Environmental social science

Student activists carry posters and shout slogans as they participate in a protest march against climate change in Delhi, India, March 19, 2021.

Author Kim Nicholas on the five stages of ‘radical climate acceptance’

The Big Fix

Kim Nicholas, a climate scientist at Lund University in Sweden, has a new book out this week, “Under the Sky We Make: How to be a Human in a Warming World,” to help people understand where they fit into solving the climate crisis. 

Kids playing on tree

Nature-based preschools, where children spend most of their day outside, are a growing trend in the United States

Education
Migrants sleep on the ground at dawn at the Hermanos en el Camino shelter in Ixtepec, Oaxaca. The buildings here are too damaged by the recent earthquakes to enter.

Mexico’s earthquakes complicate life for Central American migrants fleeing violence

Conflict

New report finds people of color disproportionately harmed by coal-fired power

Environment

Community development in rural China

Sustainable Business Development

Former venture capitalist Woody Tasch says somewhere between philanthropy and venture capital, there needs to be investment in sustainable enterprises.

Hopeful lunch? When it comes to feeding the world, ‘nothing’ will save us

Environment

Keeping our growing number of selves fed (sustainably, equitably, healthily) is way more than just a technical challenge. But the technical stuff does matter, too.

The World

The Legacy

In his book, “The Legacy: an elder’s vision for our sustainable future,” David Suzuki discusses the effects of a rapidly growing population, a society that holds economy higher than ecology and what hope he sees for a sustainable future.

Cuts to Environmental Education

The Administration’s proposed budget eliminates most funding for environmental education.

The Legacy

In his book, “The Legacy: an Elder’s Vision for our Sustainable Future,” David Suzuki discusses the human environmental crisis and how it could be turned around in a generation.