Articles by Associate Editor Claire Elise Thompson
Claire Elise Thompson is an associate editor at Grist, and the writer of the weekly solutions newsletter, Looking Forward. She has been at Grist since 2018, focusing on telling stories about climate solutions and the people leading them. She was a 2022 MJ Bear fellow with the Online News Association and participated in the inaugural Climate Beacons Newsroom Initiative with the Solutions Journalism Network. She is based in Seattle.
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![An illustration of a Japanese street with many restaurants and a vegan restaurant in the center]()
![An illustration of a Japanese street with many restaurants and a vegan restaurant in the center]()
Veganism has deep roots in Japan’s history. It’s beginning to resurface.
In this excerpt, Grist’s Sachi Kitajima Mulkey and Joseph Winters explore how vegan diets are gaining a foothold in Japan — and the cultural barriers that still stand in the way.
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![Illustration of skyscrapers and farm divided by dotted line]()
Fiction to reality: Bridging the urban-rural divide
When you envision the future of sustainable living, do you picture a dense city or the rural countryside?
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![Illustration of a cricket, garnished with basil, on a dinner plate]()
![Illustration of a cricket, garnished with basil, on a dinner plate]()
Fiction to reality: Will the US ever embrace insect cuisine?
Western culture has long painted eating bugs as backward and gross. But learned disgust can be overcome — if the conditions are right.
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![Illustration of worn and well-loved water bottle, sweater, and sock]()
![Illustration of worn and well-loved water bottle, sweater, and sock]()
Rampant consumerism is bad for the planet. ‘Underconsumption core’ offers an alternative.
Meet the new minimalism trend of 2024 — and the TikTokers hoping it will last.
