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Adulting in Turbulent Times Jun 14, 2024

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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 acknowledging that all does not feel fine in the world at the present moment. But living through extreme intensity isn’t a completely unique experience. Generations before us have endured existential crises of unimaginable magnitudes.

So how do we navigate this period of uncertainty — regardless of our age? And what tools can we use to build resilience in the midst of what feels like a lot?

Guests:

Emily Raboteau, Author, “Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against ‘The Apocalypse’”

Ana Alanis, Founder, Hungry for Climate Action

Andrew Bryant, Co-Director, North Seattle Therapy & Counseling

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BONUS: Wade Crowfoot on Building Wildfire Resilience Jun 10, 2024

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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 in an effort to beat back the flames. California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot oversees the state's public lands, parks, wildlife and its firefighting agency, CalFire.

As part of our slate of SF Climate Week events,Secretary Crowfootspoke withKQED Science ReporterDanielle Venton about his work leading efforts to better adapt the state to the risk of wildfires.

Guests:

Wade Crowfoot, California Secretary for Natural Resources

Danielle Venton, Science reporter, KQED

This conversation was recorded live on April 23, 2024 and supported in part by the Resources Legacy Fund.

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Rekindling Our Relationship With Wildfire Jun 07, 2024

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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, we’re starting to fight fire with fire. Prescribed burns may help prevent large, catastrophic wildfires. While using fire as a tool to manage the forest may be a relatively new concept to some, Indigenous communities have used fire to manage their environment for thousands of years. Is it time to rethink our relationship with wildfire?

Guests:

Susan Prichard, Fire Ecologist, University of Washington School of Environmental and Forest Sciences

Ana Alanis, Founder, Hungry for Climate Action

Nick Mott, Multimedia journalist

Frank Kanawha Lake, Research Ecologist and Tribal Liaison, USDA Forest Service

This episode was supported by the Resources Legacy Fund.

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You Gonna Finish That? Saving Good Food from Going Bad May 31, 2024

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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 whopping one-third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. These two problems — waste and emissions — are intricately linked: Climate disruption exacerbates food insecurity. And industrial food production contributes to the climate crisis. When food is wasted, it’s also a waste of land, water and energy.

In this episode, we talk with experts about how to fix the broken system and hear from some of the people on the ground recovering food before it goes to waste. How can we address both climate and food insecurity at the same time?

Guests:

Dawn King, Senior Lecturer, Brown University

Lisa Moon, CEO, The Global FoodBanking Network

Norma Alonso, ABACO, Cooperation Manager

James Leyson, Managing Director for Global Impact and Operations, Scholars of Sustenance

This episode also features a news story produced by Harvest Public Media contributor Peter Medlin, a reporter with WNIJ Northern Public Radio.

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Staycation: All I Ever Wanted May 24, 2024

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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 of awe in our own neighborhoods?

After years of extreme expeditions all over the world, adventurer Alastair Humphreys spent a year exploring the detailed local map around his home. His new book “Local” is an ode to slowing down, as well as a rallying cry to protect the wild places on our doorstep.

This episode also features field reporting from Producers Austin Colón and Megan Biscieglia.

Guest:

Alastair Humphreys, Author, adventurer

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Fighting Fossil Fuels in the Courts and on the Ballot May 17, 2024

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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, at age 20, she won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for her work shutting down toxic wells throughout the Los Angeles region. The same year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law prohibiting such neighborhood wells. Then Big Oil bankrolled a referendum on the matter for the November 2024 ballot, putting the restrictions Cobo fought so hard for on hold.

Also in California, State Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit against five of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, along with the lobbying organization American Petroleum Institute, for willfully misleading the public about climate change. This week we explore two methods of challenging fossil fuels: in the courts and on the ballot.

Guests:

Nalleli Cobo, Cofounder, People Not Pozos

Rob Bonta, California Attorney General

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Special: Remembering Pete McCloskey May 15, 2024

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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 the Korean War, McCloskey was perhaps best known for the politically fraught move of challenging a sitting president in his own party - Richard Nixon - in the 1972 presidential primary because of the Vietnam War. He was the first member of Congress — from either party — to call for President Nixon’s resignation during the Watergate scandal.

After he left public office in the 1980s, he continued to champion peace and environmental causes. About fifteen years ago, he became an early supporter of young people bringing climate cases into the courts. In 2011 he came on Climate One with other experts to discuss the first suits that young people filed alleging the US government has a responsibility to protect a healthy atmosphere for future generations. That effort laid the groundwork for the ongoing case Juliana vs. United States and another that was recently won in Montana.

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Big Plastic: The New Big Oil May 10, 2024

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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 of plastics alone produces about 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions. After what is often a single use, the resulting waste continues releasing the greenhouse gasses ethylene and methane as it breaks apart.

Yet, as petrochemical companies pay lip service ending fuel production, they are pouring resources into plastics production. How do we wrap up our reliance on plastics?

Guests:

Diane Wilson, Founder and Director, San Antonio Bay Waterkeeper

Jane Patton, U.S. Fossil Economy Campaign Manager, Center for International Environmental Law

Susannah Scott, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara

Alexis Jackson, Ocean Policy and Plastics Lead, California Chapter, The Nature Conservancy

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When California Dreams Hit Political Reality May 03, 2024

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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 behind in meeting its ambitious emission targets, and has been criticized for over-relying on emerging clean energy technologies that may not bear out.

At the same time, the state is at increasing risk from severe wildfires, epic floods and other impacts worsened by burning fossil fuels. What can the nation learn from California’s attempts to mitigate climate disruption?

Guests:

Scott Wiener, California State Senator

Nancy Skinner, California State Senator

Liane Randolph, Chair, California Air Resources Board

Mari Rose Taruc, Energy Justice Director, California Environmental Justice Alliance

Eleni Kounalakis, Lieutenant Governor, California

Jennifer Barrera, President & CEO, California Chamber of Commerce

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SF Climate Week 2024: Are Businesses and Governments Measuring What Matters? May 01, 2024

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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 School and leads sustainability and energy finance initiatives at Stanford Law, Graduate School of Business, and the Doerr School for Sustainability. She argues that when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, businesses need to get as good at accounting for their pollution as they are for their dollars.

Guest:

Alicia Seiger, Lecturer, Stanford Law School

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