Summer update: Invitation for early access
The Index is coming soon. Join our early access community to shape its future
Thank you for being on this journey with us. This Summer we have been working diligently—outdoors, as much as possible—to bring the Earth Action Index to life.
The digital garden is growing: full of stories of solutions, ideas for a better future, and tools to take action. New entries are planted every day.
In July, we welcomed a global community of volunteer editors who are contributing entries and offering personal recommendations for earth action. The Editorial Fellows joined from all over the world: from Melbourne to Miami, New Orleans to Santiago. It’s a wonderful group—thank you to the fellows for their participation.
Join the early access community
In the next month, we are inviting a small group to explore the Index platform and browser extension and offer feedback. Here’s what’s involved:
Get early access to the prototypes
Schedule a meeting with our team for 30 minutes to share live feedback (bugs you encounter; notes about how the Index could be more useful for you)
Receive more regular emails with updates to the platform as it evolves
If that all sounds good to you, fill out the 1min form below and we’ll be in touch:
Recommendations from our editors
While we have you—here is a menu of timely entires from our editors.
Attend: Sun Day: Join the global day of action on September 21st
Harnessing the energy of the original Earth Day, the writer Bill McKibben is leading the charge for Sun Day on September 21st, 2025. Find the Sun Day event in your city to celebrate the power of solar energy and stand up to fossil fuel billionaires.
Read: Is A River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
In a word: “Yes.” It could have been a one-page book. With shimmering prose and gripping adventure stories, Robert Macfarlane makes his case for rivers as living beings—deserving protection in law and recognition in our imagination. “There are few things as powerful as an idea whose time has come.”
Advocate: Stop Trump and EPA from dismantling climate protections (Evergreen Action)
We have until September 15 to flood EPA with the voices of the people to save the endangerment finding. Submit a comment today reminding Lee Zeldin to do his job and uphold EPA's mandate to protect us from climate pollution.
Interact: The Welikia Project: Explore the native ecology of New York City
Travel back to the year 1609 in this interactive mapping tool and visual time machine from the New York Botanical Garden: the culmination of 30 years of work by Eric Sanderson. Type in any address in the five boroughs and learn about the native flora and fauna that defined that area, before New York was transformed into a concrete jungle.
Watch: Ocean with David Attenborough and Sign: End Destructive Fishing in Protected Waters
At 99, David Attenborough now understands that the most important ecosystem on Earth is not on land—but in the sea. In this stunning, legacy-leaving documentary, David offers a direct plea: to protect marine conservation areas, to stop industrial fishing, and to allow the ocean to recover its vibrant vitality. The included petition is the official campaign tied to the film.
Consider: Can’t put solar panels on your roof? Plug-in ‘balcony solar’ may be for you (Washington Post)
“Balcony solar” is the future of DIY renewable energy. It’s already the present in Germany, where more than 4 million solar panels hang off of apartments. In this column, Michael Coren offers practical advice for getting started with these portable units, for renters and households that can’t install rooftop panels.
More soon
Wishing you a great rest of the summer. We can’t wait to share the Index with you.
— Michael & the Earth Action Index team