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Best podcasts about Katharine Wilkinson

Latest podcast episodes about Katharine Wilkinson

Living on Earth
Trump Sues State Climate Action, Climate Wayfinding with Katharine Wilkinson, “Depaving” the Way to Greener Neighborhoods and more.

Living on Earth

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 52:11


At the direction of President Trump the U.S. Department of Justice has sued four states -- Vermont, New York, Hawaii, and Michigan -- that are trying to recover some climate costs from major fossil fuel companies through climate superfund laws and litigation. The DOJ cases are seen by some as frivolous extensions of the other actions the Trump administration has taken to aid the fossil fuel industry. Also, a project called Climate Wayfinding aims to tend to the deepest needs of climate activists by providing a space for reflection, connection, and clarity amid the chaos. Climate Wayfinding has its roots in the All We Can Save project, co-founded by Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, who shares her own story of moving from feeling lost to gaining clarity about her role in the climate movement. And "depaving parties" of volunteers with sledgehammers are turning paved yards into pollinator havens and green space. That can help reduce climate impacts from extreme heat and flooding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Conversation
The Conversation: Historic boxcar restored; Climate author talks current moment

The Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 50:51


Local volunteers have restored a historic, WWII-era boxcar; Climate author Katharine Wilkinson talks about incorporating climate action into our everyday lives

A Matter of Degrees
The Questions We Ask Matter with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

A Matter of Degrees

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 39:15


In this live episode of A Matter of Degrees, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson joined Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson for a conversation on Ayana's new book, What If We Get It Right, Visions of Climate Futures. The need to build community and the imperative to imagine the futures we want are now more important than ever. These topics are at the heart of this discussion, which took place before the election at the Carter Center in Atlanta. This episode was also released on the What If We Get It Right? podcast.

The Plywood Podcast
All We Can Save, with Katherine Wilkerson

The Plywood Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 46:28


In today's episode, Jeff sits down with Katharine Wilkinson, author, teacher, and Founder of The All We Can Save Project. Katharine shares how a pivotal moment in her youth ignited her passion for addressing climate change and building a more sustainable future. She explores how humanity can align with nature and life itself. Jeff and Katharine also discuss the significance of human connection and the importance of finding community with like-minded individuals. This insightful conversation touches on the evolving life cycle of Earth and our responsibility as stewards of the planet. Don't miss it! Follow: instagram.com/socialimpactleader socialimpactleader.com Follow: instagram.com/plywoodpeople plywoodpeople.com Learn More: https://www.allwecansave.earth/project This Podcast is brought to you by WABE, part of the NPR Network. wabe.org/podcasts Edited By: DJ OP Diggy Produced By: LaTasha Brown Music By: DJ OP DiggySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gaslit Nation
All We Can Save: The Katharine Wilkinson Interview

Gaslit Nation

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 60:58


Gaslit Nation is recharging our batteries for the big election ahead so we're re-running a popular episode this week: Andrea's interview with Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, the co-author of All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis. Exclusively for our Patreon community we're publishing an all new bonus show this Saturday answering questions from our supporters at the Democracy Defender level and higher. Thank you to everyone who supports the show -- we could not make Gaslit Nation without you!     With so much ominous news about the climate crisis heralding the man-made apocalypse, we need leaders like the women highlighted in the must-read book All We Can Save. Co-edited by Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, climate author and teacher, and Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, marine biologist and founder of the non-profit think tank Urban Ocean Lab who promoted a Blue New Deal to save our oceans, this soul-hugging anthology provides a breathing space to wrap our hearts and our minds around solutions for healing our planet and ourselves. We cannot recommend this book enough. Dr. Wilkinson joins us for an unforgettable discussion of the climate crisis: where are we now and what must we do about it?     From the biography on her website: "Dr. Katharine Wilkinson co-founded and leads The All We Can Save Project with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, in support of women leading on climate. She also co-hosts the podcast A Matter of Degrees, telling stories for the climate curious with Dr. Leah Stokes. Previously, Dr. Wilkinson was the principal writer and editor-in-chief at Project Drawdown, where she led the organization's work to share climate solutions with audiences around the world. She speaks widely, including at National Geographic and the United Nations. Her TED Talk on climate and gender equality has more than 1.9 million views. A homegrown Atlantan, Dr. Wilkinson holds a doctorate in geography and environment from Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar, and a BA in religion from Sewanee. Formative months spent in the Southern Appalachians, as a student at The Outdoor Academy, shaped her path. Time magazine featured Dr. Wilkinson as one of 15 'women who will save the world' and Apolitical named her one of the '100 most influential people in gender policy.' You can find her on Twitter: @DrKWilkinson. Fight for your mind! To get inspired to make art and bring your projects across the finish line, join us for the Gaslit Nation LIVE Make Art Workshop on April 11 at 7pm EST – be sure to be subscribed at the Truth-teller level or higher to get your ticket to the event!     Join the conversation with a community of listeners at Patreon.com/Gaslit and get bonus shows, all episodes ad free, submit questions to our regular Q&As, get exclusive invites to live events, and more!     Check out our new merch! Get your “F*ck Putin” t-shirt or mug today! https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/57796740-f-ck-putin?store_id=3129329     Show Notes:     Opening Clip: https://youtu.be/vXlJEcrinwg     All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis Katharine K. Wilkinson (Editor)  Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (Editor) https://bookshop.org/p/books/all-we-can-save-truth-courage-and-solutions-for-the-climate-crisis-ayana-elizabeth-johnson/18834354?ean=9780593237083

The Liz Moody Podcast
Climate Change: What Matters, What's BS, And How We Can Have Hope - with Dr. Katharine Wilkinson

The Liz Moody Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 75:23


Dr. Katharine Wilkinson discusses recent updates on climate science, what actions we can personally take to combat climate change, and why we shouldn't feel hopeless in the face of climate change. Concrete reasons for hope when it comes to climate change What's often misunderstood in the doomsday scenarios  Pragmatic ways we can actually get our government to act  The individual steps that make an ACTUAL difference (they're not what you think) An exact script for talking to climate change deniers  How to include children in climate conversations How climate change should factor into decisions about things like where to live and whether to have children And so much more! For more from Dr. Wilkinson, you can find her on Instagram @DrKWilkinson and on her website, www.kkwilkinson.com. Dr. Wilkinson is the co-founder of The All We Can Save Project and co-host of A Matter of Degrees. To join The Liz Moody Podcast Club Facebook group, go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast. Ready to uplevel every part of your life? Pre-order my new book 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success now!  This episode is sponsored by: Seed: go to seed.com/lizmoody and use code LIZMOODY for 25% off your first month. Paleovalley: go to paleovalley.com/lizmoody for 15% off your order. Thrive Market: go to thrivemarket.com/LIZMOODY for $80 in free groceries. Pique: go to piquelife.com/LIZMOODY for 15% off plus a special gift. The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast.

Louisiana Considered Podcast
Sea Change: The Craft of Climate Writing

Louisiana Considered Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2023 24:30


Today on Louisiana Considered, we bring you the latest episode of our climate change podcast, Sea Change. Humans have always used stories to make sense of the world…that's just how our brains work. And, so it makes sense that we need stories to help us understand the enormity of climate change. Today, we talk with Jeff Goodell, Katharine Wilkinson, and Nathaniel Rich — three authors who write books that people want to read… maybe can't put down… about the biggest existential threat of our time: climate change. We cover the importance of storytelling, what they've learned through the work and how the heck they even figure out what stories to write. There's even a cameo appearance by... the sex life of porcupines? For more information about the authors and their books featured in today's episode, please check out these websites: Jeff Goodell: https://jeffgoodellwriter.comKatharine Wilkinson: https://www.kkwilkinson.comNathaniel Rich: https://nathanielrich.com Today's episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Halle Parker and Carlyle Calhoun. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber. Our engineers are Garrett Pittman and Aubry Procell.    You can listen to Louisiana Considered Monday through Friday at 12:00 and 7:30 pm. It's available on Spotify, Google Play, and wherever you get your podcasts.    Louisiana Considered wants to hear from you! Please fill out our pitch line to let us know what kinds of story ideas you have for our show. And while you're at it, fill out our listener survey! We want to keep bringing you the kinds of conversations you'd like to listen to.   Louisiana Considered is made possible with support from our listeners. Thank you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sea Change
The Craft of Climate Writing

Sea Change

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2023 34:59


Humans have always used stories to make sense of the world…that's just how our brains work. And, so it makes sense that we need stories to help us understand the enormity of climate change. Today, we talk with Jeff Goodell, Katharine Wilkinson, and Nathaniel Rich—three authors who write books that people want to read…maybe can't put down…about the biggest existential threat of our time: climate change. For more information about the authors and their books featured in today's episode, please check out these websites: Jeff Goodell: https://jeffgoodellwriter.com Katharine Wilkinson: https://www.kkwilkinson.com Nathaniel Rich: https://nathanielrich.com Hosted by Halle Parker and Carlyle Calhoun. Our managing producer is Carlyle Calhoun. Our sound designer is Maddie Zampanti. Sea Change is a production of WWNO and WRKF. We are part of the NPR Podcast Network and distributed by PRX.

English Academic Vocabulary Booster
2012. 160 Academic Words Reference from "Katharine Wilkinson: How empowering women and girls can help stop global warming | TED Talk"

English Academic Vocabulary Booster

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2023 143:34


This podcast is a commentary and does not contain any copyrighted material of the reference source. We strongly recommend accessing/buying the reference source at the same time. ■Reference Source https://www.ted.com/talks/katharine_wilkinson_how_empowering_women_and_girls_can_help_stop_global_warming ■Post on this topic (You can get FREE learning materials!) https://englist.me/160-academic-words-reference-from-katharine-wilkinson-how-empowering-women-and-girls-can-help-stop-global-warming-ted-talk/ ■Youtube Video https://youtu.be/wzENocMGF1g (All Words) https://youtu.be/4qaXhp7ohMw (Advanced Words) https://youtu.be/6JTjyuotk7w (Quick Look) ■Top Page for Further Materials https://englist.me/ ■SNS (Please follow!)

