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Surging Energy Demand Helps Fuel Trump’s Love Affair With Coal Each week, award-winning climate journalist Miranda Green offers a look beneath the climate headlines—into how decisions are being made, why they matter, and what they reveal about this moment. Subscribe to The Understory to never miss an edition.

How to Build Cities Out of Plants and Earth

How to Build Cities Out of Plants and Earth

How to Build Cities Out of Plants and Earth Bio-based replacements for steel, concrete, and fiberglass have massive implications for finally decarbonizing the construction industry.

Climate Solutions Science & Nature

Photographer Ana Flores Documents a Masked Devil Dance on Peru’s Northern Coast

Photographer Ana Flores Documents a Masked Devil Dance on Peru’s Northern Coast

Photographer Ana Flores Documents a Masked Devil Dance on Peru’s Northern Coast The masked devotional dance forms part of the procession of the Virgin of Candelaria del Socorro.

Photography Identity & Community

The Inflorescent Self: Botanical Notes on Becoming

The Inflorescent Self: Botanical Notes on Becoming

The Inflorescent Self: Botanical Notes on Becoming Blooming isn’t a singular act but a choreography of time, environment, and relationship—where what appears whole is often a constellation.

The Overview Deep Ecology

In Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Bedouin Life Is Guided by Generations of Mountain Knowledge

In Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Bedouin Life Is Guided by Generations of Mountain Knowledge

In Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Bedouin Life Is Guided by Generations of Mountain Knowledge In Kotn’s new campaign, Tefnut, filmmaker Hussein Mardini documents a young Bedouin man’s movement through the mountains of South Sinai.

Ethical Fashion Identity & Community

Volume 12: Pollinate

A collection of bold ideas and imaginative solutions for a thriving future. In an era defined by urgency and possibility, our planet depends on visions for progress that are actionable, daring, and transformative. Because a single idea, like a grain of pollen, can travel great distances—and catalyze new life.

Jonas Lindstroem Pollinate cover.

Daniel Shea cover for Pollinate.

Elizaveta Porodina cover for Pollinate.

Rahim Fortune cover for Pollinate.

Min Hyun-Woo cover for Pollinate.

Lea Colombo cover for Pollinate

Clara Balzary cover for Pollinate.

Zachary Handlet Pollinate cover

Oscar-Winner Steve McQueen on the Flowers That Outlived Empire

Oscar-Winner Steve McQueen on the Flowers That Outlived Empire

Oscar-Winner Steve McQueen on the Flowers That Outlived Empire The 12 Years a Slave director speaks with Atmos about his latest book, Bounty.

Art & Culture Science & Nature

A world globe on fire.

A world globe on fire.

How Climate Change Is Redrawing the World’s Political Map Climate diplomacy is now central to foreign policy and global security.

The Understory Democracy

Dark smoke floats from a volcano after an eruption.

Dark smoke floats from a volcano after an eruption.

How Chance Birthed Our Improbable World The unlikely chain of cosmic events that made Earth, life, and our awareness of it possible.

The Overview Deep Ecology

Fire and smoke fill the air.

Fire and smoke fill the air.

The War With Iran Is Already About Energy The conflict is covered in oil with long-term environmental impacts.

The Understory Democracy

Uncovering the Holy Ordinary with Terry Tempest Williams

Podcast Episode 20

Uncovering the Holy Ordinary
with Terry Tempest Williams

The award-winning author reflects on mysticism, grace, and the quiet practice of noticing. Read More

Bog Fashion: The Designers Collaborating with Swamps and Soil

Bog Fashion: The Designers Collaborating with Swamps and Soil

Bog Fashion: The Designers Collaborating with Swamps and Soil Working with peatland water, moss, clay, and time, a new generation of designers embraces irregular dyeing and decay.

Ethical Fashion

A woman from Odisha, India holds a chicken in her arms.

A woman from Odisha, India holds a chicken in her arms.

In Odisha’s Niyamgiri Hills, Women Lead the Work of Stewardship Photographer Jacky Nayak documents the Dongria Kondh in Odisha, where a sacred mountain landscape anchors culture and livelihood.

Photography Identity & Community

Light illuminates the inside of an empty snail shell.

Light illuminates the inside of an empty snail shell.

Fractal Nature: The Pattern Inside Everything Geometric, self-similar patterns known as fractals can be found all throughout nature: in snowflakes, galaxies, and even our own DNA.

The Overview Deep Ecology

Peter Seligmann

Peter Seligmann

Inside the Strategic Mind of a Heart-Led Visionary In an intimate conversation, Peter Seligmann—founder of Conservation International—reflects on intellect, resilience, and relationships.

The Long View Changemakers

The BIOME

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An abandoned Diesel oil gas station.

An abandoned Diesel oil gas station.

The Supreme Court Case That Could End Local Climate Suits Nearly a dozen states are suing the oil and gas industry over climate. The fossil fuel industry is pushing back.

The Understory Democracy

Several giant tortoises lie on a sandy beach on Floreana island.

Several giant tortoises lie on a sandy beach on Floreana island.

