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SEPTEMBER, 2023 | reasons to be cheerful

When it comes to maximizing carbon sequestration, one key strategy lies beneath farmers’ feet.

SEPTEMBER, 2023 | Grist

50 climate leaders driving fresh solutions to our planet’s biggest problems.

SEPTEMBER, 2023 | Voice of Nigeria

Women Initiative for Sustainable Environment (WISE), an NGO for women and youth groups, has educated women in Kaduna state on financial literacy and leveraging on climate challenges to boost green entrepreneurship.

APRIL, 2023 | Children & Nature Network

I knew very little about Bushra and her Yemeni roots, and what inspired her to be the voice for her community at the Cross-Cultural Family Center (CCFC) in San Francisco, where she serves as a fierce yet compassionate teacher and community builder. But I knew that fate had brought us together for a reason. Our first meeting prior to this phone conversation had been a video chat with a group of other community leaders from the Tenderloin Community Benefit District (TLCBD), and Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC). Our collective dream? To transport residents of the Tenderloin district to a wonderland in nature where they could celebrate Eid ul-Fitr — a festival that marks the end of the fasting and prayer period of Ramadan — without the worry of being attacked or surrounded by violence and racial slurs. 

APRIL 21, 2023 | One Earth

To solve climate change, investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy deployment must triple, and fossil fuel subsidies must be phased out by 2025.

The good news is that the clean power transition is already underway worldwide. Innovative technologies harness the sun’s power rather than using oil and gas. New home-building and cooking methods also improve the efficiency of how energy is used, helping further drive down emissions.

APRIL 04, 2023 | The Nature Conservancy

At last month’s UN Water Conference on March 22-24, International Rivers joined Indigenous leaders, civil society partners, and high-level public and private sector stakeholders to discuss key water-related issues and produce ambitious inclusive, and intersectional commitments and approaches that serve all.

MARCH 30, 2023 | The Nature Conservancy

For Dr. Tiara Moore the ocean offers an indescribable clarity. Despite pounds of pressure surrounding her body, she is safe in the gentle rocking and drifting. She describes a world beneath the surface, filled with ancestors’ whispers, “Take your freedom from the deep. You are safe & you belong here.” To Dr. Moore, this comforting presence originates from countless souls who escaped the tragedy of Middle Passage—the pathway used on the Triangular Slave Trade—by freeing themselves in deep dark waters. Their last act was full of self-determination. The spirits in the waters call her and other Black people back to a symbiotic relationship with water, which for so long was a site of terror.

MARCH 29, 2023 | Wisconsin Examiner

Recently, the United Nations held a global water conference in New York to raise awareness and inspire action to solve the world’s water and sanitation crisis. Billions around the world lack access to clean water, but today, these problems also feel very close to home. 

MARCH 05, 2023 | St. Louis Public Radio

During a span of 71 years, most of the mounds in St. Louis left by Indigenous people from centuries earlier — some of which contained the remains of ancestors — were destroyed to make way for urban development. The ones that remain are left beneath bridges and inside parking garages.

MARCH 01, 2023 | The Modesto Bee

More than 6 million pounds of agricultural pesticides were applied throughout Stanislaus County in 2021. Over 20%, or at least 1.3 million pounds, was Telone, a fumigant pesticide considered cancerogenic. Toxic pesticides are applied to Stanislaus fields and orchards near 123 schools. Students who attend these schools, or live near where pesticides are applied, face higher health risks.

February 19, 2023 | Sierra Club

The term Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) flattens a group of people who hail from a whole hemisphere of our planet—a hemisphere with myriad histories, languages, foods, cultures, religions, and more—into a single four-letter acronym. It’s a monochrome wash over communities who each have unique connections to land, water, wildlife, and being American. I began speaking with colleagues with diverse identities in the AAPI constellations—women, queer folks, younger and older folks—to investigate whether I could find a through line in our collective experiences. And I discovered that, though our stories were different, they also rhymed. This piece is not so much a representative cross section of AAPI stories, but rather a set of rhymes woven together to evoke the tapestry that is our identities and environmental connections.

