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Mercury-free mining: The Peruvian women who are rewriting gold’s environmental story

In Peru, women are leading the charge towards a future of sustainable mining in which economic necessity does not have to conflict with environmental stewardship. Keep reading

Mercury-free mining: The Peruvian women who are rewriting gold’s environmental story

Beverly Ndifoin

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Meet the student storytellers at our Mystic Aquarium Fellowship

At the Planet Forward Mystic Aquarium fellowship, a science student and a storytelling student pair up to bring us behind the scenes. Keep reading

Video by Dre Pedemonte and Cecilia Sécola

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The Blossom Bush Story: An ecofeminist reflection

This creative short story explores ecofeminist themes that connect systems of degradation both upon the environment and women's bodies. Keep reading

The Blossom Bush Story: An ecofeminist reflection

The Blossom Bush Story: An ecofeminist reflection

The first plant responder: How a first responder is healing with nature

Meet Houston's Monica Denney, a first responder and local champion of green living through her work with Emerge N Seed. Keep reading

The first plant responder: How a first responder is healing with nature

The first plant responder: How a first responder is healing with nature

American air: How air pollution is tied to the nation’s warehouse boom

In this Q&A with assistant research professor Gaige Kerr at George Washington University's Milken Institute of Public Health, learn how America's warehouse boom is affecting air pollution. Keep reading

American air: How air pollution is tied to the nation’s warehouse boom

American air: How air pollution is tied to the nation’s warehouse boom

Essay | Home is where the harm is: Perseverance in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley

Ashley Gainard is a lifelong resident of Louisiana's "Cancer Alley." Battling health impacts in her community, she advocates for people over polluters. Keep reading

Essay | Home is where the harm is: Perseverance in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley

Essay | Home is where the harm is: Perseverance in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley

In Texas, new technologies transform crop irrigation

Steve Norman, a cotton farmer in Graza County, Texas, discusses sub-surface irrigation as a method for growing crops in a region faced with a depleted aquifer. Keep reading

In Texas, new technologies transform crop irrigation

Climate education in Washington, D.C.

Forty years ago, there was no climate education in primary schools. Catharine Ferguson, a volunteer at the D.C. chapter of the Sierra Club, set out to change that. Keep reading

Climate education in Washington, D.C.