Humans Wiped Out Floreana’s Giant Galápagos Tortoises. Now They’re Bringing Them Back. Whalers and settlers decimated the island's tortoise population by the mid-1800s. Nearly 200 years later, the tortoises have returned.

Science & Nature Biodiversity

The head of a white snake peers in front of a pitch black backdrop.

The head of a white snake peers in front of a pitch black backdrop.

Can Morality Be Found in Nature? When we affect other species’ ability to live and flourish, our actions become moral questions.

The Overview Deep Ecology

An illustration of Donald Trump's peripheral outline in front a landscape shot.

An illustration of Donald Trump's peripheral outline in front a landscape shot.

Trump’s Climate Silence at the Longest-Ever State of the Union The president’s far-reaching speech ignored climate change but not its impacts.

The Understory Democracy

Women's History Month

Women’s history is deeply tied to the land—through leadership in conservation, food systems, and the ongoing work of climate justice.

The Matriarchs of West Sumatra

The Matriarchs of West Sumatra

The Matriarchs of West Sumatra Photographer Olga de la Iglesia documents life in West Sumatra, and the matrilineal Minangkabau peoples’ deep connection to nature.

Photography Identity & Community

The Women Defending the North Pole

The Women Defending the North Pole

The Women Defending the North Pole Climate change is coming for the Arctic. The Frontline speaks to the Arctic Angels, a group of young women on a mission to save the region.

The Frontline Environmental Justice

Trust Black Women, Follow Black Women

Trust Black Women, Follow Black Women

Trust Black Women, Follow Black Women If we’re to make transportation equitable and address the climate crisis, we need Black women. Advocate Tamika Butler shares her expertise.

The Frontline

Climate Justice Must Include All Women

Climate Justice Must Include All Women

Climate Justice Must Include All Women The Frontline looks at how climate change is already affecting women's rights—and exacerbating present-day vulnerabilities.

The Frontline Environmental Justice

What Can a Mushroom Teach Us About the Female Body?

What Can a Mushroom Teach Us About the Female Body?

What Can a Mushroom Teach Us About the Female Body? Ying Ang’s Fruiting Bodies reframes fungi as metaphors for the female body, challenging dominant ideas of fertility and reproduction.

Photography Science & Nature

Two women in India sit together on a floor covered in blankets.

Two women in India sit together on a floor covered in blankets.

Meet The Women Survivors of the World’s Worst Industrial Disaster Forty years after a pesticide company leaked toxic chemicals into the air and water of Bhopal, these women are still fighting for justice.

Environmental Justice Changemakers

Misogyny Won The U.S. Election. Here’s How Women Can Fight Back.

Misogyny Won The U.S. Election. Here’s How Women Can Fight Back.

Misogyny Won The U.S. Election. Here’s How Women Can Fight Back. Donald Trump’s electoral win has emboldened a new wave of sexism, racism, transphobia, and climate denial.

Democracy Identity & Community

Women's History Month

Women’s history is deeply tied to the land—through leadership in conservation, food systems, and the ongoing work of climate justice.

The Matriarchs of West Sumatra

The Matriarchs of West Sumatra

The Matriarchs of West Sumatra Photographer Olga de la Iglesia documents life in West Sumatra, and the matrilineal Minangkabau peoples’ deep connection to nature.

Photography Identity & Community

The Women Defending the North Pole

The Women Defending the North Pole

The Women Defending the North Pole Climate change is coming for the Arctic. The Frontline speaks to the Arctic Angels, a group of young women on a mission to save the region.

The Frontline Environmental Justice

Trust Black Women, Follow Black Women

Trust Black Women, Follow Black Women

Trust Black Women, Follow Black Women If we’re to make transportation equitable and address the climate crisis, we need Black women. Advocate Tamika Butler shares her expertise.

The Frontline

Climate Justice Must Include All Women

Climate Justice Must Include All Women

Climate Justice Must Include All Women The Frontline looks at how climate change is already affecting women's rights—and exacerbating present-day vulnerabilities.

The Frontline Environmental Justice

What Can a Mushroom Teach Us About the Female Body?

What Can a Mushroom Teach Us About the Female Body?

What Can a Mushroom Teach Us About the Female Body? Ying Ang’s Fruiting Bodies reframes fungi as metaphors for the female body, challenging dominant ideas of fertility and reproduction.

Photography Science & Nature

Two women in India sit together on a floor covered in blankets.

Two women in India sit together on a floor covered in blankets.

Meet The Women Survivors of the World’s Worst Industrial Disaster Forty years after a pesticide company leaked toxic chemicals into the air and water of Bhopal, these women are still fighting for justice.

Environmental Justice Changemakers

Misogyny Won The U.S. Election. Here’s How Women Can Fight Back.

Misogyny Won The U.S. Election. Here’s How Women Can Fight Back.

Misogyny Won The U.S. Election. Here’s How Women Can Fight Back. Donald Trump’s electoral win has emboldened a new wave of sexism, racism, transphobia, and climate denial.

Democracy Identity & Community

An arrangement of colorful, different sized buttons.

An arrangement of colorful, different sized buttons.

