No safety net: Insurance starts to go away
The increasing costs of climate-change linked disasters is pushing the insurance industry to the brink.
June 15, 2025
1.5 is dead: How hot will the Earth get?
There is no room for doubt: Earth is getting hotter. The question now is how hot will it get?
June 13, 2025
Towards Food Sovereignty
At its heart, food sovereignty is a people-led response to the existential threats and multiple crises facing agri-food systems.
June 13, 2025
To King or Not to King… Are We Seriously Asking this Question?
After the more than two centuries since the American and French Revolutions, the kings are back — or at least, trying to be. But we don’t have to be stuck in this strange cycle.
June 13, 2025
The Power of Diversity & Community-Managed Natural Farming – The Future of Agriculture Comes From India
Crop diversification to improve the soil microbiome is key to the approach of the Andhra Pradesh Community-Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) movement.
June 12, 2025
Yurok Nation returns a vital creek and watershed to major salmon run
“There were times over the past 20 years when we weren’t sure this would happen,” James said. “But we never gave up hope. We took a stance and said, ‘We love our river. We love our fish. We love our natural resources. We love our culture. And we’re not shy about showing it.’ That’s what Blue Creek means to us. That’s who we are.”
June 12, 2025
Educators Fight Suppression to Teach America’s Real History
Now, some history advocacy organizations are leaning into community-based education programs to continue teaching a more diverse and comprehensive picture of the nation’s past.
June 12, 2025
‘Energy Security’, Renewable Energy and Urgent Climate Action
Examples like these are emerging across India, from the Narmada valley to Adivasi Villages in Achanakmar Tiger Reserve, where distributed renewable energy is transforming rural life and radically challenging the assumption that the energy transition must happen from above, placing more emphasis on what is happening below.
June 12, 2025
Detergent pods are only the start of clothing’s microplastic pollution problem
Perhaps the most holistic solution would be to regulate and limit the use of plastics for clothing and laundry applications altogether.
June 12, 2025
AI Utopia, AI Apocalypse, and AI Reality
AI seems to present a spectacular new slate of opportunities and threats. But, in essence, much of what was true before AI remains so now.
June 12, 2025
Helena Norberg-Hodge — Globalization End Game: How Localization Builds Resilient Communities & Economies
In this episode, Nate is joined by Helena Norberg-Hodge – a leading voice in the localization movement – to explore the deep systemic challenges posed by economic globalization.
June 11, 2025
Charged up: breakthroughs in battery technology are rapidly draining demand for fossil fuels
Batteries have quickly become the fastest improving clean energy technology on the planet, exhibiting growth, cost reductions and improvements that overshadow the record-breaking rise of solar energy.
June 11, 2025