‘Where Should I Live?’
So make that neighborliness, backhoes, and a devotion to the world around us, which remains beautiful even this savage summer. We’re in a mess, but together we have some chance of working our way out of it.
Environment featured
The River
The once marshland again longs to fill itself
with water, and up in the mountains
among the shoulder blades of the earth
energy lies clotted behind the dams
awaiting surgery…
Murmurations: Experiencing Urban Earth Beauty
I’ve always wondered where the myth of the “nature-starved city kid” originated. Who first penned the story about urbanites who are chronically disconnected from their natural environments, and how has this parable persisted into the present day?
There is no room for ‘hero worship’ in the fight for climate justice
Tangible, inclusive and insistently hopeful, “It’s Not That Radical” will spur newcomers into activism and re-energize those of us whose hopes are dwindling
Kevin Anderson: “The Uncomfortable Link between Climate and Equity”
On this episode, Nate is joined by climate scientist Kevin Anderson to discuss the possible paths of averting severe climate outcomes and how this is interconnected with equity.
Climate politics and culture wars
Dealing with climate change will take state intervention, and so you can see how right-wing parties might think that playing the “freedom” card could be a good move, putting the ethical and practical issues about climate change impacts to one side here for the moment.
Insuring Our Children’s Future in the Age of Climate Change
What does it say when the risk-takers see potential damages as too high to cover even with premium increases? It doesn’t take a genius to figure the problem will only get worse as Earth’s rate of warming increases and the price tags of climate-related disasters rise.
The Young People Reshaping Wildfire Policy
In 2022, Reed, Trefny and two other students formed the FireGeneration Collaborative, a group that advocates for centering Indigenous knowledge and bringing more young people into the wildfire space.
Climate Education Suffers From Partisan Culture Wars
While some U.S. states are boosting climate literacy, others are effectively miseducating children by depriving them of the skills they’ll need to face the biggest challenge of their generation.
Beyond hot takes: Reporting on a warming planet
Things have been heating up — literally — since Sabrina Shankman, our latest podcast guest, began covering climate change a decade ago.
The United States Refuses to Play by the World’s Rules
It will take organized, collective political action, but there is still time to bring our outlaw country back into what indeed should be a united community of nations confronting the looming horrors on this planet.
The Eco Collapse We Were Warned About Has Begun
In 2023, different climatic anomalies have been recorded that set new historical records in the tragic progression of climate change at the global level.
