Women face the greatest climate risks but are critical to climate actionThe climate crisis is worsening many of the economic and social inequalities already faced by women and girls, making it harder to access health care,...Ruhi BhasinJune 17, 2026
How Earth-centered education helps children learn through nature, play, and relationshipA group of children gathers in a forest clearing. Before anything else begins, they check in—with themselves, with one another, and with the world aro...Peter KindfieldJune 5, 20267 minIN DEPTH
How losing nature from our language shapes our worldHow often do we talk about oceans, trees, or birds in everyday life? How about glaciers, shrubs, or bugs? Nature-related words like these are easily r...Reynard Loki and Danica TomberMay 15, 202613 minIN DEPTH
Democracy depends on broad-based taxation—history is clear about thatPolitical debates about democracy often focus on culture, leadership, or polarization. But history points to a more prosaic—and more powerful—driver o...Gary M. FeinmanMay 14, 20264 minIN DEPTH
The automation of longing: how platforms reengineered desireWe are not living through a sexual renaissance. By the most basic empirical measures, we are having less sex than previous generations. What looks lik...Sam Ben-MeirApril 13, 20266 minIN DEPTH
How microplastics threaten marine ecosystems and the food chainMicroplastics, plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters, can be found in land, air, and water, and have infiltrated our food chain, resulting in f...Erica CirinoApril 10, 202610 minIN DEPTH
The Super Predator: How humans became the animal kingdom’s most feared huntersHunting is considered critical to human evolution by many researchers who believe that several characteristics that distinguish humans from our closes...John DivinagraciaMarch 24, 20267 minIN DEPTH
Why women’s leadership strengthens disaster resilience and environmental stewardshipOn February 26, 1852, the HMS Birkenhead struck a cluster of rocks off the coast of South Africa. With only a few lifeboats for the 638 people aboard,...Reynard LokiMarch 17, 20269 minIN DEPTH
How queer ecology reveals the diversity of nature and human experienceNature is astonishingly diverse. Across the planet’s oceans, forests, grasslands, and cities, living beings interact in ways that defy rigid expectati...Isaias HernandezMarch 16, 20268 minIN DEPTH