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How to Raise Climate-Resilient Kids

How to Raise Climate-Resilient Kids

By Tim Lydon Climate-related disasters are on the rise, and carbon emissions are soaring. Parents today face the unprecedented challenge of raising children somehow prepared for a planetary emergency that may last their lifetimes. Few guidebooks are on the shelves for this one, yet, but experts do have advice. And in a bit of happy […]

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    A Patchwork of Imagery Hints at the Hidden Complexity of the American Prairie

    A Patchwork of Imagery Hints at the Hidden Complexity of the American Prairie

    By Clara Chaisson Photographer Terry Evans has been piecing together prairies for more than 40 years. After she first encountered the plant life growing in these iconic midwestern habitats in 1978, Evans memorized their “names like poems”: the silverleaf scurfpea, a dark-violet wildflower; the prickly pink catclaw sensitive briar; the white orchid known as nodding […]

    Take a Hike Day Is Around the Bend. What’s Your Dream Hike?

    Take a Hike Day Is Around the Bend. What’s Your Dream Hike?

    This Saturday, November 17, is National Take a Hike Day. Hiking is a great way to stay healthy, reconnect with nature and remind yourself of what we’re trying to protect. In honor of the day, here are the EcoWatch team’s favorite hikes, and the ones at the top of our bucket lists. Olivia Rosane, Freelance […]

    7 Science-Backed Health Benefits of Having Plants at Home

    7 Science-Backed Health Benefits of Having Plants at Home

    By Karen Reed Friends and coworkers have plants in their home or around their office. You may have considered it yourself, but then remembered that they require care and attention. Do you really have that time? Do you really want greenery in your home, when it looks so beautiful outside? Well, there are a number […]

    Trees Are Migrating West to Escape Climate Change

    Trees Are Migrating West to Escape Climate Change

    By Marlene Cimons An individual tree has roots and, of course, it doesn’t move. But trees, as a species, do move over time. They migrate in response to environmental challenges, especially climate change. Surprisingly, they don’t all go to the Poles, where it is cooler. As it turns out, more of them head west, where […]

    Culture Clash: Nature and Civilization Face Off in the Art of Michael Wang

    Culture Clash: Nature and Civilization Face Off in the Art of Michael Wang

    By Patrick Rogers The rooftop garden of the Swiss Institute Contemporary Art gallery in New York looks much like you’d expect of a newly renovated former bank building in lower Manhattan. Rows of simple aluminum planters line the small rectangular space, sprouting leafy greenery that frames views of the busy streets below. Yet this ordinary-looking […]