Rae Wynn-Grant, one of the most captivating science communicators of our time and a leading advocate for women and people of color in the sciences, shares some of her experiences finding her way in a profession with very few scientists who looked like her as she embarked on a quest to study the ever-shifting relationship between humans, animals, and place.

Most fungi live out of sight, yet they make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that support and sustain nearly all living systems. Biologist and bestselling author Merlin Sheldrake drives home the critical importance of fungi and presents cutting-edge research into the flow dynamics of carbon and nutrients within mycorrhizal fungal networks.

The mass incarceration system has wreaked havoc on our society, leading to the destruction of the social fabric of countless communities and contributing to the ravaging of the global environment. Our only path forward is to make amends with the land, water and air, one harmful industry at a time, including abolition of the prison industrial complex as we know it.

Colette Pichon Battle argues that we must expand our understanding of what a genuine Climate Justice movement needs to encompass if we are to succeed, and why such struggles as gender and migrant justice are inextricably connected to human rights for clean air, clean water, sovereign land, and community control of justly-sourced sustainable energy.