2019 November/December

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A staff meeting at the Center for Girls' Education in Nigeria.

Feature

Educating Girls May Be Nigeria's Best Defense Against Climate Change

The Center For Girls' Education is giving impoverished girls new opportunities

By Wendy Becktold

October 29, 2019

Departments

Can Archaeology Help Us Save the Future?

Kathleen Jamie's "Surfacing" is a perfect smorgasbord of moments

By Heather Smith

November 6, 2019

Do-Gooder

For This Outdoor Drag Queen, the Trail Is a Runway

Instagram star Pattie Gonia celebrates self-acceptance in the backcountry

By Katie O'Reilly

November 5, 2019

Sierra examines gender equity and the ecological crisis

Editor’s Desk

Time to Fix the Population Fixation

Sierra examines gender equity and the ecological crisis

By Wendy Becktold

October 29, 2019

Female leaders bring care and comfort as well as fierceness and fire

From the Top

When Women Lead

Female leaders bring care and comfort as well as fierceness and fire

By Loren Blackford

October 31, 2019

Faces of Clean Energy

How to Be Stewards of the Land

Nicole Horseherder champions sustainability on tribal lands

November 2, 2019

Illustration shows the bottom half of three hikers in a desert. One is carrying a stick, one a water jug, and one a cooler.

Eyewitness

Life, Death, and the Border Patrol

These hikers leave water for migrants in the Sonoran Desert

By Jackie Bryant

November 6, 2019

Field Trip

An Offering to History on the Mississippi Mound Trail

A writer explores the blues and her ancestry

By Lynn Brown

November 3, 2019

Ilana Glazer is on stage, holding a mic and looking to her right. She's wearing cut-off jean shorts and a teal T-shirt.

Critic’s Notebook

Ilana Glazer's Vision for a New World Order

The comedy "kween" sees the future as female and partnership-based

By Katie O'Reilly

November 4, 2019

Survive

Don't Mess With Mama Bear

What to do when a hiking partner ignores the obvious

By Jackie Sizemore

November 5, 2019

Changemaker

Speaking Up on Behalf of Others

Tasnim Mellouli on trees, wetlands, and her Muslim faith

By Wendy Becktold

November 7, 2019

Hemp farmer Shani Coleman pours a pack of Patagonia Provisions Organic Savory Seeds into her hand.

Taste Test

7 Hempy, Healthy Eats From Female-Helmed Businesses

Cannabis's delicious nonpsychoactive cousin opens doors for women

By Lela Nargi

November 3, 2019

Two cheetah cubs lie on a termite mound facing the camera. Their mother's legs and belly (from the side) are framing them.

Photo

The Cutest Baby Animals You've Ever Seen

Suzi Eszterhas specializes in free-nature photography

November 4, 2019

Erosion: Essays of Undoing by Terry Tempest Williams

Books

"Erosion" Is a Dance Between Despair and Resistance

Terry Tempest Williams's new book of essays chronicles environmental and personal losses

By Jourdan Imani Keith

November 9, 2019

A woman in Uganda wearing a printed dress is handing a nurse a paper.

Protect

The Global Gag Rule Puts a Choke Hold on Contraception

The Trump administration leaves vulnerable women with few choices

By Karen J. Coates

October 30, 2019

Ask Ms. Green

How Do I Minimize the Environmental Impact of My Period?

Ms. Green has the answer

By Jessian Choy

December 2, 2019

Ask Ms. Green

Is It Time for a Ms. Green?

Yes! Meet Sierra's new green lifestyle columnist, Jessian Choy.

By Jessian Choy

October 29, 2019