For vulnerable communities, libraries are increasingly becoming a refuge in times of disaster.
Climate Change
Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, the short-attention span sampler edition of MVP, featuring a few little and big things on my broken mind.
Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, Sarah wonders if everyone can see her judging others’ carbon footprints.
At Freetown Farm, members of the community can learn the names of medicinal herbs and harvest vegetables, all while developing a deeper relationship to the land and local community.
Opinion | Climate Crisis | Minimum Viable Planet | Sarah Lazarovic | IPCC | COP 26 | Climate Anxiety
Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, a pep talk in the wake of the big IPCC report.
Domestic care workers have been overlooked in the economy and as political actors for too long.
People are calling for a more nuanced discussion of climate change and mental health—one that centers the experiences of marginalized communities.
Raj Patel’s new film follows one Malawian activist’s efforts to bring the immediacy of climate change to the U.S.
“The Ministry for the Future” is a vision of everything we could do to save the planet, and ourselves, from catastrophic global warming.
“The Atlas of Disappearing Places” presents a realistic but not completely hopeless future for the Arctic.
If we’re going to survive as a species and heal the Earth, we’ll need to drastically cut back on our consumption.
Gaza has been forced to rely on high-efficiency solutions for political reasons. Soon, the rest of the world will have to do so for climate-related reasons.
The Sámi people of Northern Sweden oppose geoengineering as a solution to climate change because they say it follows the same logic that produced the climate crisis in the first place.
Engaging residents opens the opportunity for them to thrive despite the ever-increasing climate emergency.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, comics to help you stay positive and take action.
Baltimore is suing major oil and gas companies for spurring the climate crisis and the rising temperatures that have an outsized impact on low-income, urban areas.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, hot and bothered and insulted by my children.
There is no point at which we can no longer strive to make the future better than it otherwise would be.
Efforts to decolonize forest protection have been stalling for years. COVID-19 might give the movement the urgency it needs.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad.
Experts agree that cities need diverse water supplies, but desalination plants remain controversial.
She says the pandemic has shown how quickly we can develop a vaccine once we really put our resources behind it; it's time to do the same for climate solutions.
BIPOC leaders pursue visionary solutions proportional to the climate emergency we face.
“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, the myopia of climate metrics.
When schools achieve environmental justice, the whole climate benefits.
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