Southern California is jolted into a new reality.
Encounters
“Encounters” is a serial column by Ruxandra Guidi exploring life and landscape during the climate crisis.
Los incendios urbanos no deberían sorprendernos
El sur de California se ve sacudido a una nueva realidad.
What an ancient saguaro can teach us
A ‘grandpa’ desert keystone species has seen more than you have.
Lo que un antiguo saguaro puede enseñarnos
Un ‘abuelo’ del desierto que ha visto mucho más que tú
Audio: How nature can thrive despite human impact
What disturbance-loving plants teach.
Audio: What do we really learn from trail cams?
Documenting wildlife can bring us back to nature.
The absolute urgency of voting with the climate in mind
Though it’s been urgent for years.
Can words help us out of climate despair and toward repair?
How naming the climate struggle matters.
Audio: What’s so funny about climate change?
Resorting to absurdity can make people care.
What if the future is the past?
Degrowth offers a path for dealing with our serious environmental issues.
Audio: The Joshua tree-yucca moth link
These desert species wouldn’t survive without the other. Can they weather climate change together?
Youth are leading the way on climate action
Start thinking like young people to secure our future.
We need to reframe our thinking about what’s wild
Why we should take a look from wildlife’s perspectives.
We don’t need utopias
What if Eden is chilling out in your neighborhood?
The spirit of the Rillito
‘New animism’ seeks a connection to nature’s pulse.