How New Yorkers Won the Right to a “Healthful Environment” A movement to add “green amendments” to state constitutions could help protect environmental rights around the country By Abe Musselman November 29, 2021 In this story: clean energy, environment
4 Must-Read Books for Your Fall Reading List In moving tales of struggle and loss, these stories highlight the power of transcendence By Jonathan Hahn , Katie O'Reilly , Heather Smith November 28, 2021 In this story: books, science, climate change, indigenous communities
How Do You Cope When Your Favorite Places Are Gone? A requiem for what we lost to California’s climate-driven wildfires By John Soares November 27, 2021 In this story: public lands
27 Ways to Beat the Supply Chain Slump and Give the Greatest Holiday Gifts Ever You’ll never again gift a store-bought candle By Katie O'Reilly November 26, 2021 In this story: holidays
Stoke Versus Awe A self-described hermit tourist meditates on how the wilderness can make us spiritual pilgrims By Brooke Williams November 25, 2021 In this story: public lands, hiking, Wonder
Can a Better Understanding of Fungi Help Restore Northeastern Forests? Why we should respect soil as a living organism By Lela Nargi November 24, 2021 In this story: forests
Celebrate Indigenous History This Thanksgiving Here's how to authentically honor the holiday By Alison Cagle November 24, 2021 In this story: holidays
How to Buy a Good Used Bike Get ahead of the supply chain crisis with five proven strategies By Megan Hill November 23, 2021 In this story: biking
California Reckons With the Hard Truth About Plastic Recycling A package of new laws seeks to make the state's economy more circular By James Steinbauer November 22, 2021 In this story: plastic, recycling
California Reckons With the Hard Truth About Plastic Recycling A package of new laws seeks to make the state's economy more circular By James Steinbauer November 22, 2021 In this story: plastic, recycling
President Biden Should Protect Sacred Lands Nevada needs Biden to permanently protect Avi Kwa Ame—a.k.a. Spirit Mountain By Paul Selberg November 21, 2021 In this story: public lands
Will Glow-in-the-Dark Materials Someday Light Our Cities? Substances that persistently luminesce are already used in some bike lanes, and in the future could be applied to sidewalks, streets and buildings By Kurt Kleiner November 20, 2021 In this story: climate change, clean energy
ICYMI: Armadillo Havoc, COP’s Down But Not Out & Supersize Supersaurus A weekly roundup for busy people By Paul Rauber November 19, 2021 In this story: climate change
7 Hacks for a Very Vegan Holiday Feast The best substitution solutions for hearty celebratory fare By Karen Hao November 18, 2021 In this story: vegan, food and drink, holidays
How to Reduce Food Waste Make soup, organize your refrigerator, and follow these five steps to zero waste By Paul Rauber November 18, 2021 In this story: food and drink, Joyful Eating
Fires in the Jungle: Coca Production and Deforestation Accelerate in Colombia Coca growers increasingly displace Indigenous communities By Joshua Collins November 17, 2021 In this story: indigenous communities, forests, climate change
What’s in the Glasgow Climate Pact? And what isn’t in it but should be? By Tina Gerhardt November 16, 2021 In this story: climate negotiations, international climate policy, international environmental justice
People of Color Are More Likely to Die of Lung Cancer Than White Americans Systemic racial health-care disparities persist, according to a new report By Jonathan Hahn November 16, 2021 In this story: air, health, environmental justice
How Amy Tan Chose Flight Over Environmental Fury Inside the makings of an accidental bird portraitist By Alison Singh Gee November 14, 2021 In this story: birds
"Prove Us Wrong": A Roundup of Some of the Best Speeches at COP26 Activists challenge world leaders to act to halt the climate crisis By Sierra Staff November 13, 2021 In this story: COP26, international climate policy, climate change