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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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 7 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, 7 months ago
The Power of Human Connection: Photographer Harry Williams on the Michelle Meow Year-End Special
Join us for our celebratory year-end Michelle Meow Show special. We'll start with a conversation with local photographer/artist Harry Williams, who p…
1 year, 7 months ago