environment
How Environmental Stressors Are Impacting the Beauty Industry
And what you can do as a consumer.
By Tess Garcia
Hurricane Helene Devastated Asheville. A Local LGBTQ+ Organization Is Supporting Youth — With Cash
“We know that [direct cash transfers] are the number one support for preventing youth homelessness.”
By Colleen Hamilton
Young People Are Using Parties and Free Menstrual Cups to Fight Climate Anxiety
A 2024 survey of 15- to 25-year-olds found that 60% are "extremely worried" about the climate crisis; more than 40% say climate anxiety affects their mental health.
By Colleen Hamilton
How the Horrors of Hurricane Katrina Radicalized Young People Into Climate Activists
“I always wonder what my life would have been like if Hurricane Katrina didn't happen," said one survivor and climate advocate.
By Siri Chilukuri
Meet the Group That Planted Over 22,000 Trees to Fight Colonialism's Impact in Puerto Rico
Centuries of colonialism cost Puerto Rico's native mangroves. This group has planted over 22,000 since 2023.
By Lilly Woodbury
ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs?
One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.
By Lex McMenamin
How One Biologist Raised the Alarm About Pesticides and Changed History
Rachel Carson highlighted the environmental consequences of our actions in a way that had never been done before.
By Lloyd Black
In Her New Chapter, Auli’i Cravalho Is Advocating for the Oceans
The Moana 2 star helped produce a new documentary about coral reefs.
By Honestine Fraser
I’m a Climate Organizer. Yes, I’m Proud My Dad’s an Airline Pilot
Climate activists and workers don’t have to be pitted against each other.
By Finn Does
How the ‘White Lotus Effect’ Is Changing Where People Choose to Travel
The new season is filmed in Thailand.
By Sarah Stodola
How the Word ‘Recycling’ Allows Corporations to Dupe Consumers Like You
The term is so broad that it’s almost meaningless.
By Joseph Winters
Trump Will Gut Climate Protections. Activists Say They'll Do Anything to Stop Him.
We “will not be staying non-disruptive,” one organizer said.
By Kate Yoder and Frida Garza
Way Fewer Young People Are Learning How to Drive
Only 25% of 16 year olds are getting driver’s licenses.
By Sarah Wesseler
Biden's Climate Corps for Young People Is Over. It Was Never What It Seemed.
The American Climate Corps was framed as an opportunity to create 20,000 jobs for young people.
By Kate Yoder
African Fashion Is Being Celebrated. But Where Is the Investment?
With a new wave of museums and colleges exploring the importance of African fashion history, focus on investment is now critical.
By Danielle Kwateng
We Weren’t Being Taught About Climate Change. So We Made Our Own Curriculum.
Meet the students who created a new climate change unit for seventh graders across California.
By Sophia Bispo and Katinka Lennemann
As LA Fires Burn, Does Empathy Have to Smolder?
Imagine waking up one morning to find that everything you love and worked hard for is gone.
By Emma Rayder
Black Sci-Fi Writer Octavia Butler Predicted the Dystopia of the LA Fires by Studying History
This week, her hometown of Pasadena has seen at least 5 killed and 5 schools burned to ash.
By Lex McMenamin
How to Protect Yourself From Wildfire Smoke
You may be at risk even if you're nowhere near a fire.
By Brittney McNamara