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The Outdoors Issue
Explore the ways we build connections to nature, why those connections matter, and how equitable access to outside spaces is a vital climate solution.
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Wild spaces in urban places
A walking tour reveals how to find nature — and the health benefits it brings — in unexpected places.
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Finding our way back to the land
From biblical farming practices to ancient wayfaring, these communities are reviving their cultural traditions to sustain body, mind, and planet.
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Finding strength, and a calling, in a brood of eaglets
'I was learning what resilience really meant': One man's journey from drug dealer to career conservationist.
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Chronic illness doesn’t stop me from enjoying the outdoors. Ableism does.
Teamwork has allowed me to confidently hike, bike, climb, and build relationships with incredible parts of our natural world. Everyone deserves access to the outdoors.
Topics
Fix combines creative storytelling with network-building and events.
Advocacy
Energy
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Our power grids are failing. Distributed energy resources might be our way out.
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The Dems’ clean energy plan can do better on environmental justice. Here’s how.
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5 years after Standing Rock, the Dakota Access pipeline continues operating — illegally
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Puerto Rico’s future is solar. Recovery funds should go there, not to its outdated grid.
Special Series: Grist 50
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Who’s building the green cities of the future? These 5 people — and a whole lot of others.
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The best thing my mentor ever taught me
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We feed you: Meet 5 Fixers who put food on your table
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These environmental justice leaders are creating the spaces they wish they’d had
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Finally feeling social again? Meet 4 Fixers who will uplift your feed
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This educator designs curricula to make nature inclusive for all kids
The key, says Makela Elvy, is to ‘really lean into that wonder,’ check biases, and stay away from assumptions.
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How one Montana city is making the outdoors accessible for everyone
Missoula is building community and solidarity among people of color seeking nature experiences.
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A Bible written from an Indigenous perspective could reframe Christians’ connection to the earth
The First Nations Version of the New Testament places humans within, rather than above, the natural world.
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Welcome to the Great Indoors
Biophilic design can make us healthier and more resilient to climate change.
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Texas cities are booming. I feel it in the country.
Urban development requires mining materials from rural areas, but without regulation communities and ecosystems suffer.
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The White House wants to fix environmental racism without mentioning race
If race isn’t a factor in determining which communities get climate and clean energy funds, the Justice40 initiative is abandoning its purpose.
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I was in the IPCC negotiations. The report bets the planet on tech that doesn’t yet exist.
The new report has dire warnings for our future, but it favors techno fantasy over the solutions we know can fix it.