FEBRUARY 17, 2023 | Houston Public Media

Environmental justice advocate, Roishetta Ozane, reveals the social challenges in addressing the impacts of climate change, as devastating storms and a booming industrial buildout continue to engulf Southwest Louisiana—while leaving susceptible communities of color to fend for themselves.

FEBRUARY 17, 2023 | National Geographic

Chef Amanda Cohen always thought she’d use flames to cook. But when she opened her restaurant, Dirt Candy, in a teeny space in Manhattan, there wasn’t a gas line available—so she installed a fleet of induction cooktops instead.

FEBRUARY 16, 2023 | Bioneers

Indigenous Peoples in the north have been feeling the disastrous effects of climate change for far longer than the rest of the planet’s population. According to NASA record sets, the Arctic is warming up to four times faster than the rest of the planet, disturbing terrestrial and marine ecosystems, destroying villages, and disrupting healthy ways of life. 

FEBRUARY 15, 2023 | RMI 

Affirming a 1992 summary study on childhood respiratory illnesses, a 2013 peer-reviewed summary report in the International Journal of Epidemiology found that children living in a home with a gas stove have a 42 percent increased risk of experiencing asthma symptoms.

FEBRUARY 14, 2023 | Inside Philanthropy

It takes money to make money, as the saying goes. The same is true of raising money. Successful fundraising requires resources that are in short supply for many small, community-based nonprofits. That means many groups could miss out on new federal funding that is targeted to front-line, historically marginalized communities. 

JANUARY 30, 2023 | Yale Climate Connections

Extreme rainfall exacerbates pollution threat from Oklahoma Superfund site. Decades-old abandoned lead and zinc mines in Ottawa County pose lingering health risks to nearby residents — particularly as the threat of flooding increases.

January 12, 2023 | Punahou

Growing up in Hawai‘i, Mackenzie Feldman ’14 was interested in sustainability but never imagined it as a career – then the unexpected happened; She founded a national movement to ban cancer-causing herbicides from school campuses; landed the backing of Re:wild, a global nonprofit protecting and restoring the wild; and is pursuing a graduate degree in sustainable agriculture. 

January 4, 2023 | Yahoo!Life 

Five young entrepreneurs were selected for their ongoing work in creating equity in the outdoors, be it elevating Black women in sustainability, initiating climate change hackathons for forest conservation or establishing green spaces on historically Black college and university (HBCU) campuses.

December 22, 2022 | Law & Disorder 

We talk with Treva B. Lindsey about violence against Black women and girls, and the reverberation of this violence on every facet of our social and community fabrics.

December 6, 2022 | The Assembly NC  

A new movement wants to establish that the Haw River has its own independent, inalienable rights. It’s a long shot, but organizers hope it can change the framing of environmental protection.

December 5, 2022 | 4WWL  

Black in Marine Science (BIMS) will host the Why We Science event at Cafe Istanbul on December 5th featuring Grammy Award-winning Hot 8 Brass Band.

December 2, 2022 | ABC News  

Glowing lava from the world’s largest volcano is a sight to behold, but for many Native Hawaiians, Mauna Loa’s eruption is a time to pray, make offerings and honor both the natural and spiritual worlds

November 22, 2022 | San Francisco Examiner  

For Native Americans, November is the month to celebrate resilience and resistance...

November 21, 2022 | YES! Magazine

Organizers are tackling climate displacement from all angles—advocating for climate-displaced people, providing them with resources, and making their communities more climate-resilient.

November 21, 2022 | KUAM News  

Holding signs that read "Birds Not Bullets" and "Save What is Sacred," several island residents deemed " water protectors" filled the Guam Congress building to testify in support of a resolution proposed by Sen. Clynt Ridgell.

