Audubon

The pioneering Americas Flyways Initiative project offers new promise for both migratory shorebirds and local communities increasingly threatened by flooding in a changing climate.

Grist

The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are racing to protect already scarce water supplies and their way of life.

Wired

The fashion industry has created a sprawling informal disposal network across the world—that brings with it money, conflict, and environmental destruction.

Grist

A mountain of used clothes appeared in Chile’s desert. Then it went up in flames.

MIT Technology Review

NotCo is using artificial intelligence to design and produce plant-based alternatives to dairy and meat products. It has teamed up with some of the world’s biggest brands to help them create foods that have less of an impact on the climate.

The Continent

Chileans will vote yes or no to a new Constitution on Sunday. It would guarantee rights to nature, and requires more community involvement in big decisions. That could mean big changes to the country’s most profitable industry – mining.

Latino Rebels

Since Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit movie In the Heights was released in June, Nidia Bello’s customers have multiplied. Every week, visitors from the five boroughs as well as Florida and Pennsylvania, and even other countries like Mexico, drop in to have a look around. They want to confirm that her bodega on 196 Audubon Avenue in Washington Heights is the same one run by the fictional Usnavi de la Vega in Miranda’s film.

The New York Times

The ranks of home health aides are expected to grow more than any other job in the next decade. What kind of work are they being asked to do?