Plastic Output Will Double in the Coming Decades. This New Book Traces How. Plastic Inc. author Beth Gardiner on how plastics became central to fossil-fuel profits—and how new laws could cut the flow at the source.

Anthropocene

Smoke surrounds a ceramic bowl.

Smoke surrounds a ceramic bowl.

Nourished by a Living World Photographer Bodhi Shola follows nourishment back to its sources, tracing how industrial abundance is sustained.

Photography Future of Food

A red labyrinth.

A red labyrinth.

Life at the Crossroads To live at the crossroads is to make peace with liminality, to revel in the luster of twilight and transition.

The Overview Deep Ecology

Inside the Largest Deregulatory Action in US History

Inside the Largest Deregulatory Action in US History

Inside the Largest Deregulatory Action in US History Can the government simply decide emissions aren’t its problem?

The Understory Democracy

The Trees That Bear Witness to Black History

The Trees That Bear Witness to Black History

The Trees That Bear Witness to Black History Across the African diaspora, Black Heritage Trees stand as living witnesses to slavery, resistance, and freedom.

Deep Ecology Black Liberation

A half nude woman balances a flower pot of dandelions on her lower back.

A half nude woman balances a flower pot of dandelions on her lower back.

A Meditation on Aging in a World That Worships Youth In her new book, Ahndraya Parlato pairs stark landscapes and intimate portraits to explore motherhood and the pressures placed on women.

Photography Art & Culture

Two penguins embrace.

Two penguins embrace.

Labor of Love: Lessons from Nature on Sacrifice Across the living world, sacrifice and creativity remind us that meaning isn’t confined to our labor.

The Overview Deep Ecology

A blue plastic bag filled with trash.

A blue plastic bag filled with trash.

The Legal Push to Make Plastic Producers Pay What if you could sue over false recycling promises?

The Understory Democracy

A person wears glowy wings in a verdant forest.

A person wears glowy wings in a verdant forest.

How Fantasy Can Reveal the Hidden Magic of Nature Strange Animals author Jarod K. Anderson shares how imaginative storytelling can restore a sense of wonder and kinship.

Climate Solutions Art & Culture

A female farmer covered in sheepskins.

A female farmer covered in sheepskins.

Photography Nonprofit Brings Climate Storytelling To The Frontlines Vital Impacts awards fellowships and mentorships to photographers documenting deforestation, displacement—and movements of ecological repair

Art & Culture Photography

A chrysallis against a lavender backdrop.

A chrysallis against a lavender backdrop.

The Law of Impermanence It is both heartening and harrowing to understand that nothing lasts forever. What if we let the ephemeral nature of existence enliven us?

The Overview Deep Ecology

A colorful group of coral.

A colorful group of coral.

The White House Wants to Mine the Oldest Biome on Earth Deep-sea mining would strip the ocean for cobalt, copper, manganese, and nickel. It's in the name of clean energy, but at what cost?

The Understory Democracy

Point Reyes Station, Marin County, Calif.

Point Reyes Station, Marin County, Calif.

Meet the People Protecting the Night Sky Artificial light is spreading faster than scientists once thought. Now activists, designers, and city officials are beginning to push back.

Climate Solutions Science & Nature

A video still of elephants migrating at dusk.

A video still of elephants migrating at dusk.

Migration Is Natural. Only Humans Criminalize It. More than lines on a map, a home is made by those who live there: citizens and neighbors, holding each other's sanctity hand-in-hand.

The Overview Deep Ecology

A gif of ICE protests in Minnesota.

A gif of ICE protests in Minnesota.

Lessons from Minnesota: To Preserve Our Planet, We Must Also Preserve Our Democracy Future generations will remember not only what we did to protect our environment, but also what we did to protect our neighbors.

Points of View

Vanessa Barboni holds a lamb.

Vanessa Barboni holds a lamb.

Building a Blueprint for Regenerative Fashion Another Tomorrow Founder Vanessa Barboni Hallik on rebuilding fashion from the farm up and what it takes to design a system that can scale.

The Long View Changemakers

The Era of American Erasure

The Era of American Erasure

The Era of American Erasure From history to science, the Trump administration is increasingly narrowing our view of reality.

The Understory Democracy

An AI generated image of the sun shining in a clear, blue sky.

An AI generated image of the sun shining in a clear, blue sky.

AI Is Making The Climate Crisis Worse. It Could Also Help Fix It. The data-center boom is driving new emissions, but scientists say AI can also be a massive asset in facing the climate emergency head-on.

Climate Solutions Movement Building

The Rebirth of Venus by Elliot and Erick Jiménez

The Rebirth of Venus by Elliot and Erick Jiménez

How Twin Photographers Picture Faith, Migration, And Belonging Elliot and Erick Jiménez draw on Afro-Caribbean spirituality and the natural world to create images that blur painting and photography.

Identity & Community Photography

A wolf dog stands on a rock to look at its reflection in a mirror.

A wolf dog stands on a rock to look at its reflection in a mirror.

The Lone Wolf In a world that emphasizes belonging, wolves remind us that leaving one pack can be the first step toward forming your own.

The Overview Deep Ecology