Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Nandita Bajaj Bringing up the Earth’s growing human population (and its associated impacts) is not something you typically do in polite circles. If you do introduce the topic of overpopulation, even among staunch environmentalists, you risk being called all sorts of undignified names.
Jennifer McCoy, professor of political science at Georgia State University and nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, discusses the influence of “political entrepreneurs” and the implications of a world facing increasing resource constraints, which can exacerbate polarization and conflict within and between nations. Professor McCoy offers examples of nations that overcame pernicious polarization and points to “win-win” strategies for navigating the 21st century’s challenges.
This live online event features Lilliana Mason, Associate Professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University and author of Radical American Partisanship, and Cecilie Surasky, Director of Communications & Narrative at the Othering & Belonging Institute. Post Carbon Institute’s Asher Miller will join Lilliana and Cecilie for an expansive conversation on the drivers of polarization and othering, and methods for fostering belonging and mutuality.
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.
In this live, online event, Dr. Elizabeth Sawin (Multisolving Institute) shares how she learned to stop bumming people out about climate change and communicate effectively.
I am so thankful to share with resilience.org readers a new podcast called “We Are the Great Turning,” a wonderful, intimate, and much needed conversation between the climate coach Jess Serrante and Joanna Macy.
Cliff Scholz –advocate for healthy food and farming and the originator of the Green Hand Reskilling concept– chats with Post Carbon Institute’s Rob Dietz about what it takes to turn knowledge into action to make your community more resilient.
Tori Tsui, a UK-based climate activist, speaker, and author, can claim an impressive career centered around climate justice, policy, action, and organizing. In this video, Tori answers a series of questions about her career, the ways that climate anxiety and environmental injustice are related, and the importance of intersectionality in the larger environmental movement.
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.
Almost everything we’re doing to cause climate change involves technology. So, predictably, we’re looking to alternative technologies to solve what is arguably the biggest dilemma humanity has ever created for itself. What if more technology will actually worsen the problem in the long run? In this article we will see why trees, soil, and biodiversity are our real lifelines.
