Stronger Together
A labor and climate movement alliance can spur a “Good, Green Jobs” boom.
CeCe Grant

Perspectives

Pitfalls & Possibilities
The US labor movement needs to expand worker solidarity to human solidarity.
Joe Uehlein
Organizing Across Difference
Climate advocates can benefit from supporting fossil fuel workers.
Haley Czarnek
Material Sacrifices
To tackle climate chaos, decolonize the labor movement.
Max Wilbert
Forced Climate Labor
In the US, prisoners are made to perform dangerous jobs that would earn them “hero” status in the free world.
Panagioti Tsolkas
America’s White Blood Cells
In the aftermath of hurricanes, floods, and fires, many undocumented workers help people come home. We need to offer them a home as well.
Saket Soni

To Our Readers

Not Either-Or, but Both-And

With the right planning, we can remake our world, sustainably and equitably.

Brian Calvert

Reports

The Limits of Solidarity
The BlueGreen Alliance envisions a nation of good jobs and a clean environment. But that’s not as easy as it sounds
Charles Pekow
Scorched
Extreme heat can be especially dangerous to farmworkers. It's time to protect them.
Lauren Hall Ruddell
Collective Care
In an overheating world, workers are learning to organize for their own protection.
Words and images by Brooke Anderson
The Silent Sea
Climate change means low yields and uncertain times for New England fishers.
Jennifer Clare Ball
Untenable
A beacon of “green capitalism” can’t break away from its exploitative habits.
Paul Krantz

Earth Island Reports

Uganda’s Water Entrepreneurs

Small grants and WASH training yield financial independence for women.

Gemma Bulos

A Just Transition Needs Activists of All Stripes

Existing trade rules must be revamped for global equity.

Will Wiltschko

Conversation

Working People Are the Majority

Labor organizer Dolores Huerta on all that unions have given us, and why environmentalists need to be organizing at the community level.

Zoe Loftus-Farren

Declare Interdependence

The time is ripe to aggregate our power across multiple movements, says Saru Jayaraman.

Maureen Nandini Mitra

Beyond Human

For the Love of Slow Birding

To be rewarded in the natural world, one need only be curious.

Tove Danovich

In Review

An Elegy to Wildlands

In Review: No Walk in the Park: Seeking Thrills, Eco-Wisdom, and Legacies in the Grand Canyon

Levi Rogers

Appalachia Revisited

In Review: Devil Put the Coal in the Ground

Ed Rampell

Voices

Lessons from Apartheid

In the 1970s, student activists in South Africa became worker activists. Their work now continues on a global scale.

Glen Mpufane

Talking Points

Climate and Environmental News In Brief: Autumn 2024

News in Brief

Journal Staff