Pitches wanted (climate, digital life, health, travel, fashion) | 50 cents per word

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: HOTHOUSE SOLUTIONS (US/UK)

Hothouse is a weekly climate action newsletter. Each month we focus on a different topic, told through strong, personal human stories about people working hard to end climate change. We want writers who can tell these stories — it doesn’t matter if they’re unknown or famous, if you have a fresh angle.

As we plan for the next few months, we’re looking for strong, new pitches. We don’t want business stories or puff — we want ideas that combine solutions readers can relate to their own lives. You should take a solutions journalism approach, critically examining evidence for what works and why. We link this to actionable insights people can take through monthly personal challenges. Our tone is positive, welcoming and inspiring. Please read some of our previous newsletters before sending pitches.

• Digital Life: Our emails, photos and digital junk creates a huge carbon footprint. Who is pushing for action and changing their routine to create a lower carbon online life? Deadline for pitches: 18 October 2020
• Mental Health: Climate anxiety is real. How are people coping? Looking for strong and inspiring human stories on how to cope positively with existential threat. Deadline: 16 November 2020
• Travel: We want new ideas that show people trying to reduce the impact of work travel, or find new ways to vacation responsibly. Looking for strong stories that don’t feel too ‘eat your vegetables’! Deadline: 16 November 2020
• Fashion: We know about Buy Nothing groups, and people going a year without buying new clothes, but what other actions are people taking? Given the scale of the damage done by the industry and how deeply consumer behavior is entrenched, who is trying to fight against the tide? Deadline: 16 November 2020

We’re interested in edible insects, climate philosophers, outdoor adventurers, science historians, post-partisan America, talking to kids about the climate crisis, and more. Have other ideas? We’d love to hear them. We pay 50c per word, and features will be 1200-1500 words. Hothouse will be primarily for US and UK audiences. Contact: editors@hothouse.solutions

Hothouse is free and supported by donations from readers, with an initial grant from the Solutions Journalism Network.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

• Questions / submissions: editors@hothouse.solutions
• Website: https://hothouse.substack.com

TO HELP YOU CRAFT YOUR PITCH:

• Learn more about the publication: Hothouse is a new climate action newsletter. It focuses on inspiring personal stories of people tackling climate change, from technologists and entrepreneurs to farmers and community activists. Using a solutions journalism approach, it explores a different climate topic each month and explain how these complex global issues relate to our own daily lives. More information here.
• Read through a selection of recent articles/stories on its website.
• Check out our collection of pitch excerpts on this page and find more sample pitches at The Open Notebook Database and at SuccessfulPitches.com.