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Points of View

Points of View

In a world of misinformation and mass discourse, it’s all the more important to hear from experts. These op-eds reflect the points of view of visionaries, thought leaders, and adepts across climate and culture.

A train track goes in two directions.

A train track goes in two directions.

Climate Change Has a Trolley Problem What would you sacrifice for the greater good of the planet?

Points of View Anthropocene

Terminated Parks Employee Warns of the Danger and Cruelty of Job Cuts

Terminated Parks Employee Warns of the Danger and Cruelty of Job Cuts

Terminated Parks Employee Warns of the Danger and Cruelty of Job Cuts His job was to make wildlife monitoring at the NPS faster and cheaper—so getting dismissed for “government efficiency” was a bitter irony.

Points of View Democracy

A young person stands in front of a dirt mound wearing a red button up shirt and holds a portrait of an ocean in front of their face.

A young person stands in front of a dirt mound wearing a red button up shirt and holds a portrait of an ocean in front of their face.

I Believed Climate Change Was a Lie. Here’s What Changed My Mind. Climate skepticism isn’t just ignorance—it’s a carefully orchestrated campaign that's more powerful than ever.

Movement Building Points of View

A collage of Mara Hoffman sitting next to rock staircase and a mountain range.

A collage of Mara Hoffman sitting next to rock staircase and a mountain range.

Mara Hoffman: ‘Dying is the Sure Path to Living’ After shutting down her beloved label, designer Mara Hoffman reflects on what it means to let go of the things—and people—we love most.

Well Being Points of View

An activist holds up a sign at a protest that says

An activist holds up a sign at a protest that says

In 2025, Solidarity With Palestine Means Reckoning With Ourselves First With a ceasefire deal in Gaza, anti-Zionist Israeli writer Ita Segev pens a powerful call for honest reflection and collective action.

Points of View Identity & Community

Black Churches Have Always Led Social Movements. Why Not Climate Justice?

Black Churches Have Always Led Social Movements. Why Not Climate Justice?

Black Churches Have Always Led Social Movements. Why Not Climate Justice? Grammy nominee and Climate Revival cofounder Antonique Smith takes us inside her Black church tour.

Points of View Environmental Justice

I Am From Gaza. Our World Is in Ruins, but Our Stories Endure.

I Am From Gaza. Our World Is in Ruins, but Our Stories Endure.

I Am From Gaza. Our World Is in Ruins, but Our Stories Endure. One year into Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, Palestinians continue to seek refuge in art, writes poet Atef Alshaer.

Points of View Art & Culture

I Come from Holocaust Survivors. They’re Why I’m Demanding a Ceasefire.

I Come from Holocaust Survivors. They’re Why I’m Demanding a Ceasefire.

I Come from Holocaust Survivors. They’re Why I’m Demanding a Ceasefire. On the anniversary of October 7, Rabbi Elliot Kukla outlines how past Jewish suffering should encourage solidarity with Palestinians.

Points of View Identity & Community

My Week With The Clothing Waste Zombie

My Week With The Clothing Waste Zombie

My Week With The Clothing Waste Zombie Fair fashion campaigner Venetia La Manna followed a nine-foot “waste zombie” made from discarded garments across New York.

Ethical Fashion Points of View

Paul Watson’s Arrest Is an Insult to Freedom—and Nature

Paul Watson’s Arrest Is an Insult to Freedom—and Nature

Paul Watson’s Arrest Is an Insult to Freedom—and Nature The arrest of my colleague and Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson means that, no matter what happens now, Japan has lost the whale wars.

Points of View Ocean Life

Why the World Needs Spiritual Ecology

Why the World Needs Spiritual Ecology

Why the World Needs Spiritual Ecology Four scholars discuss the possibilities of spiritual ecology as a path toward reintegration in the face of a disintegrating world.

Deep Ecology Points of View

Bayo Akomolafe on How to Make Sanctuary in Times of Loss

Bayo Akomolafe on How to Make Sanctuary in Times of Loss

Bayo Akomolafe on How to Make Sanctuary in Times of Loss Philosopher Bayo Akomolafe explores what blackness means at the end of the world.

Points of View Black Liberation

Sherri Mitchell Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset: We Need a Kincentric Worldview

Sherri Mitchell Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset: We Need a Kincentric Worldview

Sherri Mitchell Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset: We Need a Kincentric Worldview It’s time for humans to begin relating to ourselves, and the rest of the living world, as exactly that: related.

Indigeneity Points of View