The Story of Woman
S2 E11. Woman and Change: Climate with Dr Katharine Wilkinson, Co-Founder of All We Can Save

The Story of Woman

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2023 52:27


Become a Patreon for access to bonus content and to support the podcast, or buy me a (metaphorical) coffee * In this episode, I speak with Dr Katharine Wilkinson, a bestselling author, strategist, and teacher, working to heal the planet we call home. Time magazine featured her as one of 15 “women who will save the world.” Co-founder of the All We Can Save project, Dr Wilkinson's work focuses on storytelling, education, community building, and nurturing the leaderful climate community we need for a life-giving future. In our conversation, we talk about how we arrived at this moment, what needs to happen to drive lasting change, and how you can be a climate leader no matter your background or profession. As Dr Wilkinson has said, "the only credential that is needed is to be alive on this planet in this moment.” Some topics we cover include: How “The Grandmother of Climate Science” was lost to history after her work was credited to a man The important intersection of feminism and climate leadership Why equity isn't just secondary to survival, but it is survival The current reality of global warming and climate change The solutions - technology, policies, storytelling, leadership equity Ways to ensure justice is embedded in the solutions How the All We Can Save project is helping to change the climate leadership landscape And more! Transcription is available here Book: All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis: UK | US All We Can Save project Marilyn Waite for sustainable banking and more Changemakers: How women make change happen This is the first episode of the new Changemakers series which explores how women make change happen from those at the top helping to drive it. Each episode, we look at where we are on this long march to equality, what lies ahead, and how important you are in the fight. In this 14-episode series, we'll hear from Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkol Karman, Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani, Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn, and Afghanistan's youngest ever female mayor Zarifa Ghafari, among others. Guest host Asha Dahya speaks with co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Movement Alicia Garza. — Become a Patron for access to bonus content and to support the podcast, or buy me a (metaphorical) coffee Follow us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Tik Tok | Youtube | LinkedIn Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly dose of all things WOMAN We need more women's stories in the world! If you've enjoyed this episode, please share, subscribe, rate and review on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts Explore The Story of Woman book recommendations in the US and the UK - purchases support the podcast AND local bookstores

LIMINAL
The Moral Question at the Center of the Climate Crisis with Dr. Katharine Wilkinson and Brett Jenks

LIMINAL

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2023 33:03


Climate change poses one of the most existential threats of our time. It is a complex and overwhelming problem that requires a diverse set of solutions. We also know that at its core, this crisis, like many, is a moral challenge, rather than a technical one. In this episode of LIMINAL, we invite you to think  less about the “what” of climate work and more about the “who” and “who” we need to be in order to create the transformational change required to combat the warming planet.On this episode, Dar Vanderbeck is in conversation with two climate leaders  - Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, Executive Director of the All We Can Save Project and author of Drawdown  and Brett Jenks, CEO of Rare and an Aspen Institute Catto Fellow, to explore their unique paths into climate work and invite you to think about the ways you might show up. Learn more about All We Can Save: https://www.allwecansave.earth/ Learn more about Rare's behavior change work: https://rare.org/program/climate-culture/ Follow the AGLN on across social media at @AspenAGLN and if you liked this episode, subscribe and give the show five stars. A new episode will be hitting your feed in April. 

My Climate Journey
Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, All We Can Save Project

My Climate Journey

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2022 47:38


Today's guest is Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, best-selling author, strategist, teacher, and one of 15 “women who will save the world,” according to Time magazine.Dr. Wilkinson leads the All We Can Save Project, which she co-founded with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. As an emergent nonprofit, the project's mission is to nurture the leaderful climate community we need for a life-giving future using the tools of narrative change, community building, deep learning, and tending the emotional and spiritual route from which climate leadership grows. She is the creator of All We Can Save Circles, a unique model for deep dialogue about the climate crisis and building community around solutions, and Climate Wayfinding, a program that supports people in finding or deepening their place in climate work. Last but certainly not least, Dr. Wilkinson co-hosts the podcast A Matter of Degrees with Dr. Leah Stokes, which tells stories for the climate curious. Dr. Stokes recently had an insightful conversation with Jason (listen here), but Katharine brings a unique perspective and experience to the climate discussion, given her different background. In this episode, we dive into Dr. Wilkinson's journey to working on climate, her theory of change, and how it's evolved. We also cover the role of activism, the arts, education, and a bunch of things that aren't typically associated with climate discussions, especially in Silicon Valley technology and innovation circles. In this episode, we cover: [4:00] Dr. Wilkinson's portfolio of projects [8:11] Her thoughts on the nature of the climate problem and how they've evolved [11:31] The myth of separation and the interconnected web of life [15:17] The urgency of creating more just solutions in partnership with communities [21:37] Humans are more hardwired for cooperation than competition [22:53] Dr. Wilkinson's theory of change for cultivating a different kind of leadership across sectors[24:38] Need for deep learning [28:01] Climate Wayfinding course with Terra.do [33:34] Her thoughts on the narrative of abundance vs. sacrifice [35:50] Some tensions in the Inflation Reduction Act and ways of overcoming them [38:45] Direct activism tactics  [40:52] Dr. Wilkinson's thoughts on the good vs. evil narrative in climateGet connected: Jason JacobsDr. WilkinsonAll We Can SaveA Matter of DegreesMCJ Podcast / Collective*You can also reach us via email at info@mcjcollective.com, where we encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Episode recorded on November 4, 2022.

Climate One
Kamala Harris and Gina McCarthy: Views From The Inside

Climate One

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 54:58 Very Popular


It's been a big year for U.S. climate policy. Three major pieces of legislation: the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the CHIPS and Science Act and the Inflation Reduction Act have all become law, ushering in the largest commitment of federal money toward the climate crisis to date. In a bipartisan vote, the Senate also finally ratified the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, which will help phase out some of the most potent greenhouse gasses. Gina McCarthy has helped shepherd these achievements in her former role as White House Climate Advisor, and joins us to discuss her time leading climate action under President Biden.  We also feature a special interview about the Biden administration's climate priorities between Vice President Kamala Harris and the hosts of the podcast A Matter of Degrees, Katharine Wilkinson and Leah Stokes. Guests:  Kamala Harris, Vice President, United States Gina McCarthy, former U.S. White House National Climate Advisor, former U.S. EPA Administrator Guest Hosts: Katharine Wilkinson, Co-host, A Matter of Degrees, Co-Founder and Executive Director of The All We Can Save Project  Leah Stokes, Co-host, A Matter of Degrees, Associate Professor of Environmental Politics, UC Santa Barbara For show notes and related links, visit ClimateOne.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
CLIMATE ONE: Kamala Harris and Gina McCarthy: Views From The Inside

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 54:58


It's been a big year for U.S. climate policy. Three major pieces of legislation: the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the CHIPS and Science Act and the Inflation Reduction Act have all become law, ushering in the largest commitment of federal money toward the climate crisis to date. In a bipartisan vote, the Senate also finally ratified the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, which will help phase out some of the most potent greenhouse gasses. Gina McCarthy has helped shepherd these achievements in her former role as White House Climate Advisor, and joins us to discuss her time leading climate action under President Biden.  We also feature a special interview about the Biden administration's climate priorities between Vice President Kamala Harris and the hosts of the podcast A Matter of Degrees, Katharine Wilkinson and Leah Stokes. Guests:  Kamala Harris, Vice President, United States Gina McCarthy, former U.S. White House National Climate Advisor, former U.S. EPA Administrator Guest Hosts: Katharine Wilkinson, Co-host, A Matter of Degrees, Co-Founder and Executive Director of The All We Can Save Project  Leah Stokes, Co-host, A Matter of Degrees, Associate Professor of Environmental Politics, UC Santa Barbara For show notes and related links, visit ClimateOne.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My Climate Journey
Leah Stokes, A Matter of Degrees

My Climate Journey

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 54:11


Today's guest is Dr. Leah Stokes, a renowned climate and energy policy expert, strategist and researcher, helping leaders build clean energy practices into their long-term plans to secure our future. But her resume doesn't end there. Leah is an award-winning author of Short Circuiting Policy, an associate professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara and co-host of a top climate podcast called A Matter of Degrees, where she and Dr. Katharine Wilkinson tell stories about the powerful forces behind climate change and the tools we have to fix it. Leah is also senior policy advisor at Rewiring America and Evergreen Action, plus she was named a Grist 50 Fixer in 2020. While she has a pretty impressive bio, Leah is also a unique combination of pragmatic, progressive, commercial-minded, activism-minded, academic-minded, and scientific-minded, all blended into one powerhouse of a woman.In this episode, Jason and Leah have a great discussion about her  journey, theory of change, and how it's evolved from when she first started doing this work to today. We also cover some of the barriers holding back the transition and the most impactful levers to facilitate it. Finally, we put controversial topics that people squabble over all the time, front and center, and talk through them pragmatically and respectfully with the nuance that they deserve. This is an insightful conversation you don't want to miss. *Leah will be participating in an MCJ Ask-Me-Anything event on Wednesday 11/02 in our Slack community. Get your burning climate questions ready. RSVP here.In this episode, we cover: [3:12] An overview of Leah's work[5:56] Her motivations and how she started working in climate[9:40] How her theory of change has evolved[11:27] Importance of structural change[15:27] Tensions between conservation, decarbonization and environmental justice[21:46] Leah's feelings toward fossil fuel company executives and the impacts of their denial campaign[28:47] The role of fossil fuel companies moving forward in the clean energy transition[32:31] The political polarization of climate change[35:48] A future of abundance with clean energy[38:23] Leah's views on the state of the climate emergency[41:55] The role of the West vs. the rest of the world[46:19] GDP growth and falling emissions[49:46] Speed round including nuclear, offsets, carbon pricing, and moreResources mentioned in this episode: The Dirty Truth About Electric UtilitiesThe Faraway Nearby by Rebecca SolnitFollow the Leader by Gabe LenzHow Solar Energy Became Cheap: A Model for Low-Carbon Innovation by Greg NemetGet connected: Jason's TwitterLeah's Website / TwitterMCJ Podcast / Collective*You can also reach us via email at info@mcjcollective.com, where we encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Episode recorded on September 22, 2022.

