Your Body on Joy
Research shows that cultivating and sustaining joy can make us more resilient and effective in a time of climate change.
Joy is an indispensable force. It can strengthen our resolve, help us uncover creative solutions, and bolster our resilience. It’s a statement to ourselves and the world that we are still here, undefeated. In this issue, we look at why joy is so crucial in this moment, how to make space for it, and the surprising ways people are channeling it to do better climate and justice work.
Research shows that humor can help get climate messaging across. Activists and comedians alike are starting to take notice.
With songs, laughter, and an element of surprise, climate organizers are finding the power in joyful expression.
When it comes to climate action in your personal life, small steps can bring big joy. Click through our catalog for ways to green your lifestyle, happily.
Research shows that cultivating and sustaining joy can make us more resilient and effective in a time of climate change.
Knowing that the charismatic cetaceans express joy, compassion, and other “human” emotions can inform and inspire our own climate work.
Outdoor recreationists want to save the natural environments they love, but that means reckoning with their own impact.
Musician Mali Obomsawin’s path from performing protest songs to launching an Indigenous land trust was a journey to expressing her true self.
In a growing number of small theaters nationwide, the climate crisis is landing a starring role.
A conversation with the Brooklyn eco-rapper who charms viewers with a combination of rap, comedy, and advocacy.
The project focuses on how taking small steps to reduce your carbon footprint can mean more time, more connection, and greater happiness.
The “Reservation Dogs” actor, comedian, and organizer believes “if we can laugh at our oppressors, it takes away the power of our oppressors.”
Kids approach the world with a sense of play and wonder. How would the climate crisis be different if we did, too?
For our spring issue, we explore how connections to nature are built, why those connections matter, and how equitable access to outside spaces is a vital climate solution.
Meet the 50 visionaries on this year’s list — all regular people who also happen to be sustainability stars. They hail from all walks of life and every part of the country. Simply put, these are ordinary people who are achieving extraordinary things.
In this issue, we look at the big ideas and innovations that will drive the conversation around climate in 2022, from advances in agronomy to the powerful reason activists won’t give up on a better future.
Climate and justice work is not a solo mission. In this issue, Fix explores the relationships that make these critical efforts possible, and the ways new approaches to mentorship are upending old power structures.
Fiction is how we imagine a different future, even in times when that future feels unreachable. In this issue, explore the power of climate fiction to help far-off visions become realities, and experience what happens when you live in someone else’s imagined future.