Activism Stories
As we make a transition to renewable sources of energy, let’s not renew the same old mistakes.
I’ve been angry at politicians for as long as I’ve been an activist. Here’s why I still vote.
Will you vote for climate action this November or wait until your own life is at risk?
A healthy democracy is a precondition for a healthy environment. Both are on the ballot this November.
After a devastating wildfire, the community of West Maui continues to recover and rebuild.
Louisiana community organizer Roishetta Ozane on her fight to stop the biggest fossil fuel expansion on earth and how mutual aid can play a part.
A friendship built between waves becomes a powerful alliance for the protection of surf breaks.
Our next fight against Big Oil is for basic human rights.
Climate and sustainability journalist Yessenia Funes writes to her future child—the one she hopes to have and has been afraid of bringing into our world.
Trying to address the climate crisis without the ocean will not work.
An excerpt from Steven Hawley’s book about dirty dams—and their methane problem.
Even when the demands of a protest are not met, it can have lasting, immeasurable consequences.
Albania’s untamed Vjosa River introduces a new model for global water conservation.
An excerpt from Patagonia’s republished version of A Forest Journey, about what the loss of trees has meant for past life on our planet.
In Southeast Alaska, tribal leaders and local entrepreneurs are helping shape a kelp industry that prioritizes Indigenous values, regenerative practices and a commitment to Alaska Native shareholders.
Francisco “Pacho” Gangotena and his wife opted to challenge the way farming was done in their region and are instead going back to the roots of ancient agriculture.
The supreme court’s least-bad, bad ruling on climate, and some options President Biden still has.
Reforesting in the heart of Europe.
A former city kid finds answers and empowerment in nature.
The South Pacific has a plastic problem. He had a truck.
Was It Worth It? captures the essence of a life committed to the wild and challenges readers to make certain that their answer to this universal question is yes.
First-generation Vietnamese American Mai Nguyen follows in the footsteps of their agrarian ancestors with a farm that grows numerous types of grains with a no-till, anti-fertilizer regenerative approach.
A crossing of Alaska’s Baranof Island.
An Italian town began emptying out, so its inhabitants turned to renewable energy to save it.
A Yup’ik philosopher on culture, awareness and identity.
Why a logging protest has become Canada’s largest act of civil disobedience.
The communities of Cajón del Maipo, in Chile, are seeing their environment be threatened by an unnecessary hydroelectric project.
A firekeeper caring for Indigenous land.
This marine sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico is one of many biodiversity hotspots in the US that need more federal protection.