A big part of imagining the future is picturing what we’ll bring with us from the present. Some things will stubbornly cling to us — like a produce sticker refusing to be composted. But other visions of the future will take a bit more work to manifest. During The Verge’s Conservation Week, we’re looking at the efforts of people who want to bring different worlds into being: whether that’s a forested future, thanks to tree-planting drones; a wildlife-filled future fueled by AI-backed research; or even a future where the world’s first MMO is still online. Along the way, meet a sustainability scientist using TikTok to fight climate doom, a group of fans fighting to preserve an early virtual world, and a community trying to maintain a more rural way of life as online shopping dumps warehouses on their doorsteps.
Conservation Week
What will we conserve for the future? And what will get left in the dirt?
When everything else decays, those little plastic stickers remain
Tree-planting efforts get a boost from drones
A team of video game preservationists brought the world’s first MMO back to life
Alaina Wood discusses her content and how climate doom impacts mental health
Computers can see details that humans can’t
Booming warehouse growth clashes with rural life in California’s Inland Empire
‘It’s great to see old familiar names again’
When everything else decays, those little plastic stickers remain
Tree-planting efforts get a boost from drones
A team of video game preservationists brought the world’s first MMO back to life
Alaina Wood discusses her content and how climate doom impacts mental health
Computers can see details that humans can’t
Booming warehouse growth clashes with rural life in California’s Inland Empire
‘It’s great to see old familiar names again’