Q Magazine

A publication of the Undergraduate Certificate in Environmental Writing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Born to Be Wild

What animals might survive, or even thrive, on our human-engineered planet?

Your Friendly, Neighborhood Coyote

by AMBER VOLMER
A chance encounter with the wily prowler spurs memories of childhood for Amber Volmer, and reflections on the tense standoff between humans and animals in modern Midwestern suburbia …

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Skin Deep

Haley Ware explores a gruesome new frontier of the exotic animal trade — the booming online market in Asian elephant skin and elephant blood …

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Life in the Dead Zone

From the radiated ruins of Chernobyl emerges an unlikely wildlife renaissance. But can it last? April Wendling investigates…

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The Human Footprint                                                                                                  

The Seven Wonders of the Anthropocene

Give me your tired listicles, your clickbait … Jenna Kurtzweil updates a venerable tradition for our take-out, throw-away age — and finds no corner of the world is safe …

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Energy Futures                                                                                                   

Carbon emissions threaten human civilization as we know it. Zack Fishman looks at the pros and cons of CCS, a controversial technology for cooling the planet … Read more. 

Peering into the future of the state of Illinois, Nidhi Shastri sees wind turbines — and minority neighborhoods rid of toxic waste from fossil fuels … Read more.