 2016 Peace Treaty Brought No Peace

Hundreds of human-rights defenders have been killed since the accords. And Afro-Colombians like Goldman Environmental Prize–winner Francia Márquez are a particular target.

May 23, 2019 / Roosbelinda Cárdenas

What if Reporters Covered the Climate Crisis Like Edward R. Murrow Covered the Start of World War II?

What if Reporters Covered the Climate Crisis Like Edward R. Murrow Covered the Start of World War II? What if Reporters Covered the Climate Crisis Like Edward R. Murrow Covered the Start of World War II?

The new Covering Climate Now project will help media “tell the story so people get it.”

May 22, 2019 / Feature / Bill Moyers

Hurricane Maria, Virgin Islands

Trump Is Embracing Climate Destruction Trump Is Embracing Climate Destruction

Can we act in time to avoid the worst?

May 21, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Carlos Sandi

The Media Have Missed a Crucial Message of the UN’s Biodiversity Report The Media Have Missed a Crucial Message of the UN’s Biodiversity Report

If we want to halt the extinction crisis, we need to embrace Indigenous worldviews.

May 20, 2019 / Four Arrows

How Carbon Farming Can Help Stop Climate Change in Its Tracks

How Carbon Farming Can Help Stop Climate Change in Its Tracks How Carbon Farming Can Help Stop Climate Change in Its Tracks

New agricultural methods offer hope of restoring ecological balance.

May 6, 2019 / Feature / Wilbur Wood

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