Feedback with EarBuds
Climate Podcasts That'll Change You

Feedback with EarBuds

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 9:27


Welcome to Feedback with EarBuds, the podcast recommendation podcast. Our newsletter brings you five podcast recommendations each week according to a theme, and curated by a different person. Our podcast is an audio version of the newsletter.Subscribe to the newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/cIcBuHThis week's theme is Listening is Powerful: Climate Podcasts That'll Change You. The curator is Jordan Gass Poore'.Why did Jordan choose this theme? "These podcast episodes tell the stories of those most impacted by climate change. They also help me keep my cool while the earth is on fire."This week's podcast and newsletter are sponsored by the Podcast Futures ConferenceThe event welcomes independent audio people, podcasters, producers, and creators…as well as the pros. Everyone, really!Discussion points and panels include the future of podcasting, Gen Z, in-car listening, getting discovered, the value of ad tech, 'how to' on podcast networks, and spotlights on creators who do it differently. Attend: https://www.podcastradionetwork.com/podcast-futuresLinks mentioned in this episode:- Jordan Gass Poore': https://jgasspoore.com/- Last week's recommendations: https://www.earbudspodcastcollective.org/deep-dive-music-podcast-recommendations- Sound Judgment: https://pod.link/1643414362- Sober Powered: https://www.soberpoweredmedia.com/- Bring Birds Back: https://www.birdnote.org/listen/podcasts/bring-birds-backHere are this week's podcast picks from Jordan:- Hazard NJ- Threshold- Damages- Indigenous Climate Action Pod- NPR Student Podcast ContestThis week's podcast spotlight is A Matter of DegreesJoin Dr. Leah Stokes and Dr. Katharine Wilkinson as they tell stories about the powerful forces behind climate change — and the tools we have to fix it.Our recommendation: start with season 3, episode 1 - "What Can I Do?" It kicks off a three-part series on how to combat the climate crisis in your personal life.Listen: https://www.degreespod.com/_____Apply to have your podcast spotlit: https://www.earbudspodcastcollective.org/podcast-spotlightsSubmit to our Community section: https://962udey3mps.typeform.com/to/zZadg6y2EarBuds Blog: http://earbuds.audio/blogCurate a list: https://www.earbudspodcastcollective.org/earbuds-podcast-curators-formFollow us on Twitter @earbudspodcol: https://twitter.com/EarbudsPodColFollow us on Facebook at EarBuds Podcast Collective: https://www.facebook.com/earbudspodcastcollectiveFollow us on Instagram @earbudspodcastcollective: https://www.instagram.com/earbudspodcastcollective/Website: http://earbuds.audio/Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/user/earbuds-podcast-collective

Important, Not Important
Introducing "A Matter of Degrees" Season 3

Important, Not Important

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 3:54


Curious about the climate? Then there's a show I want to tell you about—A Matter of Degrees, where Dr. Leah Stokes and Dr. Katharine Wilkinson tell stories about the powerful forces behind climate change — and the tools we have to fix it. You know climate change is a problem. So what can we do about it?  The new season of A Matter of Degrees kicks off with a mini-series to answer that question. What can we do personally, professionally, and politically? Episode four is a favorite…it's about coping with our emotions about the climate crisis. And there'll be more expert interviews and compelling narratives that touch on everything from crypto to Indigenous stewardship.  Find A Matter of Degrees wherever you listen to podcasts. The new season launches on September 15! ----------- Have feedback or questions? http://www.twitter.com/importantnotimp (Tweet us), or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com New here? Get started with our fan favorite episodes at https://www.importantnotimportant.com/podcast (importantnotimportant.com/podcast). ----------- Links: https://www.degreespod.com/ (Listen) to A Matter of Degrees Follow us: Subscribe to our newsletter at http://newsletter.importantnotimportant.com/ (newsletter.importantnotimportant.com) Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ImportantNotImp (twitter.com/ImportantNotImp) Follow Quinn: http://twitter.com/quinnemmett (twitter.com/quinnemmett) Edited by https://anthonyluciani.com (Anthony Luciani) Produced by https://twitter.com/willowbeck_ (Willow Beck) Intro/outro by Tim Blane: http://timblane.com/ (timblane.com) Artwork by https://amritpaldesign.com/ (Amrit Pal)

Plugged In
Climate Feminism in Canada

Plugged In

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022 28:54


Inspired by what Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Dr. Katharine Wilkinson's are calling a renaissance in climate leadership that is “more characteristically feminine and more faithfully feminist, rooted in compassion, connection, creativity and collaboration…open to people of any gender”, this episode explores the significance of feminine and feminist leadership in climate work in Canada – from the community to the global stage. You will hear the voices of Britt Wray, Jordyn Burnouf, Kim Nicholas, Shawna Henderson, Desiree Norweigan and Miranda Baksh speak about how they are experiencing in their climate work, including the importance of feeling our climate emotions, how empathy and emotional intelligence are critical when negotiating climate policy, how the feminine can help hold space for diverse voices and bodies in organizations and businesses results in unique and the valuable collaborations and solutions, and finally what feminist approaches can teach us about emotional resilience during these challenging times. The episode closes with Dr. Katharine Wilkinson explaining how the poem "Natural Resources" by the feminist poet Adrienne Rick helped unlock the title of the book All We Cna Save. She shares beautifully that “Our hearts have to be broken by all we cannot save, all that's already lost, all that will be lost. And, our hearts have to be moved by all that we still can save together”.

Biophilic Solutions
The Ultimate Biophilic Summer Reading List

Biophilic Solutions

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 26:53


This week, Monica and Jennifer are sharing their top picks for the ultimate biophilic summer reading list! Whether you're just starting out on your biophilic journey or are a seasoned pro looking to expand your knowledge, there is something for everyone to enjoy (ideally poolside, beachside, or on your favorite park bench). Themes include connecting to nature through mindful walking (no surprise there!), working to combat the climate crisis through thoughtful action, and tips for simply slowing down in a fast-paced world. Show NotesDon't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change by George MarshallThe Electricity of Every Living Thing: A Woman's Walk in the Wild to Find Her Way Home by Katherine MayStolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention – and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari Why we can't pay attention anymore (Vox Conversations)Johann Hari On Why You Can't Pay Attention (& How to Reclaim Focus) (Rich Roll)Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise by Justin Zorn and Leigh MarzAll We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine K. WilkinsonWhy Are Climate Justice & Racial Justice Inextricably Linked? (Biophilic Solutions)Telling Stories to Save the Earth: Dr. Katharine Wilkinson & Mary Annaise Heglar (Serenbe Stories)HEATED from Emily Atkin (Substack)Walk Your Way Calm by Jennifer WalshKey Words: nature, summer reading, reading list, nature books, biophilia, biophilic, biophilic design, climate change, climate, climate crisis, focus, attention, attention span, attention deficit, technology, tech, tech and society, environment, race and ethnicity

Who Cares Wins with Lily Cole
Reasons to Be optimistic… with Dr Katharine K Wilkinson

Who Cares Wins with Lily Cole

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2022 5:29


A quick burst of Friday joy as Lily and Dr Katharine Wilkinson hunt for Reasons to Be Optimistic in this ever changing world.  Credits Music by Cosmo Sheldrake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Who Cares Wins with Lily Cole
Dr Katharine Wilkinson: Could Gender Equality Save Our Planet?

Who Cares Wins with Lily Cole

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 43:57


Joining Lily today is climate change veteran, Dr Katharine Wilkinson and we ask, why is the fight for gender equality essential if we want to mitigate climate change? Katharine is an author, strategist, teacher, and one of 15 “women who will save the world” according to Time magazine. She is co-founder and executive director of the All We Can Save Project, co-host of the podcast A Matter of Degrees and was the lead author on the world renowned Project Drawdown and Drawdown Review.  Useful Links  The All We Can Save Project: https://www.allwecansave.earth All We Can Save anthology: https://www.allwecansave.earth/anthology All We Can Save Circles: https://www.allwecansave.earth/circles Signup for our monthly newsletter: https://www.allwecansave.earth/newsletter We also have a new Climate Wayfinding course: https://www.terra.do/climate-wayfinding-awcs/ Twitter & IG: @allwecansave @drkwilkinson Thank you to ongoing guidance and advice from She Changes Climate in this series. https://www.shechangesclimate.org/ Credits Producer: Kelsey Bennett  Audio Editor & Designer: Kit Milsom Music by Cosmo Sheldrake Artwork Bethan Sherwood  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drilled
Drilled Presents: A Matter of Degrees

Drilled

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 58:32 Very Popular


This week we're bringing you a great episode from A Matter of Degrees: "The Devious Plan to Keep Us Hooked on Gas." Co-hosted by Leah Stokes and Katharine Wilkinson, A Matter of Degrees is a podcast for climate-curious people who know climate change is a problem, but are trying to figure out how to tackle it. Check them out wherever you get your pods: https://www.degreespod.com/

Future in Sound
Kathleen Finlay: Regenerative Agriculture

Future in Sound

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 41:46 Transcription Available


Kathleen Finlay has been a leader in regenerative agriculture for most of her career. As President of the Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming, she's s refined the organization's mission and become a national figure in the United States in the world of progressive agricultural nonprofits. Under her leadership, Glynwood has become a premier learning hub for food and farming professionals. She's also been instrumental in organising women who work for environmental progress and is the founder of Pleiades, a Network for Women Changemakers.In this interview, Kathleen helps clarify the connection between food and human health, how to navigate the challenges of imperfect metrics, provides guidance for business decision-makers, and much more.Related links: The Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming Pleiades“All We Can Save” (Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, 2020)Click here for the episode web page.For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram. Brought to you by Re:Co, an ESG Software as a Service company helping clients achieve resilient competitive advantage in the long term.Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

