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Close-up of a butterfly atop a human palm

Feature

Outdoors for All

A nascent global movement proclaims that access to nature is a human right

By Richard Louv

May 7, 2019

Departments

Shreya Ramachandran sits in a chair in her room smiling

Do-Gooder

For This Teen, Graywater Is the New Recycling

Shreya Ramachandran built a graywater system, and you can build one too

By Wendy Becktold

May 2, 2019

Nature should be equally available to all people

Editor’s Desk

Everybody Needs Beauty

Nature should be equally available to all people

By Jason Mark

April 25, 2019

Illustration shows the Statue of Liberty's torch with green leaves growing out

From the Top

A Vision for Our Best America

Frontline and vulnerable communities are key to the Green New Deal

By Michael Brune

April 27, 2019

Jason Edens, director of the Rural Renewable Energy Alliance

Faces of Clean Energy

Solar Heating Is for Low-Income Folks Too

Lowering heating bills through subsidies for solar instead of gas

May 1, 2019

Illustration shows a small African American girl drawing a house in the sand next to the ocean

Eyewitness

We Were Poor, But the Beach Was Ours

Kaitlyn Greenidge on why America needs public beaches

By Kaitlyn Greenidge

April 28, 2019

Bulletin

Colorado Speeds Ahead With EVs

Colorado governor Jared Polis supports a statewide transition to zero-emission vehicles

By Mukta Patil

April 30, 2019

Looking down Nevada's Route 50, with no cars, snowy mountains in the background, and a cloudy sky

Field Trip

A Cyclist Goes It Alone on Nevada's Highway 50

Biking America's loneliest road is an exercise in solitude

By Leonie Sherman

May 2, 2019

Critic’s Notebook

Our Planet, Ourselves

Netflix is streaming an ambitious nature-doc series around the globe

By Katie O'Reilly

April 5, 2019

Critic’s Notebook

Behind the Scenes With Netflix's “Our Planet”

Its filmmakers talk about creating the epic-yet-uncomfortable nature series

By Katie O'Reilly

April 5, 2019

Illustrations show a woman in the middle of a river messing with measuring equipment, then an alligator head pops up behind her, she notices and heads for shore, the alligator dips underwater, and then the woman makes it safely to shore

Survive

How to Survive an Encounter With an Alligator

Don't panic, don't thrash, and when all else fails, bop it on the head

By Sarah Sharkey

May 5, 2019

New technologies help farmers adapt to climate change

Stress Test

High-Tech Farmers Are Adapting to a Changing World

New technologies help farmers adjust for climate change

By Eliza Strickland

May 7, 2019

A woman runs along a cliff with a Suunto watch on her left wrist

Material World

10 Must-Haves for Trail Runners

Because hitting trails requires different gear than running on sidewalks or streets

By Dina Mishev

May 8, 2019

Changemaker

Jennifer Flattery Is a Happy (Snow) Camper

And she'll teach you how to be one too

By Wendy Becktold

May 6, 2019

A man stands in a grocery store aisle with his hand over his eyes/forehead

Taste Test

Supermarket Decoder: How to Interpret Major Food Labels

Your handy grocery guide to stamps, seals, and more

By Lela Nargi

April 30, 2019

Photo

The Intricate Webs That Keep Us Alive

A CT scan of a pigeon reveals the phenomenal complexity within

May 5, 2019

Choked: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution (University of Chicago Press, 2019), by Beth Gardiner

Books

Airpocalypse Now

"Choked" is a globe-trotting tour of air pollution and its toll on public health

By Jonathan Hahn

May 4, 2019

Books

Inside Early Explorers' Journals

Before photography and bullet journals, travelers' sketchbooks marked discoveries

By Michael Engelhard

May 4, 2019

Ask Mr. Green

Is Any Canned Tuna Truly Dolphin-Safe?

Tuna labeling can be its own kettle of fish

By Bob Schildgen