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The Mentorship Issue
Explore the unique ways climate leaders found their calling, and how new approaches to mentorship are upending old power structures.
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Boxed water (or nut milk or wine or broth) is not better
“Eco cartons” are rarely recyclable. Here’s what earth-friendly packaging (still) looks like.
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The best thing my mentor ever taught me
Nine changemakers in the climate space share one lesson from a mentor that has guided their path.
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5 unexpected places to find your climate mentor
You can find climate mentorship in the most unlikely of places, from houseplants and TV shows to your own kids.
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How to have a meaningful conversation with your mentor
The new season of Temperature Check examines the power of relationships. The podcast’s producers, Dominique French and Audrey Ngo, explain how to do the same with your own mentors.
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For Indigenous communities, protecting traditional knowledge means reimagining how it is preserved
From digital libraries to fully immersive schools, Indigenous leaders are reclaiming and spreading cultural knowledge to ensure it doesn't get lost.
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‘Each one teach one’: 6 environmental leaders of color imagine how mentorship can be more inclusive
The definition of mentorship is changing as climate and environmental justice leaders strive to reach the disconnected, the disenfranchised, and the vulnerable.
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What happens when communities and academics teach each other? ‘Communiversity.’
Dismayed by the “repulsive and immoral” way academia often collaborates with frontline communities, environmental justice leader Beverly Wright pioneered an innovative, equitable approach.
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School or be schooled: How Gen Z is mentoring their elders on climate action
When it comes to fighting for the planet, the young have the loudest voice — and they’re making sure those in power hear it.
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Resilience, community, and other lessons I’ve learned from my plants
Plants can be our greatest teachers, says biologist and mentor Beronda Montgomery. We just need to listen.
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How ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ created a generation of climate activists
Sixteen years after its debut, Nickelodeon’s animated series continues drawing parallels to the real world and showing that anyone can make a difference.
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Temperature Check S2E6 full transcript: The power brokers
Valencia Gunder of the Red Black and Green New Deal, and Tamara Toles O’Laughlin, CEO of Environmental Grantmakers Association discuss what it means to build a coalition and work the levers of policy to combat environmental racism.
