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Climate Solutions

Climate Solutions

Our present problems require both past wisdom and futuristic thinking, a marriage of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and innovative technological solutions.

A modern home in the desert.

A modern home in the desert.

The Future of Cooling Was Invented Thousands of Years Ago As buildings crack under record heat, architects are rediscovering ancient technologies.

Climate Solutions

Can Better Words Lead to Better Climate Action?

Can Better Words Lead to Better Climate Action?

Can Better Words Lead to Better Climate Action? Research shows language shapes belief. As the planet heats up, new words seek to better express the environmental chaos of our time.

Art & Culture Climate Solutions

Coat made from hemp yarn, polypore fungi, and cyanobacteria.

Coat made from hemp yarn, polypore fungi, and cyanobacteria.

Blue-Green Algae May Offer Clean Alternatives for Fashion Industry Small organisms called cyanobacteria could make for big fashion solutions, from eco-friendly dyes to plastic alternatives.

Ethical Fashion Climate Solutions

Aerial view of busy intersection

Aerial view of busy intersection

Manhattan’s $9 Toll Was a Win for the Climate. Trump Wants to End It. The resounding success of New York City’s congestion pricing provides a blueprint for advancing social and environmental policies nationwide

Climate Solutions

A blue and white luminogram by Marton Perlaki

A blue and white luminogram by Marton Perlaki

Who Pays the Price for Nuclear’s Clean Energy Promise? Nuclear has been promoted as a climate solution for an energy-hungry society. But is it as clean as advocates say?

Climate Solutions Anthropocene

The hand of a rubber tapper cuts into a tree trunk.

The hand of a rubber tapper cuts into a tree trunk.

Can a Sneaker Brand’s Ambitious Plan Help Counter Amazon Deforestation? Advocates for a bioeconomy say markets for rubber, açaí, and other forest products can help preserve the Amazon—not everyone is convinced.

Science & Nature Climate Solutions

Grass grows alongside the remaining bricks of an abandoned building.

Grass grows alongside the remaining bricks of an abandoned building.

How Abandoned Buildings Can Make Communities More Climate-Resilient Across the Global South, a new generation of designers is reimagining architectural failure as a tool for adaptation and survival.

Climate Solutions Movement Building

Neon lights flash festival goers

Neon lights flash festival goers

Can a Music Festival Really ‘Go Green’? In an industry that profits from excess, a cohort of music festivals are doubling down on climate action.

Art & Culture Climate Solutions

Using Earth To Rebuild A Planet Scorched By Fire

Using Earth To Rebuild A Planet Scorched By Fire

Using Earth To Rebuild A Planet Scorched By Fire The “SuperAdobe” homes of CalEarth are receiving lots of attention after LA's wildfires. Why aren’t we building them everywhere?

Climate Solutions Anthropocene

Preventing Wildfires With High Heat And A Little Biomass

Preventing Wildfires With High Heat And A Little Biomass

Preventing Wildfires With High Heat And A Little Biomass New innovations in biochar make it possible to clear hazardous wood while locking away planet-heating carbon dioxide.

Climate Solutions Science & Nature

A brown mushroom grows in the grass.

A brown mushroom grows in the grass.

How Toxin-Munching Mushrooms Are Restoring Polluted Brownfields The budding bioremediation technique could cleanse the toxic, scorched soil left behind by LA's deadly wildfires.

Climate Solutions Science & Nature

Earth’s Ancient Microbes Offer Lessons for a More Livable Future

Earth’s Ancient Microbes Offer Lessons for a More Livable Future

Earth’s Ancient Microbes Offer Lessons for a More Livable Future Researchers from the Two Frontiers Project and SeedLabs look to extremophiles for clues on improving planetary health.

Changemakers Climate Solutions

The UN’s Bold New Guide for a Green Utopia

The UN’s Bold New Guide for a Green Utopia

The UN’s Bold New Guide for a Green Utopia A new United Nations report calls on us to reconnect with nature, disavow consumerism, and rethink the values society is built on.

Climate Solutions Movement Building

What If Your Clothes Could Actually Clean The Air?

What If Your Clothes Could Actually Clean The Air?

What If Your Clothes Could Actually Clean The Air? As the fashion industry struggles with its enormous carbon footprint, a new generation of brands turn pollution into products.

Ethical Fashion Climate Solutions

Introducing Japan’s First Zero-Waste Town

Introducing Japan’s First Zero-Waste Town

Introducing Japan’s First Zero-Waste Town The tiny municipality of Kamikatsu achieved an 81% recycling rate in 2016. Can it serve as a model of sustainable living for the world?

Climate Solutions Movement Building

Three Crises, One Solution: The Case For Intergenerational Housing

Three Crises, One Solution: The Case For Intergenerational Housing

Three Crises, One Solution: The Case For Intergenerational Housing Retirees are sharing their homes with young people—and it could be a one-stop solution for rising rents, loneliness, and climate change.

Identity & Community Climate Solutions