Mushrooms: 鈥淣ature鈥檚 Greatest Decomposers鈥�
An Indigenous-led organization in New Mexico is using fungus in an attempt to remove chemicals from soil.
Environment
How to Restore a Million Acres of Strip-Mined Land? Bring in the Elk
Central Appalachia reintroduced the species to restore wildlife habitat鈥攁nd help devastated economies. Here鈥檚 what happened next.
Fire Survivors Help Each Other鈥攁nd Find Some Healing in the Process
For wildfire survivors, helping and connecting with others is crucial to their ongoing recovery.
Infographic: How Mushrooms Clean Up Toxic Messes
Oil spills don鈥檛 stand a chance against the cleansing power of mycelium.
What Is Mud鈥檚 Dirty Little Secret?
For thousands of years, it鈥檚 been wallowed in and slathered on for both medicine and beauty. Science says it works.
How Tribes Are Harnessing Cutting-Edge Data to Plan for Climate Change
Climate change is already damaging Indigenous ways of life. But tribes are adapting.
Where Kids Fought Plastic Pollution鈥攁nd Won
It only took a few months for a young environmental scientist from the Bahamas to create a youth movement to ban single-use plastics in her country.
Birding Is Booming. So Where Are the Black Birders?
Raising the profile of Black birders could help foster a healthy connection between Black communities and the natural world.
This Humble Mollusk Can Save Shorelines From Rising Seas
As entire islands disappear in Chesapeake Bay, the oyster is enlisted as a first line of climate defense.
Why Students of Color Are Stepping Up to Lead Climate Strikes
The youth-led movement builds on the momentum of the increasingly Black and Brown leadership behind the Green New Deal.
The Climate Solution Right Under Our Feet
The ideas behind regenerative farming are simple and ancient.
How to Talk to Kids About Climate Change (and Have Fun, Too)
We can empower children to be a part of the solution.
Serotonin and the Garden of Good Eating
The day I joined my community garden marked not just the beginning of my healing, but also the start of my family鈥檚 suburban homesteading journey.
Mushrooms Clean Up Toxic Mess, Including Plastic. So Why Aren鈥檛 They Used More?
Proponents say this natural alternative to wildfire cleanup is potentially cheaper.
How to Turn Dirt Into Soil
Simple steps for cultivating a revolution in your backyard.
Going Dark to Reconnect to the Night Sky
Across the globe, communities are working to preserve existing areas of natural darkness and reduce the spread of light pollution.
Build a Border Wall? Here鈥檚 What Border Communities Say They Want Instead
For many of us who actually live along the U.S.-Mexico border, the 鈥淢esquite Manifesto鈥� addresses economic and climate problems by building up industry around the native tree.
After 40 Years of Government Inaction on Climate, Have We Finally Turned a Corner?
Policy expert Gus Speth talks about Our Children鈥檚 Trust鈥檚 lawsuit, explaining the U.S.鈥檚 longtime knowledge of climate change even as it pushed fossil fuels. But now we've got a fighting chance.
The New Planetary Health Diet Promises to Save the Earth. So I Tried It for a Week
We know the broad strokes: Less meat, more beans. But true sustainability also means considering the practical realities of eating.
How Removing Asphalt Is Softening Our Cities
Greening alleys reclaims public space, reconnects urban dwellers to one another, and invites nature deep into cities.
Bill McKibben: Climate Change Is Scary鈥擭ot the Green New Deal
It鈥檚 very clear that conservatives have one plan for dealing with the popularity of the Green New Deal: scaring the hell out of people.
By Reconnecting With Soil, We Heal the Planet and Ourselves
Enslavement and sharecropping cannot erase thousands of years of Black people鈥檚 sacred relationship with the land.
How Colonization of the Americas Killed 90 Percent of Their Indigenous People鈥攁nd Changed the Climate
A new study raises questions about climate change policy for the decades ahead.
Another Kind of Rescue After the Wildfires
Volunteer archaeologists use dogs trained in forensics to help sort the ashes of cremated loved ones from the ashes and debris of burned homes.
Restoring the Range: Can Beef Be Earth-Friendly?
Here鈥檚 how one cattle ranching family in South Dakota restored a prairie, wildlife habitat, and a creek.
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