Want To Help Others Learn About The Climate Crisis? Make It Personal
Collaborative workshops teach the fundamental science behind climate change and empower participants to take action.
Collaborative workshops teach the fundamental science behind climate change and empower participants to take action.
How people think and talk about our steadily warming world has a lot to do with the language we embrace to describe it.
A UK climate advocacy group is warning about a “doom loop” if we focus on the effects of global warming, not the causes.
This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward, largely (though not exclusively) because of the mounting dangers of the war in Ukraine. The Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been.
How can we learn to appreciate climate-friendly behaviors that are beneficial in the long term? It will take conscious efforts to resist short-term consumer satisfaction that perpetuates climate pollution and risks a healthy future.
Innovative ventures in the newly-emerging category of “Nature Tech” are focused explicitly on accelerating nature’s natural ability to regenerate. Considering an estimated $44 trillion of economic value relies on nature, these investments are increasingly seen as sound propositions, both financially and for the sake of the planet.
The only things we have to give up are killing people and wrecking the environment. Okay, let’s start with a list of the things we would really like to have for energy and the climate in the year 2050. For many CleanTechnica readers, the list of things we want to … [continued]
Senator Bernie Sanders asked an important question last week, and I answered it. Elon Musk agreed with me on this by sharing his response on Twitter. The question was simple. “When future generations ask us what we did to stop the climate crisis, how will we answer?” In my opinion, … [continued]
Below are three short summaries of recent climate-related news from Climate Nexus. NYC Lawmakers Vote To Electrify New Buildings New York City is poised to electrify nearly all new buildings in the coming years after city legislators voted Wednesday for the measure designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollution. … [continued]
In this episode of CleanTech Talk, renowned climate author and social movement leader Bill McKibben and I talk about the climate change crisis we’re quickly rolling into, climate grief and how to deal with it, US climate policy, rampant conspiracy theories, the great energy transition, and more. Listen to this … [continued]