Greta Thunberg on Climate Promises Versus Actions
The climate activist doesn鈥檛 mince words in holding world leaders accountable to the urgent demands of young organizers.
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Growing Food and Latino Culture in Tucson鈥檚 Barrio Centro
T-shirt entrepreneurs-turned-farmers are turning an abandoned elementary school into a community hub.
Do Indigenous Land Acknowledgments Do More Harm Than Good?
If done right, they should be prompting uncomfortable conversations, not self-congratulations.
Cultivating Food Sovereignty Through Regenerative Ocean Farming
The first Native-owned and Native-led land trust is working to empower and equip young Natives to successfully farm kelp.
What Does Rest Look Like in a Climate Crisis?
Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, we look into the restless mind, kept awake by the climate crisis.
How 9/11 Set Progressive Causes Back鈥攁nd How We Rebounded
The Bush administration used the attacks to label dissent and protests against international trade agreements as terrorism. Now movements have recovered their lost momentum.
For Climate Solutions, Listen to Indigenous Women
Native women and women of color are the ones doing the work of surviving, recovering, and building resilience.
Why Libraries Are Essential to Climate Justice
For vulnerable communities, libraries are increasingly becoming a refuge in times of disaster.
More Care, Less Carbon
Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, the short-attention span sampler edition of MVP, featuring a few little and big things on my broken mind.
The World鈥檚 Tallest Timber Tower Could Be the Future of Sustainable Construction
Timber construction uses less resources, produces fewer emissions, and is more durable than steel and concrete.
Frances Moore Lapp茅: Why I Wrote 鈥淒iet for a Small Planet鈥�
In 1969, experts said the cause of hunger was world overpopulation. Frances Moore Lapp茅 showed they were wrong.
States Are Buying Hotels to House Displaced Wildfire Survivors
The climate crisis and the pandemic are spurring local governments to take action鈥攁nd finally begin to address chronic homelessness.
Tribal Solar Projects Provide More Than Climate Solutions
Renewable energy isn鈥檛 just a green business venture; it鈥檚 a way to support tribal self-determination and economic development.
Growing Food Justice in Brooklyn
Over 70 different fruits and vegetables are grown in this urban biodiversity oasis, including specialty crops from the community鈥檚 diverse cultures.
Judging Your Climate Impact (and Mine)
Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, Sarah wonders if everyone can see her judging others鈥� carbon footprints.
This Experiential Learning Farm Helps Youth Build a Better World
At Freetown Farm, members of the community can learn the names of medicinal herbs and harvest vegetables, all while developing a deeper relationship to the land and local community.
Managing Climate Panic After the IPCC Report
Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, a pep talk in the wake of the big IPCC report.
Designing a Hopeful Vision for Gaza
In response to bombing and blockade, 鈥淥pen Gaza: Architectures of Hope鈥� explores solutions for building peace and prosperity.
Care Workers Demand Federal Support as First Responders in Climate Crises
Domestic care workers have been overlooked in the economy and as political actors for too long.
Is It Time to Abandon the Term 鈥淐limate Anxiety鈥�?
People are calling for a more nuanced discussion of climate change and mental health鈥攐ne that centers the experiences of marginalized communities.
The Power of Personalizing the Climate Crisis
Raj Patel鈥檚 new film follows one Malawian activist鈥檚 efforts to bring the immediacy of climate change to the U.S.
Imagine a World of Climate Solutions
鈥淭he Ministry for the Future鈥� is a vision of everything we could do to save the planet, and ourselves, from catastrophic global warming.
The Colorado River Runs Again
鈥淚t鈥檚 not only about wildlife, or birds and trees. It鈥檚 also about the people.鈥�
As Our Bodies and Planetary Systems Become 鈥淚nflamed,鈥� How Do We Heal?
In their new book, authors Rupa Marya and Raj Patel explore how capitalism and colonialism have caused sickness and how Indigenous knowledge can offer healing.
The Present and (Possible) Future Arctic
鈥淭he Atlas of Disappearing Places鈥� presents a realistic but not completely hopeless future for the Arctic.
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