For decades, environmentalists and climate scientists have warned about the catastrophic consequences of the shrinking and erosion of the Amazon and...
Thinking Differently About the Rainforests
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Podcasts
Inheriting Trauma / Rana Dajani
The number of active conflicts today is the highest since the end of World War II. The world has clearly entered a new, more violent, and fragmented...
What Has the Whale to Say? / David Gruber
"The whale has no voice," Herman Melville wrote in Moby Dick. “But then again,” he went on, "What has the whale to say?" Turns out he was wrong: not...
Greek Classics—Modern Life / Bryan Doerries
The Greek classics are timeless because they provide insights into our souls, into how we think and why we do what we do. Of course, few of us...
Reimagining Environmental Journalism / Rhett Butler
By almost every objective indicator, the process of dramatic climate change grinds on. However, the optimists are currently making a big deal out of...
Interesting Times: Colombia Edition / Paula Moreno
“May you live in interesting times,” is usually described as a Chinese curse, although its origin is actually English or Irish. While that may or...
Rinsing and Repeating Our Way to Climate Disaster? Is There a Better Way?/ Linwood Pendleton
Thirty years ago, the United Nations challenged the political leaders of the world to do something about global warming. The politicians responded...
Conserving Nature and Humanity—For the Good of Both / Charu Mishra
Dr. Charu Mishra shares how saving the snow leopard has united rival nations in the Himalayas—showing that protecting nature also protects people....
Nothing Says “War” Like “Forever” / Chris Dalby & Clionadh Raleigh
What do you get when you merge a failed War on Drugs with an archaic War on Terror? We may be about to find out as President Donald Trump unleashes...