Mosquito-Flavored Popcorn: When Climate Scientists and Economists Go off the Rails
Did you know that we can lose half our food supply and it won’t matter? That’s because agriculture is only 3% of GDP, so there’s no need to worry about the effects of climate change on farming. Or so ...
25 Apr 201947min
Deer Sinew and Beetle Biscuits: Raising Kids in the Age of Climate Chaos
What do we want our children to do in the waning days of the fossil fuel frenzy and the early days of climate chaos? Being a good parent is hard enough under the best of circumstances, but it’s really...
18 Apr 201946min
Zombies, Magic Rocks, Collapse, and Other Fun Sustainability Stories
Apocalypse is upon us, at least in movies, television shows, books, and even podcasts. Teen characters in youth literature are more likely to solve their differences by bow-hunting one another rather ...
11 Apr 201938min
Solar Freakin' Roadways: How Technological Optimism Undermines Sustainability
We’re GOING to make the transition to renewable sources of energy. There is no scenario outside the dark mind of Dick Cheney where we continue to use depleting and polluting fossil fuels over the long...
4 Apr 201949min
My Car Is Bigger than Yours: Consumerist Dreams and Environmental Nightmares
If you jam on the brakes for just a minute and take a look at cars and car culture, you just might find something stinky (maybe even as stinky as the black plume of diesel exhaust emanating from that ...
28 Mars 201944min
1.21 Jigawatts: Energy Literacy and the Real Scoop on Fossil Fuels
What would we do without energy? The short answer is, “Nothing, absolutely nothing.” And sadly, most people know next to nothing about energy and its fundamental role in society and life itself. If yo...
21 Mars 201951min
Punching Ronnie in the Mouth: Limits to Growth and Economic Lies
In his 2nd inaugural address, Ronald Reagan said, "There are no limits to growth and human progress when men and women are free to follow their dreams." First impression: that's a nice-sounding sentim...
14 Mars 201940min
Orangutans and Santa Suits: Who's Crazy When It Comes to Climate Change?
Can you imagine putting on a Santa Claus suit, not to pull a fast one on the kids and deliver Christmas presents, but to protest Big Oil and climate change in front of your local gas station? That may...
14 Mars 201940min