November 21, 2022 | Google  

Today’s Doodle celebrates the life of Marie Tharp, an American geologist and oceanographic cartographer who helped prove the theories of continental drift. She co-published the first world map of the ocean floors. On this day in 1998, the Library of Congress named Tharp one of the greatest cartographers of the 20th century.

November 18, 2022 | KOSU

Standing in the water as it winds between a disc golf course and a nursing home, Rebecca Jim and her companions are soaking up the natural beauty of autumn in Miami, Okla.

November 17, 2022 | World Trade Organization  

Civil society representatives from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Fiji, Nigeria, Pakistan and the Philippines have been appointed as ambassadors of the first-ever World Trade Congress on Gender, a research conference to be held on 5-7 December 2022 under the theme “Gender Equality for Sustainable Trade and Recovery.” They will share grassroots perspectives on women’s economic empowerment with researchers, experts and WTO members. They will also provide recommendations on how to drive work on trade and gender forward.

November 16, 2022 | INDY Week  

Raleigh’s four newly elected council members bring fresh energy and diverse experiences, but how will they work with the city’s incumbent mayor and three members of council?

November 16, 2022 | Indybay  

Indigenous women held a Water Ceremony at the United Nations Climate Summit in Egypt and spoke out against the oil and gas industry, and gold mining, which is destroying their lives and rivers, and the future for their children.

November 9, 2022 | The Tech  

Hearings held by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform in September reveal the failures of fossil fuel companies to live up to their pledges on reducing their environmental impact — and why we still have work to do.

November 9, 2022 | Raleigh News & Observer

The Raleigh City Council was guaranteed to have at least three new members after Tuesday’s election.

November 8, 2022 | YouTube 

Vic Shao discusses challenges and opportunities in scaling corporate electric fleets.

October 24, 2022 | Louisiana Illustrator 

For too long, fossil fuel corporations have overburdened Gulf Coast communities of color through the dramatic escalation of fossil fuel infrastructure.

October 24, 2022 | Peninsula Press

On Monday, Oct. 10, people from all across the United States gathered on Alcatraz Island to celebrate the annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day Sunrise Gathering....

October 21, 2022 | them

El Departamento de la Comida does more than connect Puerto Rican farmers to local mutual aid organizations. It fosters genuinely radical, decolonial queer community.

October 21, 2022 | MONGABAY

Sebanyak 13 mahasiswa Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Flores (Unflor) dan 23 orang anak muda dari Anak Tanah Saga (ATS) serta ibu-ibu dari Komunitas Adat Saga sejak tanggal 4-8 Oktober 2022 mengikuti Lokakarya Literasi Pangan Masyarakat Adat Saga di Desa Saga, Kecamatan Detusoko, Kabupaten Ende, Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) Kegiatan diinisiasi komunitas Kampus Tanpa Dinding menggandeng […]

October 13, 2022 | Idaho News 6 Boise Twin Falls (KIVI)

Woodland Empire is a brewery that has a mix tape IPA series where they release a new India Pale Ale every other month, this months beer is called La Cosecha and it honors Hispanic Heritage Month.

October 13, 2022 | University of Richmond Newsroom

Stephanie Willett, this year's Community Partner-in-Residence, focuses on African-American history and engagement in Cumberland County.

October 12, 2022 | Green Matters

One of the oldest superfund sites in the country, Tar Creek Superfund site in Oklahoma, is evidently more dangerous than scientists thought.

October 10, 2022 | KQED

Over 200 people gathered in San Francisco's Yerba Buena Gardens on Monday to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day with an afternoon of performance, community and creative expression.

September 28, 2022 | TIME

"When I began, everyone said, “You can’t do it all. You have got to focus. You can’t do education and forestry and agriculture and education—you’ve got to choose.” But what’s the point of educating a young woman if she goes back to her village and dies because of a lack of sanitation? It’s all inter­connected. We need to solve for these problems at the same time—and it’s clear Farwiza Farhan has taken this truth to heart.

