Category Archives: Environmentalism

The Sustainable Brilliance of Indigenous Design | Manu Peni | TED

When human rights advocate Manu Peni returned to Papua New Guinea from abroad, he built a home for himself using modern techniques — and promptly learned a harsh lesson on how the newest ideas aren’t always the best ideas. Peni … Continue reading

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Where do we go when the seas rise? – BBC World Service

After learning how long it will take the Earth’s ice sheets to melt in the previous episode, we continue our journey in Greenland. Listener Johan isn’t too optimistic about governments’ ability to curb greenhouse gas emissions and get a handle … Continue reading

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Abrupt global ocean circulation collapse. Time to start prepping?

An abrupt collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, was the plotline for the 2004 hit movie ‘The Day After Tomorrow’. Thankfully the apocalyptic scenes depicted in that film are not going to happen, but the AMOC system … Continue reading

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Nguri – Indigenous rangers tell ancient stories of the Great Barrier Reef | WWF-Australia

n Dyirbal language, ‘nguri’ is a word used to say that an action was done in order to redress a balance. In light of the recent mass coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef, WWF-Australia travelled to Saltwater Country … Continue reading

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How will our beloved reefs survive in the oceans of the future? | Aeon Essays

Healthy hard corals in a shallow-water reef. Will this be a rare sight in the near future? Photo © K M Stiefel A warming planet and acid oceans will radically transform marine ecosystems. How will our beloved reefs survive? It … Continue reading

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What Will Happen If Earth Keeps Getting Warmer? | Avoiding Apocalypse | Spark

The Earth is heating up and this climate change will have cataclysmic consequences for humanity – namely the desertification of agricultural lands and submersion of some of the planet’s most populated zones. This episode explores the best scientific solutions to … Continue reading

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The Best Places To Live To Survive Climate Change

[…] We hear a lot about ways to mitigate climate change, but as the effects start to pile up, we should probably talk about ways to prepare for the worst. So let’s look at the best places around the world … Continue reading

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Study Finds That Biking Like the Dutch Would Lower Global Emissions | My Modern Met

By Madeleine Muzdakis on September 5, 2022 Amsterdam is a city of bikers. (Photo: OLGACOV/Depositphotos) People in the Netherlands cycle an average of 1.6 miles per day. The city of Amsterdam is known for many things, one of which is … Continue reading

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Meet the Fossils

Funded by This American Life Written and Narrated by Robert Krulwich Animation Directed and Designed by Nate Milton Based on the work of Aatish Bhatia Music by Buck St. Thomas natemilton.com open.spotify.com/artist/3KiADQLV8xnI7FHTJ2059L

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