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An Icelandic Town Goes All Out to Save Baby Puffins

by Seyward Darby March 7, 2023March 7, 2023

“Kids and senior citizens alike rally to rescue beloved young seabirds that have lost their bearings.”

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Tripping for the Planet: Psychedelics and Climate Activism

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 24, 2023January 25, 2023

“With more states legalizing psychedelics, activists are interested in exploring their power.”

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‘This Place Belongs to You’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 20, 2023January 22, 2023

“Joshua Tree National Park is synonymous with the desert. Yet record numbers of guests threaten to overwhelm its beauty, wildlife, and small staff.”

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In a Famed Kenyan Game Park, the Animals Are Giving Up

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 19, 2023January 19, 2023

“As a climate change-induced drought wears on, it’s putting more pressure on wildlife, livestock, and people.”

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On Mother Trees: What Old-Growth Trees Taught Me About Parenting

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 4, 2023December 13, 2022

“I was helpful, but unlike the giving tree, I was not entirely happy.”

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The Great Forgetting

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 1, 2023January 1, 2023

“Earth is losing its memory.”

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The Dirty Road to Clean Energy

by Seyward Darby December 1, 2022December 1, 2022

“How China’s electric vehicle boom is ravaging the environment in neighboring Indonesia.”

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What If We Cancel the Apocalypse?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 28, 2022November 29, 2022

“How the aesthetic, utopian yet pragmatic movement of Solarpunk reimagines a future without a climate catastrophe.”

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Climate Change From A to Z

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 21, 2022November 21, 2022

“The stories we tell ourselves about the future.”

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The Sweet and Sticky History of the Date

by Seyward Darby November 9, 2022November 9, 2022

“Throughout the Middle East, the versatile fruit has been revered since antiquity. How will it fare in a changing world?”

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