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A Conversation With Environmentalist Drag Queen Pattie Gonia

A Conversation With Environmentalist Drag Queen Pattie Gonia

By Sarah Kennedy Pattie Gonia is an environmentalist drag queen on a mission to build a more inclusive climate movement. Pattie has more than 300,000 followers on Instagram, where she shares photos and videos of herself hiking and camping, both in and out of drag. She’s posed next to an oil rig to push for […]

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    Is This the Most Sustainable Smartphone?

    Is This the Most Sustainable Smartphone?

    Out of the mines of conflict, an awareness campaign was born. One that sought to change the minds of millions and craft a better, more fairer phone industry. The campaigners worked hard to raise consciousness and change the minds of phone users. They established workshops that explained the complexities and horrors of a smartphone supply […]

    The Population Conversation: Lessons From 200+ Organizations

    The Population Conversation: Lessons From 200+ Organizations

    By Adoma Addo and Kelley Dennings In the 50 years since the modern environmental movement was born, human population has more than doubled and our demands on the planet have skyrocketed. The pressure of our growing population, along with the consumption driven by the destructive industries that monopolize food and energy production, are widely recognized […]

    The True Cost of Cryptocurrency

    The True Cost of Cryptocurrency

    Amidst the loud hum of computers, digital gold is born. Churning and churning, hundreds of computers mine for a new form of currency. One that professes to be the decentralized, deflationary disruptor of the modern banking system. It goes by many names, DogeCoin, VibuCoin, Etherium, and Bitcoin. But they all can be called cryptocurrencies. This […]

    Why Plastic Pollution Is Even Worse Than You Think

    Why Plastic Pollution Is Even Worse Than You Think

    Along the banks of the Mississippi River, right before it spills out past New Orleans into the sea lies Cancer Alley. An 85 mile strip of shoreline where residents are contracting cancer at astronomical rates. But this isn’t a phenomenon based in genetics or some cruel twist of fate. Cancer Alley is the product of […]

    There’s No Compromising on Science When It Comes to Protecting Water Quality in the Nation’s Rivers and Streams

    There’s No Compromising on Science When It Comes to Protecting Water Quality in the Nation’s Rivers and Streams

    By Derrick Z. Jackson With its “Waters of the United States” rule, President Obama’s administration enacted unprecedented protections of rivers and streams. The Trump administration, ignoring science and the importance of wetlands, tried to return many of those waterways back to polluters by rolling back the Waters of the US rule. Now Michael Regan, President […]