11 Substacks & Newsletters On Climate News You Need To Know
Calling all light-reading girlies! This is the listicle for you! We know that not everyone gets excited when faced with a 400-page book. Some of us are more likely to read a 7-minute article on the train or while doing a morning email check than dive into a book before bed. If you are looking to expand your knowledge and develop some new sustainable habits before Earth Month is over, short-form newsletters capture your attention and accommodate your limited free time without sacrificing the quality of information you are taking in. We made a list of our favorite substacks and newsletters that are delivering well-researched climate news in a short and sweet manner.
1. Atmos
If you are especially interested in the intersection of climate, the environment, and social justice, Atmos has three newsletter options for you: The Frontline, The Overview, and This Week on Atmos. The Frontline is a newsletter delivering content specifically about climate and justice. The Overview is a weekly newsletter featuring articles that offer a holistic perspective on the planet. And This Week on Atmos is another weekly newsletter that serves as more of a round-up of the latest articles from Atmos every Sunday.
MOLD Magazine delivers a bi-weekly newsletter focused on food design, news, events, and stories. Although this magazine is not directly a climate-focused publication, MOLD regularly shares information on food waste, alternative methods of food production, and packaging all through the lens of sustainability and climate action. If you are a foodie or a design nerd, then this is the newsletter for you!
3. Grist
We recommend Grist for your regular dose of climate news with an optimistic slant! Their umbrella of newsletters includes The Daily, The Weekly, The Beacon, and Looking Forward. The Daily and The Weekly are regular article round-ups featuring the latest updates in climate news. The Beacon is a weekly report on climate solutions, progress, and action items. Lastly, Looking Forward is a regular Wednesday newsletter featuring ideas for a clean green future and action steps to getting there.
We are huge fans of The Good Trade here at SB. The Daily Good is a quick 30-second newsletter delivered to you every day containing resources for developing sustainable habits such as recipes, music, and uplifting articles.
Exactly as it sounds, this substack newsletter from Emily Atkin and Arielle Samuelson is for those days when you’re just fed up with the way that global institutions are (not) responding to the climate crisis. Delivered between six to eight times a month, HEATED is for when optimism is not enough. Think of it as the newsletter equivalent of cathartically screaming into the void.
Delivered on a monthly basis, UPROOTED is a resource for learning about sustainability through a decolonial and deeply ecological lens. The newsletter’s author, Kamea, also has a popular podcast called Green Dreamer for frequent doses of her climate content. We recommend UPROOTED for anyone who wants to explore avenues of systemic change for the public good.
The Unpublishable is a weekly(ish) newsletter that offers a subversive, expository take on the beauty industry. Although not specifically rooted in climate action, this “beauty-critical” newsletter critiques beauty standards and the product economy through decolonial, anti-capitalist, and sustainability-focused lenses. She also occasionally explores product-free, no-cost approaches to skincare such as breathwork.
Vintage buyer and style curator Sabrina Heyink made this newsletter as an homage to what she loves to do: help people get dressed. As a vintage fashion professional, her style takes are especially susty, with a focus on wearing old pieces, reworking vintage styles, and working with what’s already in your closet. Her Style Diaries will keep you from getting bored of getting dressed every morning.
Chris La Tray is a member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians and lives near Missoula, Montana. An Irritable Métis contains his reflections on being a member of a tribe of Indians called Landless, on the social issues that affect each of us and our environment, and his observations of nature.
The New York Times Cooking Queen of Vegetables, Hetty Mckinnon, has a killer newsletter for anyone who is exploring plant-based eating or is a die-hard veggie-only stan. Subscribe to Hetty’s newsletter for plant-based cooking inspo and for reflections on the value of vegetables, seasonal eating, gardening, and more.
Did you really think we would make a whole article and not include our own newsletter? Of course, we did! The Sustainable Baddie weekly newsletter is a Sunday round-up of content from our week and includes surprise susty tips, tricks, and news every edition. It is a weekly dose of imperfect sustainability and climate optimism for all our baddies!
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