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Two people are flying down a ski slope with an Enabling Technologies Dynamique Bi Ski.

8 Pieces of Adaptive Outdoor Gear That Redefine Accessibility

Innovations expand opportunities for advenurers with physical disabilities
By Nick Davidson | Jan 2 2021

January Stargazing: Mapping the Universe

Knowing where we are is a form of empowerment
By Jeremy Miller | Jan 1 2021
Illustration shows a woman from behind in bright light with stars and planets swirling around her.

A Poet, a Nebula, and the State of California

What would it take to see the planet beyond our own mythology of need?
By Alexis Pauline Gumbs | Dec 31 2020

In The Nation’s Asthma Capital, a Battle Over Biomass Rages

A Massachusetts bill classifying biomass as renewable reignites a decade-old fight
By Madeleine Gregory | Dec 31 2020
A dark photo of John Luther Adams in a fedora looking off in the distance.

How One Composer Channels Climate Grief Into Orchestral Pieces

And why John Luther Adams turned from activism to art
By Jake Cline | Dec 30 2020
Illustration shows a couple walking up to a cannabis dispensary. A cat wearing sunglasses is walking out, along with a waft of smoke. The sign says "Go Green Medical Dispensary." A sign in the window says, "Try our new strains."

Higher Ground: Best Practices for Safe and Sustainable Cannabis Consumption

As more ways to lawfully imbibe become available, the choices can be confusing
By Jackie Bryant | Dec 29 2020

2021 January/February

2021 January/February

Our Current Issue

  • Writing the Future
  • Will the Circular Economy Save the Planet?
  • A Love Letter From the Clean Energy Future
  • Dorceta E. Taylor on Environmental Justice
  • Time to Indigenize Lands and Water Conservation
  • Varshini Prakash on Redefining What's Possible

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