environmentalism

As climate change worsens anxiety and depression among young people, Sami Aaron is teaching local environmentalists how to prioritize their mental health — instead of sacrificing themselves for the cause.

Segment 1: "Kansas City wants to end homelessness," said Josh Henges.The Veterans Community Project gained national attention in 2018 by using tiny homes…

Segment 1: Morgan Orozco is a sixteen-year old who's playing an active part in local government. Sick of waiting for adults to do something about climate…

Segment 1: Environmentalism and the outdoors have long been seen as safe spaces for white people.The concerns of climate change action organizations are…

Segment 1: Why we don't fix things any more, and why that matters.There's a national movement encouraging people to learn how to fix things as an antidote…

Terry Evans has photographed the heart of industrial America, where she revealed the effects of pollutants on communities, as well as the glacial peaks of…

They may be icons of the old west, but cowboys aren't just an American phenomenon. Today, we learn the long history of the horseback herdsmen, whose roots…

It's a sticky summer afternoon in Kansas City, Kansas and Richard Mabion is outside replacing neighbor’s light bulbs for free. These bulbs will last…

Do you drink pop ... or soda? Do you wash something or "warsh" it? Those answers depend on where you grew up. Today, we learn How to Speak Midwestern, and…

Salina, Kansas, may seem an unlikely Mecca for environmental activists, but it is — thanks to the Land Institute.The Land Institute started with the bold…

With his silvery hair, his sun-and-wind-weathered skin, formidable stature and a booming, resonant voice, Wes Jackson steps out of his pickup truck in a…

Meet a prominent thinker who's a Kansas farm boy and "prairiebilly" turned geneticist, and hear the story of how and why he became a leader in the…