The Feed Upgrade: Meet the 2026 Climate Creators to Watch 📱🌟
Your social media scroll is about to get a massive upgrade. This week, we are celebrating our favorite annual tradition by highlighting the digital visionaries making climate action go viral. Say goodbye to the doomscroll and hello to your new favorite internet heroes. Pique Action and the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan C-CHANGE) have released the fifth annual Climate Creators to Watch list, spotlighting the storytellers making sustainability feel less like homework and more like something worth sharing with the group chat.
Stop Doomscrolling, Start Organizing: Adam Conover’s Blueprint for Power
If you feel paralyzed by doomscrolling, it’s because the algorithm benefits from your anxiety. Our new podcast explores where your actual political power is hiding — and spoiler alert: it’s not on your screen.
Losing Ground in the Turf War ⚽🌡️
Large synthetic sports fields promise a maintenance-free oasis, but they turn up the thermostat on our neighborhoods. This week, we examine why artificial turf is a superheated hazard for the reasons you know, and for some surprising ones too.
Breaking Up with the Blacktop 💔🚜
L.A. County is smothered in 300,000 acres of pavement, and our schoolyards are taking the heat. This week, we explore how stripping away the asphalt turns outdoor heaters back into healthy, shaded places to live and play.
What If Buildings Behaved Like Forests? 🌿
Nature isn’t just decoration—it’s the most efficient, hard-working infrastructure we have. This week, we dive into Biophilic Design, the movement shifting us from building against nature to building as nature.
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Letting the Cities Go Wild 🏙️🦊
We are wrapping up our Living City series (cue the “awwws”. Don’t worry, we’ll bring it back soon!) by stepping onto the wild side. From otter families navigating Singapore's downtown canals to London's buzzing bee sanctuaries, find out how urban rewilding is putting nature back on the municipal payroll.
The Feed Upgrade: Meet the 2026 Climate Creators to Watch 📱🌟
Your social media scroll is about to get a massive upgrade. This week, we are celebrating our favorite annual tradition by highlighting the digital visionaries making climate action go viral. Say goodbye to the doomscroll and hello to your new favorite internet heroes. Pique Action and the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan C-CHANGE) have released the fifth annual Climate Creators to Watch list, spotlighting the storytellers making sustainability feel less like homework and more like something worth sharing with the group chat.
Port of Long Beach: A Shore Bet for Clean Air ⚓⚡
We’ve explored the spongy soils of our backyards, but now we’re heading to the docks to see where the heavy lifting happens. 🏗️🌊 Today we’re diving into how the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are trading diesel clouds for electric crowds to protect our coastal communities.
So Mulch Potential: Turning Your Yard Into an Ocean Hero 🪴🌊
We’ve spent a lot of time looking at massive city infrastructure, but today we’re bringing the climate action right to your backyard. 🏡✨ Today we digging in to the best ways to turn lawns and public gardens into mini-sponges to protect our waterways and oceans.
The Canopy Project: Branching Out for Shade Equity in the City of Angels 😇💚
Forget fancy gadgets. We want to throw some shade, so we’re rooting for Los Angeles’ oldest cooling technology. We’re branching out to explore the high-tech maps and "tree-mendous" 2028 equity goals keeping our city’s canopy—and our hearts—thriving.
Alley-Oop! Turning L.A.’s Dead Weight into a Neighborhood Sponge 🧽🌿
In neglected alleyways of the City of Angels, a network of water-saving public green spaces is sprouting up. Green Alleys are once-neglected backstreets retrofitted with permeable surfaces and native plants to capture stormwater while providing safe, beautiful public space.
