Climbing, Conservation and Capitalism

November 12, 2021

The outdoor clothing and gear company Patagonia is known for its commitment to sustainability and environmental health, but its prices often make...

Geoengineering: Who Should Control Our Atmosphere?

November 5, 2021

Solar geoengineering – such as putting sulfate aerosols into the stratosphere to reduce the amount of the sun’s heat from reaching the earth...

Electrify Everything

October 29, 2021

In the not-to-distant future, your entire home could be electric – from your stove to your water heater to the car you drive. And all of it...

What’s on Tap at COP26 in Glasgow

October 22, 2021

Delegates from around the world are set to convene in Glasgow at the international climate summit known as COP26 – ideally to hammer out...

Zen and Coping with Climate

October 15, 2021

More and more of us are seriously worrying about what we’ve done to the earth’s climate. But while climate predictions can be scary, Sister...

Firefight: How to Live in the Pyrocene

October 8, 2021

We’ve experienced yet another summer of record wildfires in the western U.S., endangering lives, displacing communities, and sending unhealthy...

Katharine Hayhoe on Hope and Healing

October 1, 2021

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres referred to the most recent IPCC report as a “code red for humanity.” But do we fully acknowledge...

Preparing for Disasters We Don’t Want to Think About

September 24, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed structural weaknesses and inequities that existed long before 2020. Like the COVID-19 pandemic, climate disruption...

Diet for a Threatened Planet

September 17, 2021

Diet for a Small Planet is celebrating 50 years this fall. It’s been a hugely influential book in the environmental movement and has inspired...

Water and Civilization: Resilience and Collapse

September 10, 2021

Water is essential for life, and throughout human history we have sought to control and make use of it. As Giulio Boccaletti explores in his new...

The Fight Over Pipelines

September 3, 2021

Canadian company Enbridge is building an oil pipeline from the Alberta tar sands through Minnesota to the Wisconsin border. The new pipeline,...

Should We Have Children in a Climate Emergency?

August 27, 2021

Listener Advisory: This episode contains some content related to a suicide. If you or someone you love is thinking about suicide, the National...

Which Way Are Swing Voters Swinging on Climate?

August 20, 2021

In early August, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report unequivocally connecting global warming and extreme weather to...

30x30: This Land Is Whose Land?

August 13, 2021

This episode was underwritten in part by Resources Legacy Fund. President Biden has set a goal of conserving 30% of the nation’s land and waters...

Jay Inslee, BP and Washington’s Climate Story

August 6, 2021

Earlier this year, Washington state passed a bill to put a price on carbon pollution across a huge swath of its economy. But it didn’t get there...

Vandana Shiva and the Hubris of Manipulating Nature

July 30, 2021

What are the limits on how much humans should meddle with the natural world?  Vandana Shiva is an eco-feminist, activist, editor, and author who...

How a Manufactured Car Culture Blocks Transit

July 23, 2021

Unless you live in one of the few dense, urban parts of the country, you probably rely on a car to get around. That culture of car dependency...

REWIND: A Feminist Climate Renaissance

July 16, 2021

Can a feminist renaissance save the climate? A feminist approach to the climate conversation begins over a hundred and fifty years ago. That’s...

Mark Carney, Fatih Birol and the Narrow Path to Net Zero

July 9, 2021

Five years ago, most of the world’s nations entered into an agreement to dramatically ratchet down their carbon dioxide emissions with the goal...

Clearing the Air on Carbon Offsets

July 2, 2021

For more than two decades, carbon offset programs have promised individuals and businesses that they can reduce their overall carbon footprint by...