Besser lesen mit dem FALTER
#47 – Alina Bronsky

Besser lesen mit dem FALTER

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 32:07


In dieser Ausgabe von "Besser lesen mit dem FALTER" ist die Autorin Alina Bronsky bei Petra Hartlieb zu Gast. Ihr neues Buch "Barbara stirbt nicht" erzählt eine tragisch-komische Geschichte von einem alten Mann, dessen Welt plötzlich Kopf steht, weil seine Frau nicht mehr aufsteht. Bevor sie einen Ausschnitt aus ihrem neuen Buch vorliest, spricht Bronsky über ihr Aufwachsen in der Sowjetunion und ihren Schreibprozess. Abschließend hat Katharina Kropshofer noch zwei Buchtipps aus der FALTER-Redaktion mitgebracht.Zu den Büchern: "Barbara stirbt nicht" von Alina Bronsky: https://shop.falter.at/detail/9783462000726/barbara-stirbt-nicht"All we can save" von Ayana Elizabeth Johnson und Katharine Wilkinson: https://www.allwecansave.earth/anthology "Das Ministerium für die Zukunft" von Kim Stanley Robinson: https://shop.falter.at/detail/9783453321700/das-ministerium-fuer-die-zukunft See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Current
How tackling climate change in your workplace can add up to collective action, and big results

The Current

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 23:35


At his B.C. business, Jamie Madill has reduced emissions significantly in recent years. He tells us how , and we discuss how workplaces can be the perfect place for making collective change with Elizabeth Sheehan, director of strategic engagement at Climate Smart Business; and Katharine Wilkinson, co-author of several books on climate solutions, including All We Can Save: Truth, Courage and Solutions for the Climate Crisis.

A Little Green
How do we move forward?

A Little Green

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2021 30:34


What can one person do about the climate crisis?It's a question that's nagged Christina from the beginning of this podcast, and one she seeks to answer in the final episode of our series. With seven episodes under her belt, she wants to know how she can put all of these learnings into practice in her own life, and perhaps most importantly, how to share everything she's picked up with the people around her.She finds out that all this “talking about it” is actually a pretty big deal. Dr. Katharine Wilkinson and Professor Sarah Jaquette Ray make the case for having these climate conversations. So, Christina sets out to understand what climate communication is all about. What's the best way to talk about all of this? And, will anyone even listen? Susi Moser, climate change communicator and researcher, shares tangible ways we can all start talking about climate change today -- in ways that will engage and motivate others. It turns out that these seemingly small nudges can make a profound difference.Highlights:What are climate change deniers up to these days? (4:01)This could be the number one thing we can all do to fight climate change (5:31)What actually makes people change their minds? (6:42)Trustworthy messengers make all the difference (8:38)Lessons we can learn from climate change communicators (9:37)Balancing hope and reality (11:35)Three steps to start climate conversations in your own life (14:46)What it really means to “do our part” (26:06)Terminology:Climate denialClimate change communicationInformation deficit modelResources:The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about itLearn more about climate change knowledge and attitudes from the Yale Program on Climate Change CommunicationClimate Engagement and Activism (Pew Research Center)Find more of Susi Moser's work here.Listen next: Our 6 Favorite Podcasts Inspiring Climate ActivismRead next: 7 great sources for staying up to date on climate change

A Little Green
Climate leadership

A Little Green

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 28:44


It's the penultimate episode of A Little Green and it's time to talk policy. Christina gets up to speed on the latest climate action in Washington. What's on the table? And who's at the table?What becomes clear is that it's going to take bold, transformational climate action to steer us toward a livable future, and the Green New Deal has come to symbolize just that. Christina talks with fellow podcaster Georgia Wright about what this Green New Deal is all about.Jade Begay of NDN Collective and Ali-Reza Vahabzadeh of the American Sustainable Business Council join Christina to shed light on the Biden administration's approach to climate change and how they're incorporating those important environmental justice principles we've learned are so vital to climate action.Christina brings things back to New York to dig into one amazing example of a bold, just, and intersectional initiative with Anthony Rogers-Wright of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest. It's called Renewable Rikers.With so much great work being done by these organizers in the climate movement, Christina wonders why we haven't made bigger strides on the national and global scale. It turns out that we're dealing with a “leadership crisis.” Christina looks at the ugliest manifestation of this leadership crisis with Sarah Jaquette Ray, and Katharine Wilkinson explains who needs to take the wheel if we're going to move forward.Highlights:What is the Green New Deal? (2:24)Understanding President Biden's Build Back Better agenda and how climate factors in (5:14)What intersectionality looks like in action (14:50)Why the climate crisis is a leadership crisis (18:09)The dangers of moving forward without taking justice into account (21:03)What transformational climate leadership looks like (23:05)Terminology:Green New DealCivilian Climate CorpsGrassroots advocacyEco fascismResources:Read more about the Green New Deal and Civilian Climate CorpsMobilizing an Indigenous Green New DealHear from Inherited podcast's Green New DreamersLearn more about the White House Environmental Justice Advisory CouncilCheck out Renewable RikersA sinking jail: The environmental disaster that is Rikers Island (Grist)Climate Anxiety Is an Overwhelmingly White Phenomenon (Scientific American)What We Like (and Don't Like) About the Biden Climate PlanThis is What Supporting Climate Justice Looks Like

A Little Green
Where do we begin?

A Little Green

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 27:59


How do we even begin to understand -- let alone act on -- a problem as big and complex as climate change? Christina Thompson is on a mission to find out. She starts by going back to basics, and high school science teacher Sofia Di Bari is here to answer the questions that some of us might be a little hesitant to ask, like, are we even calling it global warming anymore?!After gaining a better understanding of her own day-to-day impact, Christina talks with Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, who is at the forefront of the climate conversation. Dr. Wilkinson helps to unravel some nuanced questions; what is the individual's role in all of this? And, how much of the science does one person need to understand before taking some real action?Highlights:Climate Science 101 (6:24)Christina calculates her Ecological Footprint (14:20)Top climate solutions and how we move forward (17:39)Terminology:Global warmingGreenhouse gasCarbonCarbon footprintFossil fuelOzoneClimate resilienceCarbon footprint/eco footprintDrawdownConfirmation biasResources:Learn more about New York's Resilient Schools ConsortiumCalculate your own Ecological FootprintCheck out top climate change solutions at Project DrawdownListen: A Matter of Degrees PodcastRead: All We Can Save8 Climate Change WinsKeeping Up with Climate ChangeYour Vote is Essential

Deep Green
How Can We All Fight the Climate Crisis?

Deep Green

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2021 28:21


In this episode, produced in partnership with global flooring manufacturer Interface, Metropolis Editor in Chief Avi Rajagopal sits down with Dr. Katharine Wilkinson and Lisa Conway to discuss how we can all fight the climate crisis—emphasis on all. Dr. Wilkinson is an author, strategist, and teacher. Her books on climate include the best-selling anthology "All We Can Save" and "The Drawdown Review." She leads the All We Can Save Project, which she cofounded with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson in support of women leading on climate. She also cohosts the podcast "A Matter of Degrees," telling stories for the climate curious with Dr. Leah Stokes. As vice president of sustainability at Interface, Conway helps the company work toward their mission: climate take-back. She is also cofounder of the Materials Carbon Action Network and an incredible leader on climate change and sustainability within the architecture and design professions. Connect with Metropolis: metropolismag.com Instagram: @metropolismag Facebook: facebook.com/MetropolisMag/ Deep Green is a production of SANDOW Design Group.

A Matter of Degrees
How Gender Equality Can Save The Planet

A Matter of Degrees

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2021 52:23


This episode is a collaboration between A Matter Of Degrees and the Gimlet podcast How To Save A Planet.Take a look at many of the spaces where climate-related decisions are being made — from government to business to media — and you'll notice a numbers problem. Despite being roughly half the people on the planet, women rarely have equal representation in critical climate decision-making spaces. This isn't just bad for women. It's bad for everyone. In this episode, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson (our host and Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (host of Spotify's How To Save A Planet)  take a deep dive into the data behind this idea. They speak with two sociologists about how gender inequality in climate leadership can deepen the harmful impacts of climate change, and also hinder policy changes. They also speak with someone who has seen firsthand how women can transform an entire nation when they lead on climate.This episode features Dr. Christina Ergas, Anne Karpf, and Wanjira Mathai.Resources:We Do's Gender Climate TrackerEmily's List (an organization that helps Democratic women and non-binary people run for office)Higher Heights (invests in Black women's leadership)She The People (focused on helping women of color run for office)Matriarch (focused on helping progressive women run for office)She Should Run (helps women regardless of political affiliation)Global Witness (organization that assists environmental defenders)Follow our co-hosts and production team:Leah StokesKatharine WilkinsonStephen LaceyJaime KaiserDalvin AboagyeA Matter of Degrees is a production of Post Script Audio. For more episodes, visit our website.

