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What’s so Funny About Climate Change

By Greg Dalton, originally published by Climate One

August 5, 2014

NOTE: Images in this archived article have been removed.

Image RemovedYoram Bauman co-authored The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change, described by one reviewer as “An Inconvenient Truth meets Peanuts.” His Ph.D. in economics is fodder for some self-deprecating humor about his chosen profession, such as his series of “you might be an economist if…” jokes (“You might be an economist if…you’ve ever gone to a bank in hopes of getting a date”). Bauman joined host Greg Dalton and Free Range Studios co-founder Jonah Sachs to talk about how to tell an inconvenient truth – and get people to listen.

Greg Dalton

Tags: art, climate change, Culture & Behavior, humor

How an ecosystem restoration community is regenerating water cycles to mitigate forest fires in Portugal

By Nupur Jain, Ecosystem Restoration Communities

Rewetting and restoring wetlands, building small dams, and restoring streams create landscape-level breaks that disrupt fire spread by retaining water in the land instead of letting it run off. EcoAtivo is putting this approach into practice.

September 25, 2026

What the climate movement can learn from organized labor

By Emma Jacobs, Waging Non-Violence

The climate movement needs the kind of leverage that comes from shutting down the economy — and it can only get there through deep organizing with workers.

September 24, 2026

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What future does the EU’s strategy on livestock envision for farming? A look at the data

By Gunnar Rundgren, Garden Earth Blog

The EU Commission launched a livestock strategy and an action plan for the “protein system” in July. Predictably, reactions have varied.

September 23, 2026

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