September 27, 2022 | Grist

“Fiona is a storm, and the privatization of the electric grid is a storm as well.“ More than a week after Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico, damage from the Category 1 storm lingers across the island: About 40 percent of residents are still without power and 212,000 don’t have access to clean running water. According to official reports, 26 hospitals have yet to come back online. 

September 26, 2022 | The Colorado Sun

Land costs, climate change and evolving food systems stand in the way of next-generation farmers getting started in Colorado

September 21, 2022 | Insider

Insider’s inaugural Climate Action 30 highlights 30 global leaders working toward climate solutions. Our list includes activists, influencers, academics, scientists, business executives, entrepreneurs, and public-sector and nonprofit leaders working to address the climate crisis through collectivism, community, and accountability.

September 13, 2022 | Climate Home News

“Climate-induced loss and damage” may not be the language they use to describe their experiences, but when communities face it, they know what they’re talking about – and how it feels.

September 9, 2022 | Democracy Now

Climate activists from as far away as Alaska, Indigenous peoples and Appalachians rallied in Washington, D.C., Thursday against the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.

August 31, 2022 | Modern Farmer

Across the nation, college students are pushing for organic and regenerative groundskeeping - free of pesticides and herbicides. 

August 24, 2022 | The Washington Post

Appalachian and Indigenous climate advocates are coming to D.C., to protest the Inflation Reduction Act side deal between Manchin and Democratic leadership.

August 11, 2022 | The Modesto Bee

California should fix flaws in pilot ag spraying alerts, then expand it throughout the entire state. | Opinion

August 5, 2022 | Solar Industry

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is urging banking regulators to expand the use of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) to include financing support for solar and storage projects of all sizes. SEIA’s advocacy push centers around comments the organization submitted in response to new rules that would improve equitable access to solar energy and […]

July 29, 2022 | One Earth

A community coordinator for Youth Act Kalimantan, Sumarni Laman empowers Indonesia’s Indigenous youth to take action against the region’s forest fires.

July 20, 2022 | U.S. News & World Report

Pesticide use on college campuses also contributes to our global climate crisis. Although not traditionally part of the climate change conversation, the use of chemicals to get rid of insects or unwanted plant life can increase scope 3 emissions (indirect emissions), as they can include petroleum-based ingredients.

June 28, 2022 | General Motors

As electric vehicle sales in the U.S. continue to grow, one stat that stands out is that EV owners charge their vehicles at home or work 70% to 80% of the time. But for those living in multifamily dwellings, including apartments and condominiums, access to charging stations may be scarce. Smart Cities Dive interviewed General Motors EV Charging Analyst Candace Chu O'Melia to learn more about GM's efforts to build out more equitable EV charging infrastructure. 

June 8, 2022 | Vogue

A recent study found that one third of all marine life could become extinct within 300 years if greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase....Given the enormous challenges our oceans face, it’s clear that urgent action is needed. Below, four marine biologists share their hopes for World Oceans Day.

May 25, 2022 | Atmos

Nalleli Cobo has been an organizer for most of her life–despite being only 21. The Frontline digs into how her leadership is creating a new future for Los Angeles youth.

May 14, 2022 | ecoAmerica

Wisconsin Green Muslims is among 10 American Climate Leadership Award finalists to be recognized at the American Climate Leadership Summit 2022 (ACLS 2022) on March 28 during the live broadcast. 

May 5, 2022 | Tory Burch Foundation

Growing up in Indonesia, Farwiza Farhan always loved the ocean. It’s why she decided to study marine biology. But the more she learned, the more she realized that it wasn’t enough to work in the ocean. She needed to protect it...

May 1, 2022 | NPQ

The climate crisis is not only a product of greenhouse gas emissions… but also of an ideological shift that was imposed by colonization and capitalism to justify violation of sacred land-, water-, and airways—domination that taught Americans to speak of “resources” instead of “relatives.”...

April 25, 2022 | Marianas Variety

TEACHING seafaring traditions to the younger generation is the aim of 500 Sails Inc. which launched four of its sailing canoes with four master navigators at the helm, for a sea voyage around Saipan on Sunday...

