environment | The Walrus

A photo of a lone polar bear on an ice sheet floating in what looks like a calm sea with a blue sky overhead.

Environment

What Will Be the Tipping Point of the Climate Crisis?

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 - by Andri Snær Magnason

Glaciers are melting. Coral reefs are dying. Eventually, the devastation will be impossible to reverse

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Environment / March/April 2021

Therapy for the End of the World

February 3, 2021February 10, 2021 - by Britt Wray

Anxiety over the climate crisis is spreading like wildfire. Psychologists are just starting to figure out how to help

Illustration of a racoon and the show title, "Hinterland Who's Who," in white capital letters.

November/December 2020 / Television

The Boring Brilliance of Hinterland Who’s Who

October 21, 2020April 6, 2021 - by Tom Jokinen

Fifty years later, the iconic one-minute nature docs remain the best television to ever come out of Canada

Photograph of children's handprints in multicoloured paint on a textured black wall.

Environment

The Kids Are Mad as Hell

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 - by Hana Shafi

Climate change is stealing their future. But their activism gives me hope

Environment

Lockdown Let the Earth Breathe. What Do We Do Next?

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 - by Sarah Ratchford

COVID-19 could be a turning point in climate activism—but only if we play it right

A group of monarch butterflies resting on a tree branch in their winter nesting area.

Environment

The Butterfly Effect

July 29, 2020April 6, 2021 - by Sherina Harris

Climate change can feel impossible to solve. But, as monarchs show, small actions can have world-altering results

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Environment / June 2020

Stranded by the Climate Crisis

May 20, 2020June 10, 2020 - by Carolyn Thompson

Global environmental disasters are forcing thousands of people to flee their homes, their countries, and everything they know

A hand holding a yellow watering can is watering indoor plants on a windowsill.

Science

Are Plants Listening to Us? It Depends Who You Ask

April 9, 2020February 24, 2021 - by Michael Rancic

A controversial 1970s book claimed that plants can hear. It turns out its authors might not have been entirely wrong

A stick-figure illustration of three figures beneath raining clouds. To their right are large pink flowers being consumed by flame. The background is midnight blue and the figures are outlined in green.

Environment / First Person

Parenting through an Apocalypse

March 17, 2020July 29, 2020 - by Liz Harmer

What stories can we tell our children to help them face the world they will inherit?

A photo of a field, with several wind turbines in the distance, against a blue sky with white clouds.

Business / Environment

How to Enlist Corporate Leaders in the Climate Fight

March 4, 2020 - by Tom Rand

Energy companies helped cause the climate crisis. Now, they need to become part of the solution