Crosscut Talks
What Biden Is Bringing to the Climate Fight with Leah Stokes, Katharine Wilkinson and Julian Brave NoiseCat

Crosscut Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 48:17


He talked a big game during the presidential campaign. Our guests look at what the president is doing in his first year to back that up. Democratic control of the federal government was far from certain heading into the 2020 general election. But following the election of Joe Biden to the presidency and Georgia's two Senate seats going blue, an unexpected opportunity emerged.  One of the biggest questions facing the party now in power is what it would do with this moment when it came to the environment.  Climate policy has never been a given when it comes to actual legislation at the federal level. But President Biden and many of his fellow Democrats have put climate front and center in this first year of his administration. For this episode of the Crosscut Talks podcast, Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson and Julian Brave Noisecat discuss the moves the president has made to shore up his administration's environmental acumen, the scope of his vision and whether it will amount to anything.  --- Credits Host: Mark Baumgarten Event producers: Jake Newman, Andrea O'Meara Engineers: Seth Halleran, Resti Bagcal, Viktoria Ralph

Webworm with David Farrier
Episode 6: Imprisoned in a system that won’t let us act

Webworm with David Farrier

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2021 18:25


Hi,I had my first surfing lesson this month. I wasn’t very good.It started off okay: I was pretty good at paddling, and smashing through some (tiny) waves to get out. I managed to keep by surf board straight, and I could up sit up and turn around pretty quickly. I could even paddle and catch a wave. The problem was standing up. How in God’s name are you meant to stand up? What, you’re meant to go from this wonderful lying down position to magically standing and balancing while a wave threatens to smash down around you? In other news I had a great time and got a very chafed pink belly. It was some escapism from a month that seemed doomed. The Delta variant has been making its presence known. US hospitals are stretched. Nine Inch Nails cancelled all their shows that I was looking forward to seeing (wise), and New Zealand has gone into a nationwide lockdown (also wise).And in the midst of this, the UN’s “Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change” released a new report that felt like a swift punch to the face. Their reports are usually sobering reading, but this one was horrifying. A “code red for humanity” is how UN Secretary-General António Guterres put it.The climate right now is warmer than it has been in about 125,000 years. And it’s just going to keep getting worse with more droughts, wildfires and floods. We aren’t on target to stop something that now seems all but inevitable. All this was running through my head as I walked to the beach, preparing to be pummelled on my board. The sun was unrelenting, and the literal cliff to my left was a fitting metaphor for humanity’s approach to the crisis we all face. And the question running through all of our heads? “What the fuck can we do about it?” When it comes to talk of the environment, many of us are trying to do out bit. We throw our recycling in the right bin, we use those re-usable bags at the supermarkets, and maybe we try and walk to the shops instead of drive.All the things we’ve being told will help save the planet. But we’re not making a lick of difference. It’s futile, apart from making us feel good about ourselves. We are — as today’s guest Joshua Drummond writes — being denied climate agency. Because we’re trapped in a system that makes it utterly impossible to make a difference. Josh has written for Webworm before, about what QAnon has in common with Evangelical Christianity. That piece seems relevant again this week, as City Impact Church held a “special meeting” for the pastor to spread anti-vaxx messaging in New Zealand.But today, Josh writes about our total lack climate agency and how that makes us feel utterly unhinged. He also offers some ideas about what we can do. It’s a great essay, and I’m so glad to leave it with you for weekend reading. Or listening, in its podcast form. David.If you want more Webworm and to support the work I do here, you can become a monthly or yearly paying member. Only consider doing this if it doesn’t cause you any financial hardship! Imprisoned in a System That Won’t Let Us Act Sanely.an essay by Joshua DrummondI jumped off a cliff once. Everyone else was doing it.It was at Northland waterfall, and I was about 17. The place was a popular swimming hole and there were quite a few spots my mates and I would jump off and do bombs, but there’s one particular bit where — if you get enough of a run-up — you can clear the cliffside and plummet a height even greater than the falls.My mates and I worked up to it. I didn’t go first; I’ve never been great with heights, but I wanted to prove myself. Plus, I have an innate practical streak that wants to see if someone else is going to get impaled before I jump into murky water myself.They jumped, they didn’t die, it was my turn. I jumped too.I didn’t regret it immediately; that came about a tenth of a second in, when gravity grabbed my guts in an unclenching fist and squeezed and twisted and pulled down. It was a visceral lesson; the laws of physics are a pantheon of terrible gods. They’re the authority by which cause and effect abide, and they don’t care about you. I’d fucked with the great god gravity, and this was the “finding out” phase.This month started with a similar set of sensations. A lurch in my stomach, a sudden, dizzying rush of anxiety. The same sense of inevitability, of being at the mercy of a caused effect. I know the feeling well, now. I get it every time a new major climate change report is released.The IPCC has just released their Sixth Assessment Report, which draws a conclusion that will leave few surprised; climate change is real, it’s happening now, it’s getting worse, and it will get much worse if it’s not stopped. Importantly, the report takes pains to underscore the fact that there is much we can and should do to stop warming, but that ray of hope is not what brings the feeling of falling off a cliff, the sensation as inevitability sets in and gravity grabs at your guts, pulling and twisting.The problem isn’t the fall: it’s that we’re currently doing very little to break it. It’s as if (to work the cliff-jump metaphor some more) we’re in free fall and the pool’s dry, but if we’re really quick we can fill it so the fall won’t kill us or even hurt too much — but the controls for the emergency sluice-gates are kept by a very small and very rich group of people who are all saying “nah, saving you would cost us too much. We’re opting for splat.”We know exactly what’s wrong with the climate: there’s an excess of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere and it’s causing the planet to heat up. We’re clear on the cause: human activity has done nearly all of it. We know the solution: swap out carbon-emitting technology, and work to draw down the excess carbon we’ve emitted.So, with the problems and solutions clear for decades, what’s being done by the engines of the economy, the leaders, and the gatekeepers: business and the government? Not nearly enough.This isn’t a sane response to an emergency. It’s inhuman. Humans are, for the most part, practical and altruistic. We are brilliant, astonishing creatures. We might be bound by gravity, but we can still fly. The essence of humanity is bound up in working together to solve problems.That’s what makes climate change so maddening. When I say to myself, as any sane person would, “what are we doing?” and “how can I help?” the answers keep coming back, “not enough” and “you can’t.” That’s not how humans work. Being shown a problem and not being able to fix it drives us mad.Anyone who understands the reality of climate change — of the necessity of action — is burning to act. Everyone wants to help, to work, to do. But we’re imprisoned in a system that won’t let us act sanely. We are being denied climate agency.We’re stuck in a system we didn’t opt for, a system built for us without due care by those that benefit from pillaging the future, a system that we are frequently told is “too expensive” to change. In the media, articles about climate change mitigation measures frequently come — absurdly — with a cost-benefit analysis. “Not contributing to cooking an entire planet” is seldom listed as a benefit.Often, taking the individual actions we are told will help ease the crisis is too expensive. Unless you’re rich, in the global scheme of things — you can’t afford an EV. Unless you’re wealthy, in terms of either time or money, you can’t afford to go waste-free, or turn your backyard into a garden, or even buy food that’s free of exploitative farming practices. Ethical behaviour has been monetised: if you want a clear conscience, you’ll have to pay for it. Even the term “carbon footprint,” now ubiquitous and synonymous with taking individual action on climate change, is compromised: it was created and propagated by (wait for it) BP, in one of the most cynical (and effective) marketing campaigns of all time. Unable even to take the drop-in-a-bucket actions that might soothe our consciences — if not actually make a meaningful contribution — the vast majority of us have to live madly, amongst madness. To drive madness, to eat and drink madness. Many simple acts of daily life are poisoned with guilt over the knowledge that not only are you not helping, you are making things worse. An omnipresent, invisible chorus of judgement screams at you for decisions you can’t help making, because our systems don’t allow any other choice. Driving? Guilty! Eating meat? Guilty! Got milk? Guilty! Got plant milk in a plastic bottle? Guilty! No wonder people embrace climate change denial, clutching it like a lifesaver. They’re just trying to stay sane.In a sane world, we’d be pivoting hard — or have pivoted long ago — having never debated whether having a liveable biosphere is good for business. Government and business alike would have switched priorities, poured their all into doing the needful. There would be jobs, endless jobs, available to do work that matters.But it’s not a sane system, and there are few such jobs available. Searching on a hellsite like LinkedIn for “climate change” or “sustainability” is an exercise in futility. Many of the jobs available are in niche positions, or start-ups, or don’t pay well enough for someone without independent means to take them. Tellingly, many climate jobs are at insurance companies — insurance being one of the few sectors that does not have the luxury of choosing not to include climate change in its business model. What we’ve ended up with is a crisis everyone knows about but is powerless to work on fixing, because it’s hard to make rent or pay the mortgage with jobs that should exist but don’t. And the great Invisible Hand of the market isn’t interested in helping out, because saving the world for future generations doesn’t pay now. The Hand would rather sell stuff. Everyone loves stuff. Absent of the ability to live sanely and purposefully in a world that’s on fire, many of us privileged enough to live out of the danger zones live muted, blunted lives.Videogames are a welcome retreat, an opportunity to save the world, albeit a virtual one. Even doomscrolling is a balm on the open sore of “what can we do?” It feels like taking action. But it’s not.This forced nihilism poisons living. Faced with making choices about the future, a lot of my peers throw up their hands. What’s the point in trying to own a house when the housing market’s been cornered and whipped into a frenzy and the government has just kind of given up on doing anything meaningful about it? Why have kids, when they’ll likely have difficult, impoverished lives? Why risk saving for a future when the financial markets are rigged casinos and you can watch your future disappearing, live-streaming, one climate-change-fuelled fire/flood/storm/heatwave at a time?Looking around, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that the future is being stolen from us. Governments and businesses should be creating ways to create good futures, to live within planetary boundaries, to live sanely. But we have been deliberately, systematically conned: by fossil-fuel and fossil-fuelled businesses who have worked tirelessly to promote the status quo and remove barriers to reaping the planet for endless profit, and by governments who have eagerly acquiesced to their demands in order to promote the fairy-tale of endless economic growth.There are a few hundred companies responsible for the majority of climate change, aided and abetted by either actively denialist or intactivist governments. The people who did this knew exactly what the effects would be, and they did it anyway. Stop feeling guilty. They did this. It is their fault. Not yours. Theirs. The actions of fossil fuel companies and their enablers have murdered tens of thousands of people in the present and hundreds of thousands — perhaps millions, perhaps many more — in the future; those not yet born will bear the brunt. So will those just born, like my baby boy.And this is just the human cost; the cost to the rest of nature is literally incalculable. But it’s easy to list some of the impacts. Under business-as-usual, millions of species face endangerment or extinction. Coral reefs will die. Forests will burn and become savannah. Sea level rise will inundate cities and shorelines. Maybe this one will hit home for you, because it does for me: in the business-as-usual future, climate change will kill the beaches.