Solutions

Stories dedicated to developing solutions to our most pressing issues, including organizing to reduce harm and spread well being—especially concerning our relationship with the land and one another.

Texas’s Failed Grid Brought Out My Inner Survivalist—Here’s What I Learned

By Chivas Sandage ● Reportando ● December 11, 2022

The bitter failures of our “Energy State” taught me that it doesn’t hurt to have a dozen alternative ways to boil water in your toolkit—and skills to barter for a steady coffee supply.

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How Community Land Trusts are Building Disaster-Resilient Neighborhoods

By Greg Harman ● Solutions ● December 5, 2022

A growing number of community land trusts—from Florida to Texas—are readying their housing stock for the next climate-related disaster.

COP27 Summary: Key Outcomes for Food, Forests, Land, and Nature at UN Climate Talks

By Greg Harman ● Climate ● November 25, 2022

The COP27 summit in the Egyptian coastal resort of Sharm el-Sheikh made history by including food, tipping points and the right to a healthy environment.

Seeking Solutions at the Climate Justice Alliance’s National Summit

By Greg Harman ● Solutions ● November 7, 2022

Climate Justice Alliance members convened to begin hashing out the frontline response to emerging technologies—and rekindle the meaning of solidarity.

The City Taking Shade to a Science in Battle with Heat

By Greg Harman ● Solutions ● September 2, 2022

From Displacement to Resilience: Climate Migrants Helping Grow Needed Solutions

By Greg Harman ● Solutions ● August 25, 2022

How US Cities are Responding to Increasing Life-Threatening Heatwaves

By Greg Harman ● Climate ● August 24, 2022

Four Climate Influencers Who Are Inspiring Hope—and Action

By Greg Harman ● Solutions ● March 28, 2022

It turns out that doomsday-ism isn’t a winning strategy. These lessons from four climate influencers point to a better way.

We Can Live with Jaguars Again

By Greg Harman ● Biodiversity ● November 25, 2021

More than a century after being driven from their historical territories from Texas to California, jaguars are returning to the United States. More than 25 years of experience in South and Central America illustrate how we can share the land with them successfully.

In New England, Protesters are Turning Coal Roads into Garden Beds

By Greg Harman ● Solutions ● November 3, 2021