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![A collage consisting of two photos, an inner photo and an outer photo that appears like a frame. The inner photo is a desert summer monsoon scene. The outer photo is a summer lake.]()
![A collage consisting of two photos, an inner photo and an outer photo that appears like a frame. The inner photo is a desert summer monsoon scene. The outer photo is a summer lake.]()
The summer we love is slipping away
From the Southwest to the Jersey shore, climate change is altering the traditions and norms that have defined summer for generations.
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![A vintage photograph of women from the 1970s wearing polyester outfits. Their faces are covered by cut outs of clothing wash instructions. The entire scene is inside of a phone outline]()
![A vintage photograph of women from the 1970s wearing polyester outfits. Their faces are covered by cut outs of clothing wash instructions. The entire scene is inside of a phone outline]()
Gen Z is using ‘polyester’ as an insult. It’s actually a throwback.
Here's how the fabric went from a "miracle" fiber to TikTok slang for fake.
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![Collage of two people with their anxious silhouettes in the background containing wildfire and hurricane imagery]()
![Collage of two people with their anxious silhouettes in the background containing wildfire and hurricane imagery]()
How to deal with burnout on a burning planet
Licensed therapist Leslie Davenport offers advice to two readers facing paralysis from different points in their climate journeys.
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![A collage of national park landscapes in Utah, a car, the highway, a road map, wind turbines, and a prescribed burn landscape]()
![A collage of national park landscapes in Utah, a car, the highway, a road map, wind turbines, and a prescribed burn landscape]()
The great American road trip is in peril
Along my family's 9,000-mile trip this summer, our days whiplashed between grandeur and extreme weather crises.
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![A line of cyclists competing in the Tour de France douse themselves with water to stay cool.]()
![A line of cyclists competing in the Tour de France douse themselves with water to stay cool.]()
The year climate change came for the Tour de France
Record heat, wildfire threats, and an unprecedented stage modification highlighted the growing challenge global warming poses to endurance sports.
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![Collage of a person in a hard had looking out toward an upward sloping road]()
![Collage of a person in a hard had looking out toward an upward sloping road]()
Ask a Climate Therapist: How do I avoid getting trapped in the system I hope to change?
A young engineer has a vision for changing their industry, but worries about slowly becoming a cog in the machine. Therapist Leslie Davenport offers advice for staying creative.
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![A soccer player douses his face with the bottle of water during a World Cup match.]()
![A soccer player douses his face with the bottle of water during a World Cup match.]()
How FIFA’s climate solution has turned into ‘water-gate’
Introduced in the name of player safety, hydration breaks at the World Cup have become a flashpoint for fans and players alike.
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![Collage of wildfire imagery closing in on an anxious person hugging their knees]()
![Collage of wildfire imagery closing in on an anxious person hugging their knees]()
Ask a Climate Therapist: Is it still ‘catastrophizing’ if the threat is real?
Licensed therapist Leslie Davenport breaks down some of the tools that can help manage anxiety in the face of mounting climate catastrophe.
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![A sign reading "Everlane" hanging off the front of the Everlane store in New York City. The sign is also reflected in the store's window.]()
![A sign reading "Everlane" hanging off the front of the Everlane store in New York City. The sign is also reflected in the store's window.]()
Everlane, Shein, and the myth of sustainable fashion
No matter what a retailer says about its climate goals, its main goal is to make you buy more clothes.
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![British soccer player Cole Palmer kicks the ball.]()
![British soccer player Cole Palmer kicks the ball.]()
Nike’s recycled World Cup uniforms reveal the limits of ‘circular’ fashion
Will chemical recycling revolutionize the fashion industry, or is it just “an excuse to keep producing plastic clothes”?
