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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‘What If We Get It Right?’ Preventing a climate apocalypse might start with imagining something better
In her new book, scientist and policy expert Ayana Elizabeth Johnson encourages us to envision a better future, and run toward it.
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![Illustration of people engaging in a wide range of climate work — protesting, researching, farming, advocating.]()
Celebrating climate solutions: Grist 50 2024
Introducing 50 leaders tackling the most pressing challenges of today — and building a cleaner, greener, more just future.
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How ‘loving corrections’ could transform our relationships with one another — and the Earth
In her newest book, activist and scholar adrienne maree brown offers a practical guide to empathy.
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How greener schoolyards benefit kids — and the whole community
Between 2000 and 2012, Denver converted all its elementary school campuses to green spaces. A new study tracks the economic benefits.
