Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Jacqui Patterson, Time Magazine’s Woman of the Year, on “just transitions,” the lived experience of black communities in the US and throughout the African Diaspora, and her evolving views of the polycrisis.
Environmental journalist and podcaster Rachel Donald interviews Melissa Hoffer, the first ever Climate Chief for the state of Massachusetts. Rachel and Melissa discuss the role of government in changing the energy landscape, from relying on fossil fuels to widespread adoption of renewable sources and how to overcome the status quo championed by powerful corporations and national interests.
World-renowned ecologist and systems thinker William Rees explores humanity’s overshoot predicament and how we got into it.
Journalist and podcaster Rachel Donald interviews Johanna Bozuwa, Executive Director at the Climate and Community Project, where she directs a network of researchers and experts to develop crucial and justice-based climate policy. Rachel and Johanna discuss community-based projects, policies aimed at climate adaptation and mitigation, and the political requirements of an equitable energy transition.
This list of resources is meant to give Resilience+ members a collection of ideas, tools, and organizations that can help them better understand and respond to the climate crisis.
Climate scientist and activist Peter Kalmus sits for an interview with Post Carbon Institute’s program director, Rob Dietz. Peter covers how his scientific understanding has changed his life, explores the difference between climate anxiety and climate grief, discusses the ins and outs of civil disobedience and getting arrested, and describes a hopeful pathway for responding to the climate emergency.
Post Carbon Institute Senior Fellow and author Richard Heinberg interviews Steven Earle, PhD, author of Runaway Climate: What the Geological Past Can Tell Us about the Coming Climate Change Catastrophe. Steven shares with Richard what we can learn from events in our planet’s history – particularly the rapid global temperature increase of about 7ºC roughly 56 million years ago – to better understand and prepare for a rapidly unraveling climate system.
People have all sorts of different interpretations on what’s happening with climate change. While some are practicing denial or willful ignorance, even those following the science can be confused. After all, Earth’s climate system is complex. In Part 2, Richard Heinberg unpacks some recent research on the likely consequences of global warming this century and beyond and recommends practical things we can do to both mitigate and adapt to the consequences. (See part 1, in case you missed it.)
People have all sorts of different interpretations on what’s happening with climate change. While some are practicing denial or willful ignorance, even those following the science can be confused. After all, Earth’s climate system is complex. In Part 1 of this two-part article, Richard Heinberg cuts through this complexity by putting climate change into the context of humanity’s energy history.
Prof. Kimberly Nicholas (Lund University) and Asher Miller (Post Carbon Institute) lead a participatory discussion to explore ways of building personal and community climate resilience, and mobilizing collective action. This event was a follow-up to the July 2, 2024 discussion with climate scientist Tim Lenton and climate organizer Isabel Cavelier.
This event is headlined by Timothy Lenton, Chair in Climate Change and Earth System Science at the University of Exeter, and Isabel Cavelier Adarve, former climate negotiator and winner of the prestigious Climate Breakthrough Award, and facilitated by Rachel Donald (Planet Critical).