April 24, 2022 | The Joplin Globe

Tar Creek, an 11-mile stream polluted with heavy metals from historic lead and zinc mining in the region, nabbed a spot on “America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2022” for its second consecutive year...

April 21, 2022 | yahoo!life

The most recent oil spill in Alaska is weighing heavily on Ruth Miller. In late March, in her home of Alaska, a boat carrying fuel tanks ran aground in Neva Strait and leaked thousands of gallons of oil into the water...

April 18, 2022 | Environmental Voices Rising

Karen Crespo Trevino, of Quechua, Bolivian ancestry talks about the importance of ancestral knowledge, working with reciprocity and land-caring - and bringing them into environmental activism...

April 16, 2022 | Inside Indonesia

When it comes to big problems like deforestation and climate change, we tend to like BIG solutions. This essay provides a ground-level view of a conservation initiative focused on the forest community...

April 8, 2022 | Yale Climate Connections

As an ’80s child whose home life had been fractured by divorce, Ashley McClure found a sense of healing and belonging in nature. Beginning at age 8, the self-proclaimed horse-obsessed girl could be found most afternoons riding her beloved Lucky or Kami in a nearby old-growth forest just outside Seattle’s city limits...

April 5, 2022 | The Guam Daily Post

A newly introduced bill aims to modernize local statutes to catalyze the island-wide implementation of recycling and zero waste programs...

March 30, 2022 | The Institute for Local Self-Reliance

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Crystal Huang and Al Weinrub to discuss energy democracy challenges in California, the gap between policy and implementation, and how ILSR’s Community Power Scorecard could better represent and mobilize local organizers...

March 29, 2022 | The Logical Indian

Bisht and Amrita SeRVe's focus on providing eco-friendly and low-cost solutions for menstrual hygiene resulted in the development of Saukhyam Reusable Pads from banana fibre and cotton cloth...

March, 2022 | Fix by Grist Solutions Lab

Meet the people shaping the future of our planet. Each year, the Grist 50 identifies emerging leaders in climate, equity, and sustainability, as nominated by you, our readers...

March 12, 2022 | Real News Magazine

The NGO Women Initiative for Sustainable Environment, WISE, on Friday mobilized women to drive climate change adaptation, mitigation and response in Kaduna State...

March 4, 2022 | Anchorage Daily News

Alaskans are harnessing local ingenuity for economic, ecological and social well-being while providing stable, quality livelihoods...

February 25, 2022 | Knee Deep Times

A new garden in Marin City is breaking ground: a climate friendly landscaping redesign to host an array of native and African-heritage drought resistant plants...

February 10, 2022 | CBS Denver

Researchers are finding gas stoves can cause a host of health problems, particularly for kids...

February 8, 2022 | Bay Area Monitor

When smoke from the Tubbs fire shrouded the Bay Area in the fall of 2017, Lil Milagro Henriquez choked on the poisoned air...

February 1, 2022 | TED Countdown

TED Fellow and conservationist, Farwiza Farhan, shares her effort to protect the Leseur ecosystem in Indonesia — the last place on Earth where the Sumatran rhino, tiger, elephant and orangutan still roam together in the wild...

February 2, 2022 | The Nation

Thanks to frontline activists, Virginia became one of the first states to recognize the disproportionate impact of pollution on Black, Indigenous, and low-income communities...

January 30, 2022 | Pacific Daily News

More than 20 people have shown interest in bringing awareness to climate change with the Micronesia Climate Change Alliance...

January 29, 2022 | Salon

A new study by Stanford University researchers says methane leaks aren't limited to oil and gas wells and pipelines...

January 28, 2022 | Tasting Table

Anyone who has been tapped into environmental news over the past few years has probably noticed the political back and forth over natural gas...

January 25, 2022 | KQED

She co-founded Climate Health Now, a group of California health professionals advocating for climate action through a lens of health and equity....

