In a tourism-dependent Goa, resorts have long taken priority over residents. Now, that priority is reshaping the state’s coastline.

Inadequate recycling facilities mean that e-waste handling falls to Manila’s informal sector, exposing entire communities to toxins and serious health problems.

Across several states, a quiet chemical industry campaign is making it harder to hold polluters accountable.

As pollution, sewage, and unchecked development shrink Kashmir's lakes, families who rely on them for their livelihoods have few alternatives — even when the water is toxic.

While the number of cruise passengers visiting Old San Juan rose 11% from 2015 to 2025, residents warn that the influx is straining public infrastructure and community life.

“Worst of all is that the floods have forced people to lose their traditions and ancestral lands. I think nature is reclaiming its lost glory.”

Indigenous communities say burial sites are being disturbed by the EACOP project in Uganda and Tanzania, and compensation is not adequate to move graves.

“That’s what I hope I can do, even though I’m just an ordinary person. If one day my grandchildren ask me what I did for nature, at least I have an answer: I fought for your future.”

My own family members have diverse relationships with nature. Surprisingly, when I asked them about it, many said they felt no connection to the environment — a response that contrasted with my memories of harvesting fresh coconuts and picking wild blackberries alongside them. Why do generations of Asian Americans struggle to recognize these experiences?

As temperatures rise, it is the poor who suffer most. The coping strategies of those living in informal settlements may hold lessons for cities of the future.