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Congress Once Shielded Gun Makers. Now It’s Fossil Fuel Companies’ Turn. A new federal bill could halt climate lawsuits against Big Oil.

The Understory Democracy

Michael Pollan: AI Will Never Have The Sentience Of Animals The science writer explores the widening recognition of animal and plant consciousness—and the growing push to extend the idea to machines.

Changemakers Science & Nature

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Processual Biology: You Aren’t a Being, You’re a Process This week’s Overview explores processual biology’s compelling idea: that we are not static beings, but transformation given shape.

The Overview Deep Ecology

A Green Manifesto For Future Generations Atmos marks Earth Day with Silvana Travele and Bonnie Wright in a short film confronting the rollback of climate safeguards.

Climate Solutions Changemakers

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.

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Earth Day in an American Era of Scientific Retreat A war on science means fewer environmental protections and a serious case of “brain drain.”

The Understory Democracy

Plant Baby Plant: Inside Robin Wall Kimmerer’s New Movement At community “Blooms” around the country, the botanist and writer is cultivating a gift economy rooted in care.

Changemakers Climate Solutions

In Senegal, Castoff Clothing Finds New Life Creatives Juanita Richards and Shandi Alexander channel the spirit of Kumpo through castaway clothing and Indigenous textiles.

Identity & Community Ethical Fashion

As the Crow Flies Ravens and crows carry macabre symbolism, but their behavior can teach us a lot about grief—and remind us that love and loss are universal.

The Overview Deep Ecology

Podcast Episode 23

Drag Queen Pattie Gonia: Nature Isn’t Binary, and Neither Are We

Willow Defebaugh sits down with environmental drag queen Pattie Gonia to explore the outdoors as a space that bridges divides.…

How ‘National Security’ Became the New Justification for Drilling What’s happening to the public lands and oceans we thought were protected?

The Understory Democracy

Blowin’ in the Wind: How Nordic Countries Made Electricity Free As wind and hydropower flood Nordic grids, electricity prices are plunging and offering a glimpse of a cheaper energy future.

Climate Solutions

The Thin Blue Line That Shields Life From the Void A fragile veil of gas, suspended between nothing and everything, makes life on Earth possible.

The Overview Deep Ecology

Border Wall Meets Bipartisan Backlash in Big Bend A proposed structure through the national park inspired a rare moment of political unity to protect open spaces.

The Understory Democracy

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In His Latest Book, David George Haskell Shows How Flowers Made Our World The biologist explores how flowering plants reshaped ecosystems through cooperation—and why that story matters more than ever.

Art & Culture Science & Nature

Photographer Darren Vargas Visits Death Valley During the Superbloom After nearly a decade, Vargas traces the brief, improbable season when one of the harshest landscapes in North America is remade by color.

Photography Science & Nature

Life Imitates Life in the Evolutionary Marvel of Mimicry Nature is a panoply of mirrors and relational identities, life imitating itself through iteration and imitation.

The Overview Deep Ecology

Artist Dustin Yellin on What It Means to Be Human The globally acclaimed painter, sculptor, and collagist explores consciousness, deep time, and building a culture of connection.

The Long View Changemakers

Earth Month

Earth Month is a reminder that our relationship with the planet is ongoing—rooted in care, responsibility, and the shared work of sustaining a livable world.

Of the Earth The Earth is not a day or a month, it's something we belong to. Now more than ever, it needs our love—and protection.

The Overview

A Future Without Environmentalism Is the Goal As Earth day approaches, The Overview envisions a future in which no one is an environmentalist because everyone is.

The Overview Deep Ecology

Future Earth Day Happy Earth Day! Join Atmos and Future Earth and share your resolution on social media with the hashtag #FutureEarthDay.

Anthropocene

Activist Julia Butterfly Hill in the Luna tree protesting deforestation by Shaun Walker

The Disease of Disconnect In an essay for Atmos, Julia Butterfly Hill reflects on the fight that lies ahead—and what's missing from our connection to the Earth.

Anthropocene Deep Ecology

Restore Our Earth An Earth Day ode to restoration featuring eco heroes Leah Thomas, Suzanne Simard, Helena Gualinga, Pattie Gonia, Bonnie Wright, and more.

Changemakers

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Respect Your Mother As we face the climate crisis that humanity has wrought, we must remember that we are nothing in the face of her natural forces.

Indigeneity Science & Nature

How Rap Duo EARTHGANG Is Educating Kids On Land Conservation & Inner-City Gardens Atlanta rap duo EARTHGANG are expanding their sustainability efforts beyond music and giving back to the Southwest Atlanta community.

Environmental Justice Changemakers

Earth Month

Earth Month is a reminder that our relationship with the planet is ongoing—rooted in care, responsibility, and the shared work of sustaining a livable world.