“We’re seeing hurricanes, four of the 10 most damaging hurricanes in the United States happened in the last 10 years. Recovery and rebuild continues in many cases. Last year we had the world’s most expensive wildfire on record in Los Angeles. These are market failures. Why are these things happening? Something is misaligned. Is it… Continue reading Innovative Climate Finance – Kanika Singh, Milken Institute, Director of Catalytic Capital
“What are the stories that people can participate in and see themselves in? I think that’s one of the keys that we can unlock when it comes to the whole climate narrative is telling stories that build the scaffolding blocks to a larger narrative that people want to be a part of, and we need… Continue reading How Stories Can Shift Culture – Melissa Jun Rowley, Author of “Beyond The Mic Drop: How Stories Can Shift Culture, Power & Policy”
“If you don’t tell your stories, then no one will ever know, …Basically I just said, I think we should tell the positive stories and we should do it through the people…Let’s actually just go and meet the people at all levels from the people that are involved in the projects and organizing them. Also… Continue reading People Leveraging Carbon Markets To Keep Their Land – Stacey Solie, Coproducer of the Documentary “From The Ground Up”
“If there are people who are willing to talk to you about it, the first thing you got to do is listen….I grew up in a very rural area and it’s very conservative also. And when I go home, I don’t talk about climate change. I do talk about what’s going on with hunting season.… Continue reading How To Talk “Climate” To Keep People Safe – Allison Agsten, USC Center for Climate Journalism & Communications
“Resilience is a team sport. You cannot build resilience in insolation. I cannot emphasize how important multi sector action and teamwork is. So let’s understand that and work together.” Lauren Sorkin on Electric Ladies Podcast To kick off the first interview of 2025, we’re diving into a topic that affects us all: Can the cities… Continue reading Can Cities Thrive in a World of Polycrises? – Lauren Sorkin, Co-founder and Executive Director, Resilient Cities Network
“What surprised me was actually how profound, how deep I managed to have this relationship with carbon. Like, because in the end, I found, through the writing and embodying carbon for so long, I found the connections, the entanglement of carbon across so many aspects of all our lives so illuminating, so surprising. Sometimes I… Continue reading A Biography of Carbon! – Daniella Ortega, Director of “Carbon: An Unauthorized Biography”
“Much of our infrastructure isn’t built to withstand certain kinds of flooding or certain levels of heat. And yet, as the climate changes, so many of the things… that we did know in a world with a stable climate, those are now being upended. And all of that affects costs fundamentally… So, we need to… Continue reading The Economy, Climate Change & Federal Funding Opportunities – Heather Boushey, White House Council of Economic Advisors & Chief Economist of Invest in America Cabinet
“We are a resource hub in that we engage with individuals, organizations, and communities who are on the front lines of climate injustice and ensure that they have, they know what informational, technical, financial, strategic resources are out there to strengthen their work…So that’s everything from developing research reports to help folks to have the… Continue reading Making Lost Communities Resilient – Jacqui Patterson, The Chisholm Legacy Project
“Landscape architecture involves the planning, design, management, and nurturing of the exterior built and natural environments. So, landscape architects is a professional degree and…we design places like parks and campuses, streetscapes trails, plazas, residences, and other projects that strengthen communities. And … our work also involves increasing resilience to climate impacts and drawing down carbon… Continue reading Using Landscapes To Combat Climate Change – Pamela Conrad, Landscape Architect, Climate Positive Design
Can Indoor Farming Save Our Food Supply From Climate Change? “A.I has enabled us to get very precise measures and give the plants precisely what the plans need…(So) The yields in our greenhouses are about 30x the traditional farm.” and without any chemicals. Jackie Roberts on Electric Ladies Podcast (known as Green Connections Radio) What… Continue reading Your Dinner From An Indoor Farm? – Jackie Roberts, AppHarvest
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