Rather than predicting a distant future, Jesse M. Keenan examines the mechanisms already in motion—and the difficult tradeoffs and untapped opportunities defining climate adaptation across America.

In this excerpt from ‘North,’ Jesse M. Keenan argues that climate migration is not a distant scenario but a structural shift already unfolding across America’s housing markets, infrastructure systems, and governance institutions.

Scientific evidence is increasingly supporting the theory that the Earth is alive and replete with intelligence. How is it then, by the law, that a corporation is a person, but nature is not? What if we expand the anthropocentric boundaries of our systems of laws, rights and responsibilities to encompass ALL living beings?

From plant intelligence to distributed minds, Michael Pollan explores how new science is reshaping our understanding of consciousness — and our place in the living world.

Scientists are unearthing a wild, weird world of vegetal genius. But how can we truly understand beings so radically different from ourselves? We consider the emerging science of plants from the vantage points of philosophy and ethics, with Harvard scholar Rachael Petersen.

The Campaign for Organic and Regenerative Agriculture (CORA) is challenging the largest berry grower in the world to transition to organic and eliminate the exposure to toxic pesticides that farmworkers endure with devastating regularity and horrific consequences. CORA is working to phase out agrochemicals starting with restrictions around schools and homes.