Category: Newsletter

While the US Sits Out the World’s Biggest Climate Summit, China Is Stepping Up

November 12, 2025April 30, 2026Miranda Green

Each week, award-winning climate journalist Miranda Green offers a look beneath the climate headlines—into how decisions are being made, why they matter, and what they reveal about this moment. Subscribe to The Understory to never miss an edition. As world leaders gather in Belem, Brazil, for the 30th Conference of the Parties to discuss our collective climate future, […]

Sustainable toys for the holidays

December 2, 2020April 30, 2026Miranda Green

The holiday shopping season has started, and spending on toys is expected to be big this year as parents try to fight lockdown boredom. Toy sales in the United States increased by more than 15 percent in the first half of 2020, according to the NPD Group, a research firm that tracks consumer trends, and the surge is […]

Clean up your Halloween

October 14, 2020April 30, 2026Miranda Green

Halloween is going to look a bit different this year because of the pandemic, but there could be a green lining: an opportunity to develop a more sustainable outlook on a typically high-waste holiday. Need an example? Consider pumpkins. American farmers produced more than a billion pounds of them in 2018, according to the Department of Agriculture. Much of that total ends […]