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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![Illustration of park with pond catching stormwater]()
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Climate change is politically divisive. Public parks? Not so much.
Parks are popular community amenities. When built right, they can also mitigate flooding, heat, and other impacts of climate change.
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What a more sustainable tourism industry could look like
With HBO's White Lotus poised to create its next tourist boom, author Sarah Stodola discusses how to prevent tourism from destroying local communities and ecosystems.
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Congress agrees on one thing: Expanding access to the outdoors
How the EXPLORE Act, a bill aimed at improving outdoor recreation opportunities, managed to pass with unanimous support.
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![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.
