Welcome To a New Planet
Not so long ago, it was science fiction. Now, it’s hard science — and that should frighten us all.
Not so long ago, it was science fiction. Now, it’s hard science — and that should frighten us all.
For the Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., hip hop culture may be the key to bringing together the movements for social and environmental justice.
This week, scientists registered their concern that super-warm conditions are building to a point where corals are severely threatened across the tropical Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
We speak to the duo behind the new film, "This Changes Everything," which re-imagines the vast challenge of climate change.
Do we have the stamina to not walk away, to stay in this hard place of transformation? I think we do.
I can see The Age of Consequences from my home.
Rapidly rising temperatures, changes in precipitation, and increased lightning strikes are leading to ever-larger wildfires in the northern forests of Alaska, Canada, and Siberia, with potentially severe ecological consequences.
‘People are ready for a deeper, much more systemic critique and much more grassroots, radical solutions,’ says film’s director Avi Lewis.
We are living in a state of planetary emergency.
[I]t is virtually certain that our children will live in a 4° World before the century ends, unless greenhouse gas emissions are radically reduced soon.
Farmers are observing changes in rainfall, temperature and other patterns in weather that have spurred them into shifting their farming methods.
We are faced with a crisis caused by our separate minds — we believe we are distinct from other individuals and other forms of life.