It’s the end of 2023 as we know it. Below is a selection of articles from NPQ climate justice senior editor Alison Stine that were chosen as some of their favorites this past year. The stories range from the role of public libraries in climate justice to how the climate crisis is changing mental healthcare—and that’s to name a few. We hope you enjoy reading these incredible stories and that they inspire you.

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A Legacy of Black Women Climate Justice Leaders: An Interview with Heather McTeer Toney

1. A Legacy of Black Women Climate Justice Leaders: An Interview with Heather McTeer Toney

Teachers Unions Take on Climate Change

2. Teachers Unions Take on Climate Change

Climate Solutions from Indigenous and Local Knowledge

3. Climate Solutions from Indigenous and Local Knowledge

​​How Community-Based Public Space Can Build Civic Trust: Lessons from Akron

4. How Community-Based Public Space Can Build Civic Trust: Lessons from Akron

Action Steps to Grow Climate-Driven Philanthropy in Rural Communities

5. Action Steps to Grow Climate-Driven Philanthropy in Rural Communities

How the Climate Crisis is Changing Mental Healthcare

6. How the Climate Crisis is Changing Mental Healthcare

What the Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action Means for Climate Equity Policy

7. What the Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action Means for Climate Equity Policy

What Do Public Libraries Have to Do with Climate Justice?

8. What Do Public Libraries Have to Do with Climate Justice?

Disabled People Need a New Climate Safety Net

9. Disabled People Need a New Climate Safety Net

The New (Renewable) Energy Tyranny

10. The New (Renewable) Energy Tyranny

Where Does the Money Go in Environmental Grantmaking?

11. Where Does the Money Go in Environmental Grantmaking?

What the Lost Children Knew: A Story from Colombia’s Amazon Rainforest

12. What the Lost Children Knew: A Story from Colombia’s Amazon Rainforest