In 100-500 words, readers share specific ways they're living simply, resisting throwaway culture or responding to climate change in day-to-day life. Want to chime in? Submit your story to environment editor Stephanie Clary at sclary@ncronline.org.
After "Bluey," the Holy Spirit and Google led this mom to enroll her 3-year-old in a forest school, her whole family learned more about caring for creation and cultivating community — with human and nonhuman friends.
Water shortages in the Mojave Desert, increased utility rates and a hotter climate each year led this couple to convert their once lush and green lawn into a new, xeric landscape of rocks and native plants.
My mission is to teach transgender individuals about the sacredness of our environment, emphasizing that it is God's land where all are loved and accepted.
During a simple interdenominational prayer service, themed "Becoming seeds of hope," retirement village residents collected, shared and planted seeds to give joy and hope in the weeks to come.
Where do we find the wherewithal to persevere in long-term work that requires dramatic change in us and in the systems around us? Could my relationship with God be instrumental in supporting my climate activism?
When Kara Daddario Bown became a parent, she felt the need to embrace her spiritual and ecological values more seriously. She started by rethinking the "throwaway culture" in her kitchen.
On Oct. 23, we said a silent prayer and then interrupted a speaker at a conference of investment industry leaders. We stood on our chairs and unfurled a banner that demanded Vanguard stop funding fossil fuels.
In 1972, my Australian students protested French nuclear testing. In 2023, young people again may be able to stir up action to pressure an end to nuclear madness that endangers people and planet.
Inspired by the concept of the Little Free Library initiative that promotes free public book exchanges, I've put together a plan for a little free newsstand in front of my home called "Mother Nature News."
As our milk jug native plant garden gets a head start on spring, it joins our compost barrel as our first small steps toward better backyard stewardship.
During my work as an educator at a New York wildlife refuge, I encountered many children with little to no prior exposure to undisturbed nature. Slowly yet all at once, I realized the gravity of what I was witnessing.
This body of water, which awakened my passion for sustainability, is choked by toxic algae blooms. Will my grandchildren play in her waters as I once did?
'My friendship with the worms helped me reach a deeper level of appreciation for God's creatures and the way we are invited to live interconnectedly within creation.'
We're facing a climate crisis globally and feeling it locally. Massachusetts is one of the fastest warming states, so we have to take action now to protect our children's future.
