What if the key to solving big problems isn’t too much more complicated than a heck of a lot of small actions taken together, just like the work everyone in this community is doing every day?
The New York Times has been profiling the potential of regional and hyperlocal climate solutions. And what do most have in common? Deep connection to the earth’s living systems.
“Local fixes alone won’t stop big environmental problems or stop global warming. That will require a wholesale remaking of the world’s energy, transportation and agricultural systems. But these are precisely the kinds of small-scale solutions that are desperately needed as the world figures out how to live on a hotter, more volatile planet.”
Posted: August 26, 2025