Memories of the vanishing world can be an alchemical force to transform feelings into action.
Lauren Markham
Feature Articles
Overlooked
People with disabilities are overwhelmingly left out of climate-disaster response plans. These activists want to change that.
Words and Images by Kang-Chun Cheng
Campus Arks
How universities can protect biodiversity.
Eric Freedman
Listening to the Smelt
By monitoring the embryos of a little-studied forage fish, scientists hope to track and minimize the damaging effects of pollution in important coastal habitats
Words and Images by Gemina Garland-Lewis
An Unbroken Tradition
One of Europe’s last papyrus paper makers is trying to keep the practice, and the species, alive.
Camilla Capasso
No Refills
In Nepal’s high Himalayas, people rely on traditional Tibetan medicine. But essential herbs are getting harder to find.
Words and Images by Eileen McDougall
To Our Readers
We Can Do Better for Marginalized Communities
We need to harness every emotion, every tool, we have to lift up those most vulnerable to the crises unfolding around us.
Zoe Loftus-Farren
Beyond Human
Losing Good Neighbors
It’s too easy to get rid of creatures we don’t understand.
Tove Danovich
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Earth Island Reports
A New Conservation Effort in Kazakhstan
Blending citizen science and advocacy to build a better picture of Kazakhstan’s wild places.
Jennifer Castner
Solutions for the Serengeti Require Working with People and Nature
Safeguarding this wildlife-rich ecosystem means supporting community-developed welfare programs.
Dave Blanton
1000 Words
This Artist Undertakes Painstaking Work for Endangered Creatures
Pamela Pauline’s photographic artworks celebrate Australia’s endemic plants and animals.
Maureen Nandini Mitra
Conversation
A Conversation with Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative President Kumi Naidoo
Kumi Naidoo on art, activism, and our last hope for reversing the climate crisis.
Zoe Loftus-Farren
In Review
Climate Fiction that Changes the Narrative
In Review: Metamorphosis: Climate Fiction for a Better Future
Sarah Boon
A New Fiction Collection Offers Strategies for a Better Tomorrow
In Review: Solarpunk: Short Stories from Many Futures
Sage Agee
Voices
Lessons in Persistence
I have been organizing long enough to know things are never easy. But we’re not giving up.
Amelia Southern-Uribe
Talking Points
Climate and Environmental News in Brief: Spring 2025
