Grist: Looking Forward

Grist has just launched a newsletter called Looking Forward. Here is a (slightly edited) message from editor Claire Elise Thompson:

👋 Hi there! Happy Friday, readers. I’m so excited to show you the new layout of your weekly solutions newsletter from Grist. If you haven’t heard from me much before, I’m Claire Elise Thompson. I’ve been writing and editing stories about climate progress and the people leading it for about six years at Grist.

Being a journalist on the climate beat can sometimes take an emotional toll (as can, you know, just existing in the world we live in). I have always felt immensely lucky to get to focus my work on solutions — exploring the creative, compassionate, and sometimes surprising ways that people are working to address the climate crisis and the injustices that underpin it. Doing this work gives me a lot of hope, and a constant stream of inspiration for ways that I can live my life differently, or otherwise be a part of bringing about the better future that I dream about. I’m excited to share those stories and insights with y’all here in this newsletter.

But I also like to think of Looking Forward as a community — it’s not just about me sharing with you, but us all sharing with each other. I love to hear what’s inspiring you, what’s happening in your local area, and the questions you’re navigating about how to be a climate steward in this moment. If we’ve never exchanged words before, please tell me a little bit about yourself! Who am I writing to? Where in the world are you reading this? What are you most excited or curious or concerned about when it comes to climate change and how we go about mitigating and adapting to it?

So, as we dive into this new era of Looking Forward, I wanted to start by exploring why community matters for navigating the climate crisis. I once wrote, “Meeting your neighbors is a climate solution,” and that has never been more true. Our main story this week is about the power of community, and how neighbors (in a broad sense of the term) come together to help one another in times of crisis. Also in this issue, a sweet story about sea turtles and some surprising developments for electric vehicles.

Read more here: https://grist.org/looking-forward/.