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Mark Clifford: How Jimmy Lai Became Hong Kong's Greatest Dissident and China's Most Feared Critic
How did the billionaire businessman Jimmy Lai become one of Hong Kong’s leading activists for democracy—and China’s most famous political prisoner to…
1 year, 4 months ago
California Forever: Can Building New Cities Help Solve Our Housing Crisis?
California faces an urgent housing crisis: Median home prices are double the national average and while in 2016 it was projected that the state neede…
1 year, 4 months ago
Even Old Houses Can Learn New Elec-Tricks
If we include personal cars, along with appliances like water heaters, stoves and furnaces, more than 40 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions com…
1 year, 4 months ago
Obi Kaufmann—The State of Fire: Why California Burns
How do we live with fire? Join us for a talk about stewardship, resilience and hope.
Fire is an essential part of California's ecology. Humans have be…
1 year, 4 months ago
Seth Rockman: A Material History of American Slavery
How interdependent were the Northern industrial economy and Southern slave labor in pre-Civil War America?
Historian and Brown University history prof…
1 year, 4 months ago
Can a City Department Be a Hub for Community Problem Solving, "Can a City Department Be a Hub for Community Problem Solving, Innovation and Social Change? (EXPLICIT)
Lessons learned from former community-oriented department heads, a civil rights attorney and a former controller who has ideas about making the city …
1 year, 4 months ago
Leah Stokes: 2024 Schneider Award Winner
Every year we highlight the work of a scientist who excels in communicating their work to the world. Climate One is delighted to present the 2024 Ste…
1 year, 4 months ago
REWIND: Geothermal — So Hot Right Now
When most people hear the phrase renewable energy, they imagine fields full of solar panels or giant spinning wind turbines. But another source may b…
1 year, 4 months ago
REFRESH — 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’…
1 year, 4 months ago
Jeff Jarvis: How We Can Reclaim the Internet
The internet stands accused of dividing us, spying on us, making us stupid, and addicting our children. In response, the press and panicked politicia…
1 year, 5 months ago