“Almost half of the world’s sandy beaches will have retreated significantly by the end of the century as a result of climate-driven coastal flooding and human interference, according to new research,” writes The Guardian.Usually, when humanity faces murder and destruction on this sort of scale, we react in disgust and fury. Tribunals are formed and justice is meted out. And yet, nothing. It seems we simply don’t have laws for those that kill with commerce. When will the climate criminals and their enablers, their paid shills and useful idiots, face justice? Will they ever?Like many, I am angry about this — very angry — but it’s hard to know what to do with this fury. It runs too deep, like a hidden current in a river. Occasionally, it rises, and it’s terrible to see. To feel. And being angry, like being earnest, is not cool. It’s not done. The correct attitude is a sort of supercilious, post-ironic detachment, an “oh well, we’re all fucked, so let’s just enjoy the ride, lmao.”I’m tired of even trying to be cool about all this. The effort it takes to sustain protective detachment isn’t worth it. I am desperate to channel my fury at a stolen, broken world into something useful, something that helps, something that isn’t shouting at the wind, or just being testy on Twitter. And I worry that, deprived of justice, the collective anger and dispossession of millions will spill over into something vengeful and terrible. A quote from one of those goofy Marvel films comes to mind: “If we can't protect the earth, you can be damn sure we'll avenge it.” Such great escapism, to watch the world being saved by powerful people who, in a marked break with reality, actually do the right thing. You can see why the films make so much money for one of the largest corporations on the planet.I don’t want violence. Most people don’t, or there’d be a lot more dead fossil fuel executives. But I’m not prepared to watch business-as-usual turn our only home into hell. Because there is still time — to blunt climate change’s worst impacts, to save what can be saved, to make a better world. Denied agency, activism is the last sane position left. Leading climate scientist Michael Mann writes about the futility of “doomism” in his book, The New Climate War. He warns that the supercilious “we’re all fucked, who cares” attitude plays directly into the hands of warmist interests, those who are desperate for business-as-usual to continue so they can make and keep their billions.“This is the greatest threat and greatest challenge we’ve ever faced as a civilization,” Mann says. “If you’re not out there fighting for climate action, you’re giving up on the human race.”To disrupt business-as-usual, climate scientist and activist Peter Kalmus says “we need a billion climate activists.” And the work of activism begins with imagining a better world. It’s not even that hard; others have already done this work, and there are many good futures to choose from.Some of it is table stakes. Commonsense, good ideas. Cities would be made walkable, accessible to active transport. Public transport would be fast and free, and special accommodation would be made for those less able. Electricity would be generated renewably — we’ve got plenty of wind, ocean, and sunshine. Distributed grids and batteries would create resilient infrastructure. Farming would be made much more sustainable, becoming a carbon sink instead of a net polluter.My own personal good future has some specifics. In the near term — ideally today — the media would pledge not to run climate change denial in either news or opinion, and would refuse to take advertising or sponsorship money from fossil fuel interests. They’d abandon the senseless culture war they’re encouraging for clicks, stirring up audiences against fundamentally benign concepts like cycleways. They’d treat climate change as the epoch-defining issue it is, and cover it widely and fairly, instead of sporadically and half-heartedly. They’d stop platforming politicians and other people that lie and prevaricate about the climate crisis.The media also need to stop stirring up fear about how much this stuff costs, because the cost of not doing it is almost too much to comprehend: one estimate puts global GDP losses at $610 trillion in cumulative damages to 2100, the equivalent of at least one Covid-sized economic shock per year.This stupendous figure doubles once you factor in sea-level rise. Instead of asking “how much will this cost?” we need to ask “how much work will this be?” To paraphrase Kim Stanley Robinson in his cli-fi book The Ministry For The Future: Money isn’t real. Work is real. People are real. Governments need to assess what needs to be done in terms of climate change mitigation, and then just pay people to do it. Sure, it’s hard work, but when work is meaningful, people actually want to do it.But there’s no need to dispense with the collective fiction of money as long as we can make it work for all of us, instead of a vanishingly small minority of fixers and gate-keepers. For instance, we can take the money back from the fossil fuel companies who’ve stolen it from our future. We can set a hard limit on wealth, so the value of everything the world does can stop being hoarded by 0.1 percent of the population. The billionaire-stans may screech, but it’s the best form of justice fossil-fuel executives and their shills can hope for.And I can hear the economists stirring already, so let’s upset them some more. We need to stop treating free-market, orthodox economics like it’s the immutable law of nature. In fact, by ignoring the biosphere, by treating the environment as just an externality, orthodox economics has done more damage than perhaps any other ideology. A new economics is needed, and a new popular understanding. One that doesn’t treat economics like it’s a capricious god beyond human control. “The economy” is just a representation of humans at work, economists are fundamentally useless at predicting the future, and it’s time we stopped pretending they can.Physics, on the other hand, can predict the future. We know what’s coming, but we can do something about it. Jumping off the climate cliff wasn’t a good idea, but we can still break the fall.“There is no simple formula, no fact sheet or checklist, for figuring out our roles in the vital work to forge a just, liveable future,” says All We Can Save author Dr Katharine Wilkinson. “But I have found a series of reflections can help us arrive at some clarity and uncover ways to be of use.”When it comes to reflections, I like this one very much:So: Stop worrying and speak up. Talk about climate change with everyone you can. Join the school climate strikes. Join the general strikes that are coming. Be an activist. Organize. Become unignorable. It’s the only thing that will force the powers that be into action, that will help break the dissonance of living the way we do now, and allow us to live sanely.Words and illustrations by Joshua Drummond, August 2021.If you want to listen to this essay, check Spotify or Apple podcasts — it’ll pop up there soon. And if you haven’t already, sign up for Webworm so that any new podcast episodes get delivered direct to your inbox before they appear anywhere else.David here again. Maybe technically I was wrong: as individuals, we can do something. Something bigger than emptying the recycling bin. We can come together, and we can speak up. We can force those giant entities to create change. We can apply pressure.I don’t know what that looks like, exactly. I am not an activist. I write this newsletter to you. I feel utterly useless looking over the cliff. I feel utterly trapped in this catastrophe, forced to do things I know are wrong to kill an environment I know is wrecked. I drive a car, I drink from plastic bottles. It’s impossibly hard for people to look beyond their own timeline: their own 85 years or so. But we have the data, we have the science, and something has to give. It has to.I’m throwing this back over to Josh again. He has some thoughts on what to do.What can we do? Some more thoughts from JoshI’m aware I still haven’t entirely addressed the “how” of all this, and for that, I’ll point to others who can probably answer better than I can. If we want to play a useful role in this crisis, we should find out where our existing skills are applicable. As a writer, one of the areas I feel less uncomfortable talking about is the news media, and I’m pretty bloody angry at still seeing climate change denial being given a consistent platform in our media with the excuse of “but it’s just opinion!” The first thing I’m personally keen to do is see if with a bit of collective action we can have the news media (starting with New Zealand, and hopefully elsewhere) adopt a climate change reporting pledge, in which they’d promise not to air or print climate change denial, or give climate change deniers and fossil fuel lobbyists a platform. Perhaps we’d even see an admission of responsibility or an apology about the media’s hefty role about promulgating climate change information to date.I don’t pitch this idea with high hopes of all New Zealand media happily signing on, but I think even choosing not to take a pledge would be telling. To those that’d start banging on about freedom of speech, I’d say: “No.” This is about the media choosing to act ethically and responsibly, not about governments choosing what you can and can’t say. Most media don’t give a lot of space to praising fascism anymore, and it’s time the lying liars of climate change denial got the same treatment. Let’s see what we can do about it. I’m particularly keen to hear from climate activists, climate scientists, and media people. I would love to get media people’s true feelings on what it’s like to see their publications, editors and owners continually giving climate change denial a platform. I'm happy to keep correspondence anonymous or off-the-record where necessary. Hit me up at josh@joshuadrummond.com if you want to talk, or let’s have a yarn in the comments below.David here again. What a ping pong match this newsletter has been!I find Josh pretty incredible in the various creative ways he finds to help. During Australia’s raging bushfires, he painted a kookaburra to raise money in the firefighting efforts.I think Josh is bang on about the media’s role in platforming misinformation (and sometimes blatant disinformation) about the climate crisis.In New Zealand, climate change denier Peter Williams has been given a platform by Mediaworks (the same company caught up in allegations of sexual harassment, racism and bullying from its top dogs) to, well, spread his bullshit. I won’t link to it, but he wrote this in June about the last climate change report:Peter Williams: Why you should be sceptical about the Climate Change Commission ReportOPINION: So now we know what the Climate Change Commission is recommending what the government does to stop the planet warming. It is gross interference in the way we are expected to live our lives, the way we will travel around, the way we will keep ourselves warm and the way we will earn our living as an exporter of food. To me — this kind of rhetoric is just so fucking dumb. Our future generations are literally destined to doom. This has to stop.Sound off in the comment below. Let’s talk this out. I hope you enjoyed Josh’s essay — I loved it and glad he’s here. If you listened to it instead on the podcast, I hope my droning voice didn’t put you to sleep.Talk below. Try and have a safe weekend. David. Get full access to Webworm with David Farrier at www.webworm.co/subscribe

