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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Meeting your neighbors is a climate solution
Climate activist Christine Nieves Rodriguez discovered that community is the most resilient infrastructure — and it can be built anywhere.
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Climate-fiction drabbles: Our future, in 100 words
Super-short vignettes to spark your imagination.
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‘Climate Neutral’ products are now a thing. What’s behind the label?
The latest eco-label on the market, Climate Neutral Certified gets companies to offset 100 percent of their carbon.
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How one woman’s big, bold idea is making climate a moral issue for Jews
"Our values, as stewards of the earth, require us to act even when it's not only about our own community."
