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6 Electric Wearables to Get You Outside

By Berne Broudy October 5, 2015

In this story: buyers' guide, adventure, technology

Get out and plug in with our favorite gadgets for fall.

Clean Energy From Unlikely Sources

By Eliza Strickland October 5, 2015

In this story: clean energy, technology

How water pipes, subway trains, and sewage treatment can provide clean power for the city above.

Why You Should Visit Camp Denali

By Greg Benchwick October 5, 2015

In this story: camping, adventure, bucket list, dogs

Camping—or glamping—in the shadow of the mountain formerly known as McKinley.

Bugs Behind Bars

By Jake Abrahamson October 5, 2015

In this story: women, insects

An inmate finds solace breeding endangered butterflies.

Prison Ecology

By Dashka Slater October 5, 2015

In this story: environmental justice

Prison pollution: Not everyone can flee toxic hazards.

6 Food Subscriptions You Need

By Chelsea Leu October 1, 2015

In this story: food and drink

We went looking for companies that bring eco-ethics to your door along with the pasta and rosemary.

5 Environmental Stories You Don't Want To Miss

By Will Carruthers October 1, 2015

In this story: astronomy

Is this the future? Water on Mars, portabella mushroom batteries and shrinking bee tongues.

Make a Playhouse From Cardboard

Convert a large box into the ultimate toy

By Wendy Becktold October 1, 2015

In this story: diy, recycling, children

With a little TLC, cardboard boxes can house a whole lot of fun.

Life, Death, and Winter

Tracking predators in Glacier National Park

Text and photographs by Aaron Teasdale October 1, 2015

In this story: adventure, wolves, hiking, wilderness

Frozen Kintla Lake, in Glacier National Park, is often littered with carcasses left by wolves.

Rebirth of an Arizona Canyon

By Tim Vanderpool October 1, 2015

In this story: wilderness

Aravaipa Canyon recovered after a 2006 flood shredded the desert oasis.

How to Heal the Wounds of War

By Michael Brune October 1, 2015

In this story: military outdoors

The Sierra Club firmly believes in the healing power of wilderness.

Plants Can Detoxify TNT-Contaminated Soil?

By Will Carruthers October 1, 2015

In this story: science

Scientists are developing a super plant to help clean up military waste.

Happy Birthday, Yosemite!

By Robin Walter September 30, 2015

In this story: Yosemite, national parks

Join us in celebrating 125 years of adventure, environmental foresight, and unparalleled natural grandeur in Yosemite National Park.

David Brower: The Making of the Environmental Movement

By Bob Schildgen September 30, 2015

In this story: books, activism

David Brower: The Making of the Environmental Movement, By Tom Turner, with a Foreward by Bill McKibben. (University of California Press, October, 2015)

Salmon and Coal Face Off in Alaska

Salmon are the lifeblood of Alaska. Will the state allow PacRim Coal to dig through their spawning grounds?

Text and photographs by Jake Abrahamson September 30, 2015

In this story: salmon, coal, wildlife

To fish or to mine? Alaskans must decide the future of a wild beach with a long history.

The Grand Canyon As It Should Be

What makes the sliver of land and river we call the Grand Canyon so special is what surrounds it.

By Peter Frick-Wright September 30, 2015

In this story: adventure, hiking, climbing

Protecting the watershed that supports Grand Canyon National Park

What You Need to Know About the State of Rhinos

By Wendy Becktold September 30, 2015

In this story: wildlife, animals, endangered species, rhinos

The good, the sad, and the hopeful in the world of rhino conservation.

Frontiers of Global Food Production

By Catherine Schuknecht September 29, 2015

In this story: clean energy, food and drink, vegan, design, technology

A Stack of Planets and a Celestial Ghoul for October

By Kelly Kizer Whitt September 29, 2015