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Well Being

Well Being

Our mental and physical well being is inextricably tied to the health of the planet. To protect her is to protect ourselves.

A star being born in NASA photograph.

A star being born in NASA photograph.

A Star Is Born Humanity has always searched the stars for answers, whether through navigation, prophecy, or clues to our wider universe.

The Overview Deep Ecology

Battling Firefighter Burnout in the Era of Climate Change With 2025 forecast to be the longest wildfire season on record, firefighters face converging crises.

Well Being Science & Nature

Two whales swim in the ocean.

Two whales swim in the ocean.

Animal Cultures, Under Rising Threat, Are Key To Species Survival Cultural learning helps species respond flexibly and rapidly to climate change, but these passed-on traditions now face existential threats.

Science & Nature Well Being

Two snails crawl along a face.

Two snails crawl along a face.

The Surprising Cost of Our Quest to Defy Aging From snail mucin to IV drips, longevity products and wellness supplements come at a high environmental cost.

Well Being Anthropocene

A person wearing a white buttoned shirt holds a small flowering plant between their thumb and index finger.

A person wearing a white buttoned shirt holds a small flowering plant between their thumb and index finger.

The Climate Crisis Is Wrecking Our Health. This Doctor Has a Radical Cure. In her new book, Kinship Medicine, Dr. Wendy Johnson offers a blueprint for a more connected, ecological form of care.

Changemakers Well Being

A person's pair of hand holds another person's palm open and touches it with their index finger.

A person's pair of hand holds another person's palm open and touches it with their index finger.

Tools to Cope With Climate Anxiety (and Your Climate-Denying Uncle) A climate-aware therapist answers your questions on how to cope with fear, talk to skeptics, and keep showing up.

Well Being Anthropocene

A black cat and a gray cat walk side by side along the pavement.

A black cat and a gray cat walk side by side along the pavement.

The Surprising Connection Between Feral Cats and Extreme Heat The evolutionary ancestors of house cats evolved in the desert, but that doesn’t make them immune to heat waves.

Well Being Science & Nature

A blurry, lower view of trees in a forest.

A blurry, lower view of trees in a forest.

What This Climate Scientist Wants You to Know About Human Nature Dr. Kate Marvel explores the grief, anger, wonder, and love she feels studying climate change in an excerpt from her new book, Human Nature.

Anthropocene Well Being

Image of a mother with children.

Image of a mother with children.

When the World Is on Fire, What Does Reproductive Choice Really Mean? Roxane Gay reflects on the ways that the choice of whether or not to have kids is limited both by legislation and the climate crisis.

Democracy Well Being

Palestinian children stand next to the gate of a soccer field.

Palestinian children stand next to the gate of a soccer field.

Surviving Occupation in a Climate-Changed West Bank Climate change is causing strange rainfall patterns in Palestine. That compounds the devastation of Israel’s weaponization of water.

Environmental Justice Well Being

Can Tarot Readings Offer a Salve for Climate Anxiety?

Can Tarot Readings Offer a Salve for Climate Anxiety?

Can Tarot Readings Offer a Salve for Climate Anxiety? Meet the artists combating climate doom and denial using eco-focused divination.

Art & Culture Well Being

What We Lose When We Spend to Feel Better

What We Lose When We Spend to Feel Better

What We Lose When We Spend to Feel Better Consumer culture taught us that joy can be bought—but the ecological costs of our shopping habits reveals how misguided that promise was.

Art & Culture Well Being

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2’s Dystopia Is More Mirror Than Make-Believe

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2’s Dystopia Is More Mirror Than Make-Believe

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2’s Dystopia Is More Mirror Than Make-Believe A reminder that without health system reform, the next pandemic may not just overwhelm us, but reshape what it means to survive.

Art & Culture Well Being

How Māori People Are Reclaiming Psychedelic Mushroom Medicine

How Māori People Are Reclaiming Psychedelic Mushroom Medicine

How Māori People Are Reclaiming Psychedelic Mushroom Medicine An Indigenous-led clinical trial in New Zealand is rekindling ancestral psychedelic practices for addiction and mental health treatment.

Indigeneity Well Being

Wheat grows tall in front of a setting sun.

Wheat grows tall in front of a setting sun.

The Forced Sterilization of India’s Sugarcane Farmworkers Countless women have had their wombs removed under questionable medical advice—and climate change is making the situation worse.

Environmental Justice Well Being

A person places their hand with a band aid across in front of a cloudy sky and coastline.

A person places their hand with a band aid across in front of a cloudy sky and coastline.

New Study Reveals the Healing Power of Nature And brain scans show that it's not all in your head.

Science & Nature Well Being