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...