Resilience in the Face of Climate Change with Richard Heinberg
Take a glimpse at what our future climate might mean for us and how we can prepare for the coming changes.
My Dinner is Stuck in Traffic (Episode 11 of Crazy Town)
Asher Miller Jason Bradford Rob Dietz
In this episode, Rob, Asher, and Jason talk about why fossil fuels are so embedded in our food system and how changes in the way we grow food might change where all of us live. This episode is designed...
We’re Failing Our Kids
Below is the video and transcript of an emotional talk I gave to parents and teens in my hometown, along with the list of 10 recommendations I made. Transcript Normally when I’m asked to give a talk on climate...
My Talk at the Celebration of the Life and Times of the Totnes Pound
Last night we closed down the Totnes Pound. Here is the speech I gave at the event: Dearly Beloved. We are gathered here this evening not to mourn the passing of the Totnes Pound, but to celebrate its life...
Welcome to Crazy Town
Once you’ve started feeling the heaviness of humanity’s collision course with the climate and other life-support systems of our planet, how do you handle it?
The House is on Fire
Life in the early phases of civilizational collapse is filled with absurdities that beg for artful satire. Where is Franz Kafka when we need him? Surely, he could offer a better metaphor than my hackneyed image of a house...
The Response Podcast: The Impact of Northern California Fires on the Undocumented Community
by Robert Raymond, Shareable The third episode of The Response travels to Northern California to provide a unique perspective on the topics of climate change and immigration. California’s climate-fueled weather conditions have left the state in an extreme condition that has led...
The Response Podcast: How Puerto Ricans are Restoring Power to the People
by Robert Raymond, Shareable In this second episode of our new radio documentary series The Response, we shine a spotlight on Puerto Rico. When Hurricane Maria slammed into the island about a year ago, it resulted in thousands of deaths...
The Response Podcast: Radical Approaches to Disaster Relief in New York
The Response is a new podcast documentary series exploring the remarkable communities that arise in the aftermath of natural disasters.
When we look at the crisis rationally, the only logical response is to declare a climate emergency
People engaged in the climate debate are often bewildered by society’s lack of response. How can we ignore such overwhelming evidence of an existential threat to social and economic stability? Given human history, we should never have expected anything...