Activism

The annual Black Friday ode to commercialism and overconsumption sits at the core of our ongoing destruction of Earth’s ecosystems. We can flip the script.

The health risks from tiny airborne particulate matter may soon face stricter federal regulation. But improving air quality remains a complex challenge.

Voting on election day is job one, but the planet needs your civic commitment every other day of the year, too.

Saving the planet is tough work. Let’s finish the season right and come out stronger for the environmental fights ahead.

Protecting women’s rights and the environment go hand-in-hand in these new books, which also celebrate female leaders and scientists.

One man’s mission to remove trash from the polluted river in Baghdad has inspired a nationwide movement that shows how environmental efforts inspire peace.

The Lorax taught us to speak for the trees. But what if we also learned to listen to them?

Writers like Kim Stanley Robinson, Barry Lopez, Sy Montgomery and others celebrate the fragile beauty of this modern world — and address how to help save it.

Seven new environmental books offer practical advice, lessons from successful conservation projects and inspiration in troubled times.

“We need to make the time to water a new kind of wild empathy,” writes the cofounder of the Church of Stop Shopping.