Environment

Mosquito-Flavored Popcorn, or What Climate Scientists Are Getting Wrong (Episode 8 of Crazy Town)

By Asher Miller, Rob Dietz, Jason Bradford, originally published by Resilience.org

April 29, 2019

Crazy Town ep 8

Asher Miller

Asher became the Executive Director of Post Carbon Institute in October 2008, after having served as the manager of our former Relocalization Network program. He’s worked in the nonprofit sector since 1996 in various capacities. Prior to joining Post Carbon Institute, Asher founded Climate Changers, an organization that inspires people to reduce their impact on the climate by focusing on simple and achievable actions anyone can take.

Tags: agriculture, climate change environmental effects, Crazy Town, food security

WHO employees in Dhaka

As climate change supercharges disease, Trump pulls US from World Health Organization

By Zoya Teirstein, Grist

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization, the United Nations agency tasked with protecting global public health.

January 28, 2025

Anti-Heathrow expansion protest

Expanding Heathrow is incompatible with net zero – here’s the evidence

By Richard Sulley, The Conversation

The UK government is set to back plans for a third runway at Heathrow, the country’s busiest airport, and to expand two other airports near London: Gatwick and Luton. The move is designed to support the government’s “mission” to grow the economy.

January 27, 2025

Wir haben es satt! demonstrators make their way up Berlin’s Unter den Linden with banners that say “Common good before corporate interests” and “Farms not agri-industry”. Photo: Fabian Melber/www.wir-haben-es-satt.de

Hand in Hand for the Future of Farming – Call For Courage at #WHES25

By ARC2020 Staff, ARC2020

At this year’s Wir haben es satt! Demonstration in Berlin, thousands of farmers, activists and consumers gathered in front of the Reichstag to demand bold action on agri-food policy, urging the next German government to deliver fair prices, support for agroecological farming and decisive climate action ahead of a pivotal federal election.

January 27, 2025