Audubon MagazineFall 2019

News

A Field Guide to the Future of North American Birds

Audubon’s new climate report warns of massive avian loss if we don’t change course and stabilize global carbon emissions.
Letter From the Editor

This Is What Climate Solutions Look Like

We dedicated our entire fall issue to tackling the challenge of climate change, because humanity has no other choice.
Climate Action Guide

How to Help Green Your Town

By The Editors
October 16, 2019 — From the workplace to city hall, here are some ways to make your community more climate-friendly.
Climate Action Guide

How to Hack Your Local Food System to Prevent Waste

By The Editors
October 16, 2019 — Farm-to-table is the buzzword, but too often farm-to-landfill is the reality.
Climate Action Guide

Why Towns Should Prepare for the Climate Displaced

By The Editors
October 16, 2019 — Climate change is already causing people to relocate. As more hometowns become inhospitable, yours might be able to help.
Climate Action Guide

Why You Should Support Green Infrastructure

By The Editors
October 16, 2019 — By working with nature, not against it, we can mitigate climate disasters while creating vital habitat.
Climate Action Guide

Get to Know Your Public Utility Commission—and Pressure It

By The Editors
October 16, 2019 — These are the gatekeepers to the grid reform we need.
Climate Action Guide

Seek Influential Allies to Achieve Your Climate Goals

By The Editors
October 16, 2019 — To broaden your regional impact as a climate advocate, take a cue from these two cases.
Climate Action Guide

How You Can Help Fix the Electric Grid

By The Editors
October 16, 2019 — To make a real dent in climate change, we have to go big on renewables—but an outdated power grid is getting in our way.
Climate Action Guide

How to Lobby Your Legislators

By The Editors
October 16, 2019 — Remember: Your state representatives work for you.
Climate Action Guide

How to Build a Broader and More Equitable Climate Movement

By The Editors
October 16, 2019 — When creating nationwide change, ensuring a "just transition" to a greener future must be a priority for all.
Climate Action Guide

Give Your Home a Climate Overhaul

October 16, 2019 — Having a low-carbon house isn't just better for the world—it will also save you serious money.
Climate Action Guide

Four Tips for a Climate-Friendly Yard

By The Editors
October 16, 2019 — America’s largest irrigated crop isn’t corn or soy—it’s grass. Lawns cover more area than Georgia, and their upkeep deepens the climate crisis.
Climate Action Guide

How to Find Your Climate Story

By The Editors
October 16, 2019 — We all have one, and identifying yours is the first step in becoming an advocate for climate action.
News

Reverse Engineering the Climate Crisis Is Not Only Possible—It's Necessary

By Jon Gertner
October 10, 2019 — We can't merely cut emissions to preserve a livable planet. We'll have to invent technologies to take back the carbon we've already released.
Climate

Explore Our Climate Change Cover

By Jennifer Bogo
October 10, 2019 — Using a zoom tool, you can peruse the photos of Audubon members that make up this image of a Great Gray Owl.
Conservation

The Fight to Save Pine Island

By Purbita Saha
October 10, 2019 — As rising seas imperil its historic structures and famed waterfowl flocks, staff at the Audubon sanctuary are determined to defend the refuge by saving its wetlands.
News

Birds Are Telling Us It's Time to Take Action on Climate

By David Yarnold
October 10, 2019 — Global warming poses an existential threat to two-thirds of North American bird species—but there's still time to protect them. Audubon's new climate report says we have to act now.
Boreal Forests

In Canada’s Boreal Forest, a New National Park Faces the Wrongs of the Past—and Guards Our Climate Future

By Hannah Hoag
October 10, 2019 — Thaidene Nëné, declared this summer, is a milestone for an Indigenous-led conservation movement that can help keep carbon in the ground and protect crucial habitat as the planet warms.
News

Five Climate-Threatened Birds and How You Can Help Them

October 10, 2019 — Audubon's newest climate report projects the future ranges for more than 604 North American species.
From Audubon Magazine

A Better Way to Decrease Disastrous Flooding on the Mississippi River

By Willy Blackmore
October 10, 2019 — Our attempts to wall in a surging Mississippi have failed up and down the river, leading to catastrophic flooding. Now momentum is building to work with nature, not against it.
From Audubon Magazine

How State and Local Governments Are Leading the Way on Climate Policy

By Hillary Rosner
October 10, 2019 — With the federal government failing to act, many states and cities are taking it upon themselves to cut emissions and increase resiliency.

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