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Hey Cyclists: Be Nice to Pedestrians
When pedestrians complain about how cyclists ride in the city we reflexively reply: “Oh yeah? Well what about the drivers?” To be sure, motorists cause vastly more mayhem and death than cyclists, so...
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The Environment Is Being Weaponized for Hate
Over the years, one of environmentalism’s biggest drawbacks has been its blinding whiteness and the implied exclusivity of outdoor spaces. That’s changing, slowly, thanks to mainstream and upstart...
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These 6 Industries Will Be Hurt by Clean Water Rollback
On September 12, the Trump administration announced final details of its long-planned rollback of the Clean Water Act. Taking us back to pre-1988 levels of protection, the rule opens up 50 percent of...
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The Great Public Lands E-Bike Rush of 2019
During the administration of President George W. Bush, officials who oversaw public lands and the environment would frequently wait until 5 P.M. on Friday to announce rollbacks that would help...
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Our Kids Are Right About Climate Change
Earlier this month, I watched the CNN climate town hall while my best friend’s four-year-old was flipping on the couch cushions next to me. Occasionally, he’d pick his head up from improv gymnastics...
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The Nepali Women Who Deliver Birth Control by Hiking
One morning last winter in a village in Baitadi, a district in far-west Nepal, Kabita Bhandari sat down with a group of women to dispel local rumors about long-term contraceptives. Bhandari is 22 years...
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How the Outdoor World Joined the Youth Climate Strike
Millions of young people took to the streets today as part of a global strike to protest worldwide government inaction on the ongoing climate crisis. Companies and major athletes in the outdoor...
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Greta Thunberg's Army at New York City's Climate Strike
On Friday, September 20th, three days before world leaders are set to meet at the United Nations for a much anticipated climate summit, protesters gathered in New York for the first of two...
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Tibet Is Still Burning
On a path winding around the Dalai Lama’s temple, in a village near Dharamsala, India, called McLeod Ganj, I met a monk who taught me the meaning of om mani padme hum—“all hail the jewel in the...
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Why Running’s Greatest Protest Still Matters
On Monday, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC, formerly the USOC) announced the 2019 inductees to its Hall of Fame. In our awards-saturated age, it’s easy to dismiss this as a...
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How to Find Your Climate Candidates
So you, along with hundreds of thousands of other Americans and millions across the world, marched in a climate strike last month. Now what? While there’s evidence that the protests have swayed public...
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How Athletes Are Using Their Power to Protect Winter
Ski mountaineer Caroline Gleich says it felt like she’d run an ultramarathon. Her body was exhausted, her feet blistered and bruised. But she was far out of her home mountains, Utah’s Wasatch Range....
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How Your Local YMCA Could Save the World
Our country, it should come as no surprise, is increasingly polarized. The divide is worsened by the bubbles we live in, and the internet makes it easier than ever to only associate with like-minded...
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A New Plan to Make Camping in National Parks Worse
A controversial advisory panel for the Interior Department has outlined a plan to privatize national-park campgrounds, allow commercialized services such as Wi-Fi and food trucks, and limit benefits...
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Uranium Scare Exposes Grand Canyon's Toxic Work Culture
On December 31, 2018, Elston Stephenson, the safety, health, and wellness manager for Grand Canyon National Park, emailed then interior secretary Ryan Zinke with a dire warning: “Sir, regrettably, it...
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The Interior Is Losing the Battle to Crack Down on FOIA
A lot of bad stuff has been happening at the Department of the Interior (DOI) during the last three years. But here’s something positive: the department’s attempt to hide details of corruption from the...
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Fact-Checking Trump's Tweets on the California Fires
On Sunday, while Southern California’s wildland firefighters dug line on the 10,000-acre Maria Fire and residents returned to their homes following mandatory evacuations, President Trump exercised his...
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Remembering Gert Boyle, the Legend Behind Columbia
Talk to anyone who interacted with Gert Boyle—who passed away on November 3, at the age of 95—and they will give you a familiar line: she was one tough mother to please. And that observation would have...
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The Iconic Crag at the Heart of the Hong Kong Protests
For decades climbers have flocked to Hong Kong’s Lion Rock, a 1,624-foot mountain on the Kowloon peninsula whose contour resembles a crouching lion. Its main 300-foot, multi-pitch route circumnavigates...
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Sorry, But E-Scooters Are Still Not Scary
It’s been about a year and a half since shareable e-scooters entered popular culture in earnest. Deployed en masse in San Francisco in the spring of 2018, scooters were immediately hailed as harbingers...
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