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A teenager holds their phone to the light.

Could Social Media Serve the People Instead of Profits? Privatized, profit-first social media undermines democracy and climate action. What if we reimagined social media instead as a public good?

Climate Solutions Movement Building

Miu wears Amomento top, Séfr shorts

Miu wears Amomento top, Séfr shorts

What Happens When a Town Governs From the Future? In Japan, an unconventional framework for governance is bringing generations together to imagine life decades from now.

Climate Solutions Movement Building

How Sports Teams Are Turning Fans Into Eco Allies

How Sports Teams Are Turning Fans Into Eco Allies

How Sports Teams Are Turning Fans Into Eco Allies Sporting events are one of the most trusted and effective advertising channels. Why not use them to move public opinion on climate change?

Climate Solutions Movement Building

A wildlife crossing in Banff national park.

A wildlife crossing in Banff national park.

Wildlife Crossings Reconnect a Natural World Divided by Highways For decades, wildlife crossings have helped large mammals navigate highways. What if they were everywhere—and assisted pollinators, too?

Climate Solutions Science & Nature

The Race to Grow More Food on Less Land

The Race to Grow More Food on Less Land

The Race to Grow More Food on Less Land Food has been left out of the climate conversation for far too long despite its oversized impact, argues author Michael Grunwald.

Climate Solutions Future of Food

A geothermal hot spring.

A geothermal hot spring.

Why Oil Country Is Betting on Geothermal Geothermal energy, which uses some of the same tech and know-how as oil and gas, represents a potential bright spot for renewable energy.

Climate Solutions Science & Nature

What If the Economy Was Modeled After Ecology?

What If the Economy Was Modeled After Ecology?

What If the Economy Was Modeled After Ecology? By treating economies as living systems, we can build financial frameworks that regenerate rather than exploit.

Climate Solutions Science & Nature

A blue, abstract shape surrounded by darkness.

A blue, abstract shape surrounded by darkness.

The Robin Hood Approach to the Electrical Grid If corporations helped pay the cost to electrify individual homes, it could free up the grid to power energy-intensive tech in the future.

Climate Solutions

The surface of the ocean with the sun shining in the distance.

The surface of the ocean with the sun shining in the distance.

The Ocean Is the World’s Most Undervalued Economy The ocean is a site of endless wonder—and also valuable ecosystem services.

Ocean Life Climate Solutions

Amy Westervelt: It’s Time We Stopped Treating Corporations As People

Amy Westervelt: It’s Time We Stopped Treating Corporations As People

Amy Westervelt: It’s Time We Stopped Treating Corporations As People Treating corporations as people has warped US politics and harmed the climate. We need to overturn Citizens United.

Climate Solutions Democracy

The US Constitution Left Out Nature. Green Amendments Could Fix That

The US Constitution Left Out Nature. Green Amendments Could Fix That

The US Constitution Left Out Nature. Green Amendments Could Fix That Adding Green Amendments in every state could help secure fundamental environmental rights the constitution overlooked.

Democracy Climate Solutions

The New Rx: What if Your Doctor Prescribed You Time Outside?

The New Rx: What if Your Doctor Prescribed You Time Outside?

The New Rx: What if Your Doctor Prescribed You Time Outside? Increasingly, doctors are prescribing time in the natural world as a treatment that can help patients with a wide range of diagnoses.

Climate Solutions Science & Nature

Badlands National Park

Badlands National Park

Returning the Commons to Indigenous Hands Turning land over to Indigenous stewardship can be good for people and planet alike—so long as Indigenous stewards are properly funded.

Climate Solutions Indigeneity

A termite mound in a forest.

A termite mound in a forest.

The Promise of Biomimicry: When Buildings Breathe Like Termite Mounds If we redesigned our buildings to channel nature’s genius, we’d come away with a built environment that honors the Earth.

Science & Nature Climate Solutions

27 Bold Ideas for a Better Future—From the Experts

27 Bold Ideas for a Better Future—From the Experts

27 Bold Ideas for a Better Future—From the Experts Influential voices from across climate and culture answer the question: What’s your one big idea to help us build a better future?

Climate Solutions Changemakers

This Former Oil Worker Is Now Exposing Dirty Methane Emissions

This Former Oil Worker Is Now Exposing Dirty Methane Emissions

This Former Oil Worker Is Now Exposing Dirty Methane Emissions After fracking fouled her air and water, Sharon Wilson devoted her life to documenting the emissions fueling the climate crisis.

Climate Solutions Changemakers