mixed greens

In gratitude

While every day seems to bring stories of technological advances as well as heroic efforts to heal the natural world, two captured my imagination in recent weeks. In keeping with the season, …

No substitute for experience

I’d venture to guess that most of us have some friends or even family members who live in places that have experienced blistering heat, torrential rains or prolonged droughts recently—but …

Doomists and doers

On September 8, the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) released an advance version of its report on the world’s progress in addressing climate change and meeting the goals of …

Perturbed

As someone who always tries to find a ray of hope in the climate story, I have to admit it’s been a challenging summer, and hurricane season is just starting to ramp up. …

Dithering on the brink

Almost exactly five years ago, I wrote a hopeful column about “Juliana v. United States,” a lawsuit brought by 21 young people from all around the country, united in their belief that the …

The source and the matrix

According to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Water Science School, the body of the average adult human is about 60 percent water. Water makes up about 73 percent of the brain and heart; 83 percent …