Podcast Episodes

Adulting in Turbulent Times

Acting like a responsible adult can be challenging at the best of times. Add dealing with climate chaos to the mix, and keeping it all together can feel like an outright miracle. 

Let’s start by ackno…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

BONUS: Wade Crowfoot on Building Wildfire Resilience

More than 7% of California has burned in the last five years. Clearly, past methods of wildfire prevention haven’t worked. Now, California is embracing a variety of new approaches to land management …

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Rekindling Our Relationship With Wildfire

Summer means peak wildfire season. And recently, we’ve seen some of the most destructive wildfires in recorded history. For years the message around fire has been: no fire is good. 

But increasingly, …

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

You Gonna Finish That? Saving Good Food from Going Bad

Globally, one-third of food produced every year is wasted. That’s enough to feed about 2 billion people — twice the number of people who are undernourished. The global food system also accounts for a…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Staycation: All I Ever Wanted

Summer is coming soon, and for many that means vacation. While traveling far and wide can be an amazing experience, the carbon cost of traveling is significant. But what if we could rekindle a sense …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Fighting Fossil Fuels in the Courts and on the Ballot

At age 9, Nalleli Cobo, suffering headaches, heart palpitations, nosebleeds, and body spasms, became an activist, driven to fighting to close the local oil well responsible for her ailments. In 2022,…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Special: Remembering Pete McCloskey

An environmental giant passed last week with the death of Pete McCloskey, a former Republican Congressman who co-authored the Endangered Species Act. He died at the age of 94. 

A Marine who served in …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Big Plastic: The New Big Oil

Plastics are everywhere. And while we’ve known for a long time that plastics and our environment aren’t a good mix, it's becoming apparent that they’re massive climate polluters too. The production o…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

When California Dreams Hit Political Reality

The Golden State has staked much of its reputation on its green credentials, with state leaders touting its role on the leading edge of global and national climate progress. But California is falling…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

SF Climate Week 2024: Are Businesses and Governments Measuring What Matters?

Many businesses and governments have a goal of reaching net zero emissions. Sounds good. But what does “net zero” even mean? And how do we get there? Alicia Seiger is a lecturer at Stanford Law Schoo…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago