How a Green Job Changed An Ex-Con's Life Every day, the clean energy revolution is creating new jobs for American workers. As part of an ongoing series, Sierra asked one of them to tell us his story. By Reed McManus February 13, 2015 In this story: clean energy, activism
Watching Over the World's Forests Fighting deforestation with high-tech surveillance gear By Eliza Strickland December 4, 2014 In this story: forests, activism
No Child Left Adrift How two Colombian engineers are protecting a poor riverside school from annual floods By J. Harris December 4, 2014 In this story: climate change, education, design, activism
People's Climate March: Get on the Bus The 400,000 people who gathered in New York ignited a big bang that will reverberate for years By Michael Brune December 3, 2014 In this story: activism, climate change
A Story That Had to Be Told The "Sierra" editor in chief on bad news making a good story By Bob Sipchen December 3, 2014 In this story: activism
8 Questions for Modern Family's Nolan Gould On his new hybrid car, being a member of Mensa, and the most environmentally conscious character on "Modern Family" By Madison Kotack December 8, 2014 In this story: activism, national parks
Coaled, Hard Facts A graphic look at where coal use has increased and decreased since 1965. By Reed McManus October 6, 2014 In this story: activism, coal, clean energy
In the future, will pavement solve all our problems? By Dashka Slater October 6, 2014 In this story: activism, solar, climate change