2020 September/October

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Feature

The End of Oil Is Near

The pandemic may send the petroleum industry to the grave

By Antonia Juhasz

August 24, 2020

Departments

Corina Newsome wants Black people to be more visible out in nature.

Do-Gooder

Corina Newsome Helps Hatch #BlackBirdersWeek

The social media event highlights—and celebrates—Black people in nature

By Ashia Ajani

September 10, 2020

Editor’s Desk

Beyond Peak Oil

Is the oil industry on its last legs?

By Jason Mark

August 27, 2020

Alejandro Aviles, owner of Aviles Construction in Cleveland

Faces of Clean Energy

This Is How a Business Weathers the COVID Crisis

Alejandro Aviles says taking care of his all–Puerto Rican workforce comes first

Adapted from an interview by Judith Lewis Mernit

September 13, 2020

Eyewitness

A Teacher, a Classroom, and a Pandemic

From isolation, the students wrote how everything is connected

By Holly Haworth

September 14, 2020

After surviving a clearcutting in 2011, Canada’s second-tallest Douglas fir helped reignite old-growth-forest conservation.

Field Trip

Big Lonely Doug—Tree, Unlikely Survivor, and Conservation Icon

He stands in Vancouver Island's magnificent old-growth rainforest

By Gina DeCaprio Vercesi

September 4, 2020

The @everydayclimatechange Instagram feed showcases work from photographers spanning six continents, including James Whitlow Delano (@jameswhitlowdelano).

Critic’s Notebook

How One Photographer Uses Instagram to Document #everydayclimatechange

Get a glimpse inside the collaborative, globe-spanning project

By Lola Akinmade Åkerström

September 5, 2020

Survive

Humungo Splinter, No Tweezers

Without a first-aid kit, you're left to rely on the kindness of strangers

By Nilina Mason-Campbell

September 8, 2020

Energy kites are still experimental, and soar high where the wind is fastest

Stress Test

Energy Kites Are the Soaring Alternative to Windmills

Airborne wind energy systems are still experimental, capturing the wind where it's fastest

By Tom Cassauwers

September 7, 2020

Changemaker

Becky Alper Advocates for Room to Roam

When the pandemic struck, this volunteer petitioned on behalf of pedestrians

Interview by Wendy Becktold

September 15, 2020

Taste Test

Easy Ways to Grow, Preserve, and Share Your Own Food

Embrace time-tested models of mutual aid and community food production

By Novella Carpenter

September 2, 2020

Title: Ornitography #150, Bird: Barn Swallow, Location: Jackson Lake Dam, Wyoming

Photo

This Is What It Would Look Like if Birds Made Tracks in the Sky

Photographer Xavi Bou uses video techniques to reveal the paths of birds in flight

Photo by Xavi Bou

August 30, 2020

Books

Exploring a New Age of Disaster Tourism

The climate crisis and tourism collide in Yun Ko-Eun's new novel

By Ysabelle Cheung

September 6, 2020

Books

Hope Takes Flight Amid Ecological Collapse

Writer Charlotte McConaghy examines personal suffering and the extinction crisis

By Wendy Becktold

September 6, 2020

Protect

“I Can’t Breathe”

What air pollution and police violence have in common

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

July 15, 2020

Ask Ms. Green

How Do I Get My Family to Reduce Our Food Waste?

Here are some easy, practical steps to keep your family sustainable

By Jessian Choy

September 23, 2020

Ask Ms. Green

What Are the Best Alternatives to Toilet Paper?

Welcome to the "bum gun" and other options for when nature calls

By Jessian Choy

September 19, 2020