The Current
Book celebrates women on front lines of fighting climate crisis

The Current

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2021 24:11


The women at the forefront of the climate crisis have stories to tell — so Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine Wilkinson have collected them in a new book of essays, stories and poems: All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis. They discuss what's already been lost to climate change, and what can still be saved in an interview with Matt Galloway from October.

Press Conference USA  - Voice of America
Science Edition: Importance of Women and Youth in the Battle Against Climate Change

Press Conference USA - Voice of America

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2021 30:00


On the Science Edition of Press Conference USA, host Rick Pantaleo and Morgan Schneider, a producer with the Current Affairs Desk, talk with Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, teacher, author, climate activist, co-editor of the book "All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis" and co-founder of the “All We Save Project”. They will discuss the importance of women and young people in the battle against climate change.

Press Conference USA  - Voice of America
Science Edition: Importance of Women and Youth in the Battle Against Climate Change - August 06, 2021

Press Conference USA - Voice of America

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2021 29:59


On the Science Edition of Press Conference USA, host Rick Pantaleo and Morgan Schneider, a producer with the Current Affairs Desk, talk with Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, teacher, author, climate activist, co-editor of the book "All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis" and co-founder of the “All We Save Project”. They will discuss the importance of women and young people in the battle against climate change.

Gaslit Nation
All We Can Save: The Katharine Wilkinson Interview

Gaslit Nation

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 57:15


With so much ominous news about the climate crisis heralding the man-made apocolypse, we need leaders like the women highlighted in the must-read book All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis. Co-edited by Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, climate author and teacher, and Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, marine biologist and founder of the non-profit think tank Urban Ocean Lab, this soul-hugging anthology provides a breathing space. Dr. Wilkinson joins us for an unforgettable discussion.

How to Save a Planet
Is Your Carbon Footprint BS?

How to Save a Planet

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2021 47:50


We're tackling a sibling debate: Do your individual actions matter when it comes to climate change? Or is it all about big, systemic change? In this episode, we break down both sides of the argument. We lay out the actions that have the biggest impact on your carbon footprint – and then ask if there's a better way to think about our individual role in climate change. (This episode originally aired in March) Guests: Katharine Wilkinson, Anthony Leiserowitz and Steve Westlake  Calls to Action Draw your Climate Action Venn Diagram – what are you good at? What is the work that needs doing? What brings you joy? Post your Venn diagram to social media (Twitter / Instagram) and tag us @How2SaveAPlanet. Looking for a job? Climatebase has a jobs directory and organizations directory that can be filtered by Project Drawdown sectors and solutions. Check out the How to Save a Planet Calls to Action document. All of our episode Calls to Action can be found there. Talk to people about climate change, but don't be annoying about it! For tips, listen to our episode, Trying to Talk to Family about Climate Change? Here's How, and read the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication's Attaining Meaningful Outcomes from Conversations on Climate. Learn More Check out Project Drawdown to learn more about the Drawdown Framework, and to see their Table of Solutions that breaks down solutions by sector(s) and their impact on reducing heat-trapping gases. Listen to related How to Save a Planet episodes – Party Like It's 2035, Trying to Talk to Family About Climate Change? Here's How, and Are Electric Cars Really Better for the Climate?  Listen to the climate podcast A Matter of Degrees, co-hosted by Dr. Katharine Wilkinson and Dr. Leah Stokes.  Check out the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication to learn more about the widespread support for climate policy solutions in America, and other research. Check out the research paper that provides a comparison of emissions reductions from various individual actions. If you take an action we recommend in one of our episodes, do us a favor and tell us about it! We'd love to hear how it went and what it felt like. Record a short voice memo on your phone and send it to us via our Listener Mail Form. We might use it in an upcoming episode. This episode of How to Save a Planet was produced by Felix Poon. The rest of our reporting and producing team includes Kendra Pierre-Louis, Rachel Waldholz and Anna Ladd. Our intern is Ayo Oti. Our senior producer is Lauren Silverman. Our editor is Caitlin Kenney. Sound design and mixing by Peter Leonard with original music from Emma Munger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What Could Possibly Go Right?
#50 Katharine Wilkinson: Making Our Hearts Public in Climate Conversation

What Could Possibly Go Right?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 32:10 Transcription Available


Dr. Katharine Wilkinson is an author, strategist, teacher, and co-host of the podcast, A Matter of Degrees. Dr. Wilkinson co-founded and leads The All We Can Save Project with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, in support of women leading on climate. Her books on climate include the bestselling anthology All We Can Save (2020, co-editor), The Drawdown Review (2020, editor-in-chief and lead writer), the New York Times bestseller Drawdown (2017, lead writer), and Between God & Green (2012). She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:That “at our very best, we as human beings are active and generative collaborators with lifeforce... in these relationships of reciprocity and almost play with the planet's living systems.”The “different kind of leadership that women are bringing in droves on climate”That dialog about solutions is often about scale and speed; yet, we would benefit from considering solutions at depth with “heart-centered wisdom” and love as a powerful leverage pointThe value of “making our hearts public”, bringing feelings and stories into climate conversation That what could go right is “in the onslaught of the quest for power and profit and prestige, that maybe these things could actually be replaced with care and courage and connection and community and creativity.”ResourcesThe All We Can Save Project: www.allwecansave.earth Book: All We Can Save: www.allwecansave.earth/anthology Podcast: A Matter of Degrees: www.degreespod.comConnect with Katharine WilkinsonWebsite: kkwilkinson.comTwitter: twitter.com/drkwilkinsonInstagram: instagram.com/drkwilkinsonFollow WCPGR on Social MediaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhatCouldPossiblyGoRightPodcast​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceLearn more: https://bit.ly/wcpgr-resSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

A Matter of Degrees
Green Jobs...For All?

A Matter of Degrees

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2021 43:14


President Biden's American Jobs Plan promises big investments in the clean-energy economy, including clean energy workforce and education programs. Economic progress and clean climate action are inextricably linked. But how can we make sure that those dollars go to communities of color who have already been most impacted by climate change and consistently shut out of past federal programs promising transformational change? And to gender minorities who are underrepresented in certain green fields?This week, we hear from folks in government, the nonprofit sector, the renewable energy space and academia about what it will really take to usher in a just transition.Katharine Wilkinson speaks with solar entrepreneur Bob Blake; The Partnership for Southern Equity's Chandra Farley; New Jersey Deputy Secretary For Higher Education Diana Gonzalez; and Brooking Institute Fellow Christina Kwuak.Resources:More on Bob Blake's Company, Solar BearThe Partnership for Southern EquityMore about Diana Gonzalez and her work in NJChristina Kwuak's Green Learning AgendaChristina's ‘Education Moonshot' PlanFollow our co-hosts and production team:Leah StokesKatharine WilkinsonStephen LaceyJaime KaiserA Matter of Degrees is a production of Post Script Audio. For more episodes and transcripts, visit our website.

Important, Not Important
Introducing "A Matter of Degrees"

Important, Not Important

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2021 60:25


I don't have to tell you folks – climate change is the story of our time. There's been a sharp rise (like last week) in people are anxious, angry, and want action – and the opening for bold climate action has never been wider. And “A Matter of Degrees” gives them a place to find community: it's a narrative podcast from two of INI's fan-favorite former pod guests, Dr. Leah Stokes & Dr. Katharine Wilkinson! The show helps listeners understand the climate story in a deeper way. They explore the reality of climate denial and delay, the solutions that are available and in motion today, and why justice and equity are so central to the fight. Today's episode covers our opportunity to implement a national clean electricity standard and illustrates what a tremendous difference it could make in our efforts to decarbonize this place, stat. The team behind A Matter of Degrees is composed of highly influential voices in the climate community and seasoned podcast producers (Jaime Kaiser, Dalvin Aboagye, and Stephen Lacey) who also bring deep climate expertise. In his New Yorker newsletter, Bill McKibben called the co-hosts “two of the most important and reliable voices in the climate debate.” Dr. Leah Stokes is an academic with 15 years of experience working on climate and energy policy. She has four degrees, including her doctorate from MIT. Leah is conversant in a wide variety of climate and energy topics including public policy, political science, planning, environmental science, and psychology. Her new book Short Circuiting Policy examines why we are behind on climate action, telling the history of fossil fuel companies and electric utilities promoting climate denial and delay. Her academic work is published in top journals and is widely read and cited. Find her @leahstokes. Dr. Katharine Wilkinson is an author, strategist, teacher, and one of 15 “women who will save the world,” according to Time magazine. Her books on climate include the new bestseller All We Can Save, The Drawdown Review, the New York Times bestseller Drawdown, and Between God & Green. She is Co-Founder of The All We Can Save Project, in support of feminist climate leadership, and was previously Editor-in-Chief at the climate solutions nonprofit Project Drawdown. A former Rhodes scholar, Katharine holds a doctorate from Oxford. Find her @DrKWilkinson. Post Script Audio is a production company focused on environmental podcasts. It is run by Stephen Lacey, a veteran cleantech business journalist, editor, and audio producer. Post Script has launched some of the most popular podcasts in the energy and climate world, including: The Energy Gang, The Interchange, Warm Regards, Illuminators, and now A Matter of Degrees. These shows have pulled in more than 12 million downloads. He's the former Editor-in-Chief of Greentech Media, where he covered a broad range of clean energy markets and trends. Have feedback or questions? http://www.twitter.com/importantnotimp (Tweet us), or send a message to questions@importantnotimportant.com Links: https://www.degreespod.com/ (degreespod.com) Connect with us: Subscribe to our newsletter at http://importantnotimportant.com/ (ImportantNotImportant.com)! Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ImportantNotImp (twitter.com/ImportantNotImp) Follow Quinn: http://twitter.com/quinnemmett (twitter.com/quinnemmett) Follow Brian: https://twitter.com/beansaight (twitter.com/beansaight) Like and share us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/ImportantNotImportant (facebook.com/ImportantNotImportant) Intro/outro by Tim Blane: http://timblane.com/ (timblane.com) Important, Not Important is produced by http://crate.media/ (Crate Media) Support this podcast

Amanpour
Amanpour: John Kerry, Katharine Wilkinson, Larry Madowo and James Talarico

Amanpour

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2021 55:41


U.S. climate envoy John Kerry joins Christiane Amanpour to react to Jeff Bezos's idea to export pollutants out of this world to keep Earth "this gem of a planet." Scientist and author Katharine Wilkinson also weighs in saying that that to cut through all the politics around climate change, we need to address hearts and minds." Then CNN's Larry Madowo shares his frustration and anger over losing his uncle to Covid-19 and says vaccine inequality around the world must end. And our Michel Martin speaks to Democratic Texas State Representative James Talarico about what needs to be done to protect national voting rights. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

