Culture

He’s helping Georgia move away from its polluting past

2018 Fixer Nathaniel Smith joins the leadership council of Drawdown Georgia, which hopes to “crowdsolve” innovative ways of cutting the state’s carbon impact.

Adrienne Day Culture

A Netflix doc wants to fix our food system with capitalism. ‘Gather’ argues that’s how it broke.

Two new films about tending the earth offer very different world views

Maddie Oatman Culture

Doomscroll no more! These climate-concerned TikTok stars are here to inspire you.

The collective known as EcoTok offers a “greatest hits” of videos that its creators are using to raise awareness and spark climate action.

Brianna Baker Culture

The buy-nothing gift guide that will get you through the holidays

The holidays are here. Let’s think about what we can give in the year to come.

Eve Andrews Culture

Is it wrong to want ‘happy holidays’ in 2020?

All I want for Christmas is an emotional escape!

Eve Andrews Culture

This Fixer wrote the book on addressing poverty, wastewater, and climate change in rural America

A conversation with Catherine Flowers, author of Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret.

Chip Giller Culture

Another victim of global warming: ‘The Great British Baking Show’

“It’s like Satan’s kitchen in here.”

Kate Yoder Culture

Catching up with Andrew Simon, host of Grist’s Temperature Check

Grist’s director of programming explains how, and why, he decided to combine climate, race, and culture in a podcast he calls his “most exciting -- and terrifying -- project.”

Anna Deen Culture

He’s bringing solar power to Puerto Rico — and political power to its people

In its latest project, Arturo Massol-Deyá’s nonprofit is helping small businesses produce their own energy and rebuild the local economy on their own terms.