January 19, 2022 | One Earth

According to the National Science Foundation (NSF), geosciences have the lowest ethnic and racial diversity rates of any STEM discipline...

January 4, 2022 | One Earth

In Indonesia, climate impacts are already being felt, and women bear the brunt of these effects...

December 19, 2021 | Sierra Club

Rebecca Jim has dedicated her life to cleaning up Tar Creek and warning others about the area's toxic dangers...

December 2, 2021 | Rachel's Network

Rachel’s Network announced the awardees and finalists of its third annual Catalyst Award...

November 24, 2021 | Deceleration

Camp Eco.Logic steps in where Texas school curricula fail students... 

November 10, 2021 | The Guardian

After forcing the closure of an oil well that was making her family and community sick, Cobo...

November 10, 2021 | PBS

In a recent PBS NewsHour survey in partnership with The Generation Lab, nearly two-thirds of...

November 9, 2021 | NPR

In a crowded house above a pub in Scotland, Ruth Miller is busy planning...

October 24, 2021 | Opera News

Environmental activist Rebecca Jim talks about a makeshift dam in Tar Creek...

November 3, 2021 | The Guardian

As world leaders inside the Cop26 conference centre in Glasgow boasted about pledges to...

October 21, 2021 | The Joplin Globe

Remember the Gold King Mine disaster in Colorado that turned the Las Animas River orange a few years ago?...

October 14, 2021 | Axios

Pacific Islanders, whose nations face an existential threat from climate change, were a major force behind the Paris Agreement...

September 3, 2021 | The Colorado Sun

It is clear that women, and especially young women of color, are leading the way on the global discussions...

September 1, 2021 | For the Wild

In order to limit global temperature from exceeding a 1.5°C increase, we need to...

September 1, 2021 | 303 Magazine

Making an effort to address environmental racism and mitigate climate change risks for...

August 2021 | Mother Earth News

Planting a seed is a sacred way for a hungry soul to walk the path back to...

July 31, 2021 | Pejuang Iklim

Clungub Beach, Sendangbiru, Tambakrejo Village, Sumbermanjing Wetan, Malang Regency is...

July 1, 2021 | Civil Eats

Tosha Phonix learned to farm in 2011. As a new mom, she wanted...

June 8, 2021 | Esperanza Project

BEMIDJI, Minnesota — Massive direct actions to stop Line 3 tar-sands crude-oil pipeline construction here in...

June 1, 2021 | Grist Magazine: Fix Solutions Lab

Moñeka De Oro grew up hearing stories of her ancestors navigating the Pacific Ocean, hopping from island to island using only the stars, the currents, and the wind to guide them...

May 14, 2021 | The Third Pole

It is a rocky, uneven path down to the spring where the women of Damthang village in South Sikkim go to...

May 13, 2021 | Hot Mamas Podcast

The very first episode of Hot Mamas features a conversation with Dr. Amanda Millstein, a mother of two...

April, 2021 | Global Landscapes News

Raising up female leaders defining the future of our planet through their ideas, talents, actions and inspiration...

April 13, 2021 | Wisconsin Muslim Journal

Ramadan, Islam’s holiest month, converges this year with Earth Month, a time designated to inspire protection and...

July 1, 2020 | Sierra Club

As a kid, Magaly Santos never thought much about the strange chemical odor that would sometimes drift through the...

October 14, 2019 | Vice

Alaska State Library, Amy Lou Blood Barney Collection. A record number of cities and states will celebrate...

September 15, 2019 | The Times News

I am a member of the state-recognized tribe in Alamance County, the Occaneechi band of the Saponi nation...

July 2019 | Waterkeeper Alliance

Tar Creek springs from the ground in southeast Kansas, and then meanders through gently rolling farmland...

July 1, 2019 | Earth Island Journal

Let’s start at the very beginning. Some might say that it all began with the seeds. Seeds have long been a part...

April 30, 2017 | The Guardian - Nigeria

The Women’s Initiative for Sustainable Environment (WISE) and Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA) have...