How to Save a Planet
Like The Monarch, Human Migrations During Climate Change

How to Save a Planet

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2021 44:39


Human migration is nothing new, but the scale at which people will need to relocate due to climate change will be different than ever before. A World Bank report estimates that over the next thirty years, 143 million people will be displaced within three of the most vulnerable regions alone: sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America. To handle such shifts in population, our governments and immigration systems will have to evolve. This challenge, and the stakes, are illustrated beautifully in the essay we're featuring this week. “Like the Monarch,” written by The New Yorker staff writer Sarah Stillman, explores the complex intersections between the climate crisis and human migration. It is read by actor, producer, director, and activist America Ferrera.  Sarah Stillman's essay, along with 40 other essays appear in the anthology co-edited by Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Dr. Katharine Wilkinson called All We can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis. To find out more about the book, each of the contributors, and the nonprofit the co-editors founded to carry forward the book's mission, check out allwecansave.earth. Also, we put together a playlist to go with the anthology – each essayist and poet picked a song to go with their writing. Check it out! Featuring: Sarah Stillman, America Ferrera Calls to action:  Keen for more of Sarah Stillman's writing? Check out her recent piece, When Climate Change and Xenophobia Collide  Craving more wisdom from women climate leaders? Pick up a copy and dive into the anthology All We can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis – now out in paperback! Want to read this anthology with your climate squad/book club? Here's a great facilitation guide for reading circles Curious what's next from the All We Can Save crew? Learn more about the new non-profit, The All We can Save Project Eager for more from the audiobook? Listen to: If Miami Will Be Underwater, Why is Construction Booming? (here on HTSAP) and Healing the Soil, Healing Ourselves featured on A Matter of Degrees podcast. Or purchase the full shebang! Seeking a soundtrack? Check out the playlist featuring songs chosen by each essayist and poet to accompany their writing Check out our Calls to Action archive for all of the actions we've recommended on the show. Send us your ideas or feedback with our Listener Mail Form. Sign up for our newsletter here. And follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Matter of Degrees
Healing the Soil, Healing Ourselves

A Matter of Degrees

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 37:19


Abuse of soil, the atmosphere, and communities of color have gone hand in hand. Through reclaiming ancestral connection to the soil, Black farmers are healing the entangled harms of colonization, capitalism, and White supremacy and moving agricultural climate solutions forward in the process. In this episode, we feature an audio essay that wrestles with these themes. The essay is titled “Black Gold” by Leah Penniman, an activist, farmer, and founder of Soul Fire Farm. As Leah puts it: “In healing our relationship with soil, we heal the climate, and we heal ourselves.”This is an excerpt from the audiobook version of All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, an anthology of essays, poetry, and art co-edited by Katharine Wilkinson and Ayana Elizabeth Johnson.The audiobook version of this essay is read by award-winning audiobook narrator Bahni Turpin. Resources:Order your copy of All We Can Save hereRSVP for the All We Can Save paperback book launchFollow our co-hosts and production team:Leah StokesKatharine WilkinsonStephen LaceyJaime KaiserA Matter of Degrees is a production of Post Script Audio. For more episodes and transcripts, visit our website.

Lucy Talks
why we need gender & racial equality for climate justice : imperfect sustainability ep.5

Lucy Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2021 24:22


Welcome back to this mini series on imperfect sustainability!! My aim for this series is to inspire you to view sustainability in a more positive light and to help you to genuinely make a difference in your own life. Let's tackle this with a non-judgemental, solutions-driven attitude and lift each other up rather than tearing each other down. Episode 5: why we need gender & racial equality for climate justice "If you care about the planet, you need to care about racial and gender inequalities." Apart from being so so important in their own right, achieving gender and racial justice are so necessary for reversing climate change and sustainability. Empowering women, educating girls & family planning could prove incredibly important solutions, with a predicted reduction of 1 billion people that could be born by 2050 possible. --- Things mentioned in this episode: Drawdown : The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed To Reverse Global Warming (here) TedTalk with Katharine Wilkinson (here) Female leaders during the pandemic (article) Xiye Bastida on Talking Tastebuds (here) A post featuring Youth Climate Activists you should follow on insta Me & White Supremacy by Layla F Saad TedTalk by David Lammy 'Climate justice can't happen without racial justice' (here) --- Space to Learn on Apple Podcasts - leave a rating and a review here!! Thank you! Follow the podcast on instagram @spacetolearnpodcast (click here to go follow!) Share the episode with a friend if you enjoyed!! lots of love x

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
CLIMATE ONE: REWIND: A Feminist Climate Renaissance

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2021 54:01


Pathways for reducing carbon emissions include electrifying transportation and replacing fossil fuels with wind and solar power. But in this time of national reckoning on racial and economic disparities, there is growing support for a more holistic approach. This view holds that the climate crisis won't be resolved until we first address the systemic imbalances that have fueled it – racism, capitalism, white supremacy and patriarchy. In their recent book, All We Can Save: Truth, Courage and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, co-editors Katharine Wilkinson and Ayana Elizabeth Johnson bring together the voices of women artists, writers and change-makers who are at the forefront of climate action. “The work that we're doing is instigating or nurturing a feminist climate renaissance,” says Johnson, “which is what we feel the climate movement so desperately needs right now.” Guests: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, marine biologist Katharine Wilkinson, Vice President, Project Drawdown Co-editors, All We Can Save:Truth, Courage and Solutions for the Climate Crisis (One World, 2020) Christine Nieves Rodriguez, Co-founder and President, Emerge Puerto Rico. Sherri Mitchell, author, Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change (North Atlantic Books, 2018) Heather McTeer Toney, National Field Director, Moms Clean Air Force Jainey Bavishi, Director, Mayor's Office of Resiliency, New York City Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Best We Can
Applied Theatre and Climate Justice

The Best We Can

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2020 40:31


On this episode I'm joined by fellow applied theatre practitioner and my dear friend, Taylor Vandick. Taylor and I discuss our journeys to finding applied theatre and what she hopes to do with her practice going forward. Taylor's practice focuses on environmentalism and climate justice so be prepared to learn some stuff. We really do need to do the best we can for our planet. At the end of the episode Taylor suggests some readings and people to follow if you would like to educate yourself further on what we talk about. "All We Can Save" by Dr. Ayana Johnson (@ayanaeliza on Instagram and Twitter) and Dr. Katharine Wilkinson (@drkwilkinson on Instagram and Twitter) "On Fire" by Naomi Klein (@naomiaklein on Twitter) As always, please give the podcast a follow on Instagram at @thebestwecanpod.

The Proof with Simon Hill
Regenerative agriculture with Ryland Engelhart and Finian Makepeace

The Proof with Simon Hill

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 106:24


In Episode 105 I sit down with Ryland Engelhart and Finian Makepeace from Kiss the Ground to talk continue with this theme of how our food system, and food choices, are affecting the health of our planet. In this episode we cover: What regenerative agriculture is How it differs from sustainable, organic and biodynamic farming practices The problem with industrial agriculture Why tilling is a problem Cover crops and carbon sequestration Holistic grazing including White Oak Pastures Dietary shifts Why it's so crucial we change the way we farm and much more Resources: Black Lives Matter movement Teaching children about racism How we can support the black lives movement Related to this episode Paul Hawken and Katharine Wilkinson report Drawdown in 2017 - solutions to reverse global warming Rich Roll's podcast with Paul Hawken on climate change FCRN Grazed and Confused report - a detailed report on holistic grazing and climate change Cafe Gratitude & Gracias Madre - Ryland's restaurants How wolves change rivers video Kiss the Ground website The Soil Story by Kiss the Ground Simon Hill Creator of Plantproof.com - a free resource for plant based nutrition information If you want to receive FREE nutritional information to your inbox subscribe to the Plant Proof Newsletter. I will only email you when I have something valuable to share with you (brand new scientific research broken down, why consuming enough iodine is so important etc) My book is coming out February 2021 published with Penguin - I cannot wait to share with you (all revenue I receive is being donated to charity). In the lead up the launch I am going to use this newsletter a lot more with loads of free information each month to help you better optimise your diet.

The Feminist Finance Podcast
6 - Builder Capital with Nathalie Molina Niño

The Feminist Finance Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 41:31


01:41 Why Nathalie founded O³ and her focus on outcomes over optics.04:20 Nathalie's approach to investing to benefit women and the planet through "builder capital". What builder capital is and how it differs from the usual venture capital approach.07:35 Why stereotypically "female" qualities are necessary to address the major problems we face today. (Nathalie mentions John Gerzema's book, The Athena Doctrine.)11:43 What investors can do to tackle the climate crisis and why they need to shift their mindset to focus on the technologies we already have to mitigate climate change. Why investors should tackle social, equality and environmental issues in a holistic way.19:18 Why the solutions that center women are the most effective in tackling the climate crisis. Nathalie discusses the research of Katharine Wilkinson and her book Drawdown, and talks about a company in the Niger Delta using distributed ledger technology to pay women directly to tackle plastic pollution.25:28 Nathalie explains her thesis of investing in solutions that work at scale to lift up billions of women.29:42 Why it's important not only to lift up women entrepreneurs and executives, but to focus on solutions that lift up the vast majority of women.32:43 The actions we can take individually to address inequality.40:56 Nathalie's perspective on a feminist financial system: patience on returns and impatience in tackling our social and environmental problems.Get in touch and share your ideas on this episode on twitter or by email: feministfinancepodcast@gmail.comYou can find out more about Nathalie on her website or follow her on Twitter.

TED Talks Daily
How empowering women and girls can help stop global warming | Katharine Wilkinson

TED Talks Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2019 13:47


If we really want to address climate change, we need to make gender equity a reality, says writer and environmentalist Katharine Wilkinson. As part of Project Drawdown, Wilkinson has helped scour humanity's wisdom for solutions to draw down heat-trapping, climate-changing emissions: obvious things like renewable energy and sustainable diets and not so obvious ones, like the education and empowerment of women. In this informative, bold talk, she shares three key ways that equity for women and girls can help stop global warming. "Drawing down emissions depends on rising up," Wilkinson says. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WIRED Science: Space, Health, Biotech, and More
Here's a Way to Fight Climate Change: Empower Women

WIRED Science: Space, Health, Biotech, and More

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2018 5:40


“Gender and climate are inextricably linked,” said environmentalist and author Katharine Wilkinson on stage at TEDWomen last week, a gathering of women thought leaders and activists in Palm Desert, California. Women, she says, are disproportionately affected by climate change. When communities are decimated by floods or droughts, tsunamis or fire, the most vulnerable among them suffer the most.