Environment

A wide shot of the toxic ponds in the wider landscape. There are little ponds dotted across a rocky landscape

World Environment Day 2024: Six stories about environmental justice

For World Environment Day, six stories exploring indigenous resistance, the climate crisis, and global environmental policy. From Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsular to Turkey’s Munzur Valley, these stories include journalism and climate fiction.

Mary Griffin

June 4, 2024

A long stretch of camels walk through the desert with some nomadic people

Environment Interview

Last Day on Earth: How the climate crisis is affecting the world’s last nomadic Afar tribe, in Ethiopia

Soukaina Rabii

February 14, 2024

For Alevi Kurds feature from Dersim, Munzur River, Munzur Valley

Environment Feature

‘No river, no life’: Alevi Kurds in Turkey battle to save Munzur River

Jaclynn Ashly

February 6, 2024

Environment Feature

Somaliland IDPs: “We only have safety from war; we’re not safe from malnutrition or starvation”

Jaclynn Ashly

August 27 2024

An illustration of a dark brown cities up in flames. The sky is dark and the road is empty. The buildings are on fire

Environment Creative

The Passing: A climate fiction short story

Semilore Kaji-Hausa

January 12 2024

drone shot of maize field being treated - for Mexico Maya beekeeping article

Environment Feature

Mexico: Maya beekeepers declare an environmental emergency after finding scores of dead bees

Jennifer Kennedy and Richard Arghiris 

October 11 2023

A group of activists stands with a poster on one of the construction sites of the Maya Train project

Environment Witness

The Maya Train and other megaprojects threatening southern Mexico’s Indigenous communities

Jennifer Kennedy

August 30 2023

A stream of water snakes through arid land in Jordan's former marshes

Environment Witness

“It dried up before our eyes”: How the loss of Jordan’s marshes has fractured communities

Melissa Pawson

July 31 2023

Environment Interview

David Abram: How language and stories shape our understanding of the world

Adam Weymouth

March 8 2023

Cochabamba Bolivia World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth

Environment Interview

Max Ajl: The People’s Green New Deal demands true ecosocialism

Adam Weymouth

January 25 2023

Aerial view of a busy pedestrian crossing in Japan

Environment Interview

Overpopulation, Apocalypse, and Migration: A conversation with Betsy Hartmann

Adam Weymouth

July 26 2022

A woman painted blue and yellow, wearing a bright red trouser suit, sits on a black and white tiled floor in front of wallpaper of blue sky and white clouds

Environment Creative

Currents: 9 African artists using their art for climate activism

Karen Mwendera

June 1 2022

$\suzanne Simard giving a presentation about mycelium$

Environment Interview

7 in-depth interviews with leading environmental thinkers

Bella Segal

June 1 2022

Economy Interview

INTERVIEW: Suzanne Simard talks forest ecology, toxic masculinity and the taste of soil

Adam Weymouth

May 19 2022

A woman smiles during the DC Climate Strike

Environment From the Editor

5 young women using their voices to advocate for climate justice

Esther Ofulue

March 8 2022

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World Environment Day 2024: Six stories about environmental justice

Last Day on Earth: How the climate crisis is affecting the world’s last nomadic Afar tribe, in Ethiopia

‘No river, no life’: Alevi Kurds in Turkey battle to save Munzur River

Somaliland IDPs: “We only have safety from war; we’re not safe from malnutrition or starvation”

The Passing: A climate fiction short story

Mexico: Maya beekeepers declare an environmental emergency after finding scores of dead bees

The Maya Train and other megaprojects threatening southern Mexico’s Indigenous communities

“It dried up before our eyes”: How the loss of Jordan’s marshes has fractured communities

David Abram: How language and stories shape our understanding of the world

Max Ajl: The People’s Green New Deal demands true ecosocialism

Overpopulation, Apocalypse, and Migration: A conversation with Betsy Hartmann

Currents: 9 African artists using their art for climate activism

7 in-depth interviews with leading environmental thinkers

INTERVIEW: Suzanne Simard talks forest ecology, toxic masculinity and the taste of soil

5 young women using their voices to advocate for climate justice