In Coastal British Columbia, the Haida Get Their Land Back
The provincial wall may not have fully crumbled, but the tide is rising against it. And at least on Haida Gwaii, a colonial government is no longer lord of the land.
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Are the Young at the Heart of Biden’s Election Problems: What About Climate?
Are you willing to risk the election of someone as likely to seek a blanket pardon for the fossil fuel industry—for the damage it’s done to the health of the nation—as he is absolute immunity for himself for any crimes he might commit as the 47th president of the United States?
Earth Isn’t Just Where We’re From
Earth is it. It’s not just where we’re from, it’s where we belong, and it’s the only home we will ever know. If we don’t take care of it, we will cease to exist.
Humans: the Movie
Rather than double down on a failing technological approach to living in this world, we can start walking away from modernity, and figure out new ways to live.
Ecuador is Not For Sale
A coalition of eco-activist, civil society, and indigenous groups are facing increased repression and violence in the struggle to halt extractivism and to hold the Noboa administration accountable to Ecuador’s laws enshrining the rights of nature.
A review of Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World
If you don’t share his faith in economic growth, and if you lack confidence that pledged emissions cuts will be made actual, some paragraphs in Slow Burn will come across as wishful thinking.
Bioplastics Are Not the Solution
Our world must stop greenwashed false solutions and stay focused on plastic-free, nontoxic, reusable, and refillable materials and systems instead of harmful single-use synthetic materials like PLA.
Why we call it climate change
Our damage to the climate will make temperatures go up in many places, but in some places temperatures will plummet.
A short walk through Amazon time: Interview with archaeologist Anna Roosevelt
From an ecological point of view, the significance of the [archaeological] sequence is that the Amazonians have always very much managed the rainforest and rivers.
Climates Timekeeper: How a Himalayan Clock Holds the Key to Climate Action
Peering back at the prehistoric cracks in the ice I see a clear picture, a quiet clock slowly ticking in reverse as if to keep track of just what kind of time we have left.
Are EVs Truly the Greenest Form of Transportation?
The electrification of energy should go global only if it is by and for those where the transition occurs.
5 Reasons for Environmentalists to Stop Blaming “Doom & Gloom” Narratives
The world is not black or white. It is an infinite tapestry of overlapping hues, and we need dissenting voices that don’t just sing the white-washed way.