Landlines, Magazines, Puzzles: This NYC Suburb Is Bringing Back Screen-Free Childhoods
Earlier this month, kindergarteners in Croton-on-Hudson started the school year without screens after a campaign by hundreds of local parents.
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The commodification of Indigenous cultures and traditions
All too often, Indigenous traditions are extracted, repackaged, or seized for someone else’s gain
From the streets to the ballot box: What Hungary can teach Serbia
Orbán’s machine seemed invincible — until a grassroots movement cracked the psychological trap of fear
The climate case for community-led conservation in Brazil
More than half a century has passed since Garrett Hardin published The Tragedy of the Commons in Science in 1968. In that influential article, he argued that human greed and short-term thinking would drive societies toward collapse. Hardin illustrated his argument with the well-known example of herders sharing a pasture: each herder would receive all […]
In New York, Access to Lead-Free Drinking Water Doesn’t Come Cheap
The state’s piecemeal approach to funding lead pipe replacement means the safety of your drinking water may depend on your ZIP code.
This Westchester Village Says it Doesn’t Collaborate With ICE. Data Tells A Different Story.
Police in Port Chester, a heavily immigrant community, appear to have turned over dozens of people to ICE, including some with no criminal charges.
What India’s ‘Cockroach’ protests reveal about digital authoritarianism
The protests of the CJP offer both a warning and grounds for democratic optimism
Zion-Mt. Carmel Tunnel Nighttime Closures Announced
Zion-Mt. Carmel Tunnel Nighttime Closures Announced
Growing pressures threaten Nepal’s high-altitude wildlife
Changes like increasing geological and glacial instability driven by the warming climate are a growing concern across the Himalayas. Our hearts go out to the thousands of families across Nepal, China, and around the world grieving their loved ones and searching for those missing after the recent catastrophic flash flood at the Nepal-China border. Though […]
What remains after Nepal’s Gen Z protests? Survivors reflect one year later
Many young people left the September 2025 protests in Nepal with scars — both physical, emotional, and financial
Conservation rumors expose tensions over Congo Basin climate projects
In 2020, a strange rumor began circulating in villages around the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Tshopo province. A newly constructed scientific tower, people said, was extracting oxygen from the surrounding rainforest and sending it to Europe, where it was being sold for profit. Not long after, an initiative to plant […]
North Macedonia’s independence should not be commemorated by glorifying war criminals
Death does not erase the verdict — or the responsibility of officials who turn a convicted war criminal into a hero
Maternity leave is expanding in Bangladesh, but garment workers still struggle for childcare
“The breastfeeding room was always there. But there was no-one to bring my baby to me.”
These NY Teachers Are Ditching Screens. Lawmakers Want Others to Follow.
“I have pretty much gone back to the way I was teaching when I first started,” said one Brooklyn teacher who’s been in the profession for 25 years.
Local seed knowledge can strengthen forest restoration
Since the launch of global restoration initiatives such as the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), large-scale tree planting has become the hallmark of many restoration projects. Ambitious targets, such as The Nature Conservancy’s Plant a Billion Trees campaign and the World Economic Forum’s One Trillion Tree Initiative, highlight the potential of tree-based restoration in […]
‘I Got Scared to See My Coworker Like That’: New York Farmworkers Labor Through Extreme Heat
Like most states, New York doesn’t have any enforceable heat protections for outdoor workers.
How Croatian communities are taking on planned poultry slaughterhouses
Over 51,000 people signed a petition challenging the state’s lack of transparency and allegations of favoritism
Taiwan’s Siraya language finds a new voice after being declared extinct
TAINAN, Taiwan — Since she was old enough to understand it, Uma Talavan has known she belongs to the Indigenous Siraya people. She knew almost nothing of her ethnicity, however, the identity of which was dissolved by centuries of forced assimilation, save for a handful of words her parents used to speak. In search of […]
Spekboom restoration draws big money and high stakes in South Africa
This is the first article in Mongabay’s three-part investigation of spekboom-led ecosystem restoration in South Africa. It is part of an award-winning collaboration between independent science writer Leonie Joubert, the Stellenbosch University School for Climate Studies, and the Henry Nxumalo Foundation which supports investigative journalism in Africa. Read parts two and three. GQEBERHA, South Africa […]
As Whey Gains, Will Dairy’s Footprint Follow?
At the center of protein maxxing, whey products require energy-intensive processing and emissions-intensive milk and cheese production, with climate consequences if unchecked.
