Kim Stanley Robinson: “Climate, Fiction, and The Future”
On this episode, Nate is joined by climate science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson to discuss how he contributes to the discussion of climate and pro-social changemaking through writing.
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Reclaiming Salish Canoe Culture in the Shadow of Tech Giants
Seattle’s South Lake Union may be home to Facebook, Google, and Amazon, but now, thanks to Native rights activists, it will once again be home to hand-carved canoes, too.
Loss and damage: How can culture and heritage loss be measured and addressed?
A group of archaeologists, climate scientists and policy experts met at the University of East Anglia last week to discuss how unique cultures and heritage are fast disappearing because of climate change – and what can be done to properly measure and address this.
Antonio Turiel: “Deep Challenges: Oceans, Scarcity and Culture”
On this episode, physicist Antonio Turiel joins me for a wide-ranging discussion from oceans and climate to energy and culture.
Stories of permafrost
The narrative that permafrost is a material structure separate from earth systems served some purposes but has also led to catastrophe and injustice. It is time to center the voices of people living with permafrost, symmetrically embracing the plurality of perspectives.
Climate Action Epistomology Part 3: Demand Management in the IPCC Mitigation Report
The first IPCC report was published in 1990. Three decades later, in its sixth version, it contains for the first time a chapter on demand management.
The Shift from Pink to Green in Latin America
Latin America as a whole needs to transition from fossil fuels and the United States could speed that process by supporting a regional Green infrastructure fund.
Andrew Millison: “Geomorphology, Permaculture, and The Good Work”
On this episode, permaculture expert and educator Andrew Millison joins us to unpack how we can better design our societal infrastructure and agriculture to be more attuned with the water, solar, and “geomorphic” conditions of our surroundings.
Tinpot Legislators: Their One-Party Rule Will Be Ruinous for the Earth
At the very moment when the world’s most knowledgeable scientists are warning that an all-too-literal hell lies in store for us, tinpot legislators in MAGA states are preparing to enforce the dominance of a deeply fossil-fuelized version of capitalism.
IPCC: Separating the science from the politics?
What credence should be given to the most recent summary report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)? To do that, you need to separate the science from the politics that pervades the IPCC processes.
Preparing for a Storm the Ni-Vanuatu Way
This perfect storm highlights exactly why local resilience is so important, as communities were forced to adopt localized responses—with many drawing heavily on traditional resilience strategies and values to do so.
What we know, and don’t know, about bees
It will be several more weeks before bees start visiting flowers in my part of the world. But while I wait for gardens and meadows to come alive again, it’s been a joy to read Stephen Buchmann’s new book What a Bee Knows.
