Ruxandra Guidi, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Thu, 08 Aug 2024 19:54:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Ruxandra Guidi, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 Can words help us out of climate despair and toward repair? https://www.hcn.org/issues/can-words-help-us-out-of-climate-despair-and-toward-repair/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 07:20:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=326826 Stargazing party at the Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter Observatory.

How naming the climate struggle matters.

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]]> 326826 Audio: What’s so funny about climate change? https://www.hcn.org/articles/audio-whats-so-funny-about-climate-change/ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=326890

Resorting to absurdity can make people care.

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]]> 326890 Audio: Undoing the dams https://www.hcn.org/articles/audio-undoing-the-dams/ Wed, 19 Jun 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=326040

Bringing flow back to Western waterways.

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]]> 326040 What if the future is the past? https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-6/what-if-the-future-is-the-past/ Sat, 01 Jun 2024 07:25:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=325527 The Bowtie parcel in Los Angeles, California.

Degrowth offers a path for dealing with our serious environmental issues.

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]]> 325527 Audio: The Joshua tree-yucca moth link https://www.hcn.org/articles/audio-the-joshua-tree-yucca-moth-link/ Thu, 02 May 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=325055

These desert species wouldn’t survive without the other. Can they weather climate change together?

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]]> 325055 Youth are leading the way on climate action https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-4/youth-are-leading-the-way-on-climate-action/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 07:05:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=323637 Collage features Juliana v. United States plaintiff Levi Draheim and other young climate protesters.

Start thinking like young people to secure our future.

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]]> 323637 Audio: Listen to the Earth breathing https://www.hcn.org/articles/listen-to-the-earth-breathing/ Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=323355 Wupatki Pueblo in Northern Arizona.

Blowholes are more common than you think.

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]]> 323355 Defending the Tijuana Estuary https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-1/climate-change-defending-the-tijuana-estuary/ Mon, 01 Jan 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/climate-change-defending-the-tijuana-estuary/

Stewardship saved a Southern California estuary from development. Climate change is the next challenge.

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]]> 321357 We need to reframe our thinking about what’s wild https://www.hcn.org/articles/essays-we-need-to-reframe-our-thinking-about-whats-wild/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/essays-we-need-to-reframe-our-thinking-about-whats-wild/ A visitor takes a photo of “Cruz,” a mountain lion at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum who was rescued as a cub in California.

Why we should take a look from wildlife’s perspectives.

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]]> 321579 We don’t need utopias https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-9/philosophy-we-dont-need-utopias/ Fri, 01 Sep 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/philosophy-we-dont-need-utopias/

What if Eden is chilling out in your neighborhood?

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