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UNESCO’s 2010 Atlas of World Languages classifies Lushootseed (dxʷləšucid/txʷləšucid) as critically endangered. The designation sorely needs an update. Speaker numbers have grown hundredfold and, in June and July 2026, txʷləšucid will greet international visitors at FIFA World Cup events in Seattle and Tacoma from the ancestral homelands of the Coastal Salish peoples.

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Hoi An’s local population is roughly 120,000 residents. In contrast, the city’s annual visitor count soared to a staggering 4.3 million just last year. As a result, this Vietnam hotspot is suffocating under the weight of its own waste. So what’s being done about it? Writer Claire Boobbyer travels to Hoi An to meet with some of the city’s most dedicated, and innovative, eco-pioneers.

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