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...

Colorado River Reckoning: Drought, Climate and Equal Access

June 11, 2021

The Colorado River hydrates more than 40 million people and 5 million acres of farmland from Wyoming to the US-Mexico border -- but it's not...

Distorted Democracy and the “Zero-Sum Game”

April 30, 2021

In the US, we’ve become accustomed to climate – like nearly everything else – being politicized. Even when potential solutions might benefit...

REWIND: Billionaire Wilderness

April 16, 2021

How much is access to so-called wilderness tied to wealth?
For many of us, the story of the American wilderness begins when Europeans arrived on...

Killer Combination: Climate, Health and Poverty

February 12, 2021

What happens when climate, public health and poverty converge?
Author and activist Catherine Coleman Flowers grew up in rural Lowndes County,...

Fast, Fair and Clean: The New Energy Transition

January 22, 2021

Hopes and expectations are high for President Biden’s first weeks in office. His recovery plans promise to take on COVID-19, a battered economy,...

Breaking Through: A Year of Climate Conversations

December 4, 2020

In this special episode we look back at the climate stories of 2020 by listening to excerpts from a year of climate conversations, beginning with...

REWIND: Racism and Climate / Climate Change Through the Artist’s Eyes

November 20, 2020

The national outrage sparked by the murder of George Floyd has cast a spotlight on systemic racism that has permeated this country for centuries....

Cropped Out: Land, Race and Climate

November 13, 2020

African-American farmers have been no strangers to land dispossession in the face of capitalism, based on extracting minerals and other resources...

Power Shift: Jamie Margolin and Dorceta Taylor

October 30, 2020

How does power shape our climate and our future? For young activists, speaking climate truth to power can be daunting when climate change is here...