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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

The Return of the Night Sky

The Return of the Night Sky

The Return of 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.

Changemakers The Long View

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

AI’s Energy Reckoning Has Arrived

AI’s Energy Reckoning Has Arrived

AI’s Energy Reckoning Has Arrived Data centers are the new climate problem, as the growth of artificial intelligence causes electric bills to skyrocket.

The Understory Democracy

An illustration of Donald Trump's face growing out of three flowers.

An illustration of Donald Trump's face growing out of three flowers.

A Year On, Bill McKibben’s (Green) State Of The Union The planet is heating and clean power is getting cheaper. The Trump administration’s answer has been denial and delay.

Democracy Points of View

A fuzzy parasite lies on a leaf.

A fuzzy parasite lies on a leaf.

What Gives? Putting Symbiosis—and Life—in Context In a living world built on exchange, parasites reveal how extraction and contribution are not mutually exclusive.

The Overview Deep Ecology