Our Climate, Ourselves From India to the Pacific Northwest to the classrooms of Illinois, everyone is talking climate change — or they should be. The ABCs of Climate Change by MATT TROHER Most Illinois kids learn little about climate in school. Some teachers are trying to change that. Read More Smoke Signals by ERIN MINOR Wildfires are engulfing our Western forests. One tree stands tall amid the devastation. Read More ‘A Song to the Dragonfly’ by HELEN ANIL Rising seas threaten an Indian community’s traditions. It will be up to the next generation to preserve what remains. Read More Not Waving, Drowning by LEVI BECKETT Extreme weather events disproportionately impact the poor. But no one is immune to a super typhoon. Read More Janelle Joseph Writing Contest Blind Me with (Citizen) Science by ABBY CULLOTON Anyone can be a scientist — and by making science more accessible, we are inspiring communities. Read More At Illinois Waste Not, Want Not by SAKSHI VAYA Food waste is epidemic — even as food insecurity is on the rise. Surely, a solution is possible? Read More Sustainability Education Let the Sun Shine in by GABE LAREAU Her research tackles the serious issues of climate change and inequity but, for Professor Esther Ngumbi, science is a joy. Read More Q Vol 6 in print!