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London’s largest ever public protests for climate and Earth justice have come to a close. An estimated hundred thousand attended the four-day event, organized by Extinction Rebellion and other UK groups, rallying around the theme, “Unite to Survive.”
Shit doesn’t just happen. Stock market crashes, multi-vehicle pileups, the collapse of tall buildings, wildfires, viral pandemics … None of these phenomena have a single, simple explanation. Rather, they all result from a multitude of events, factors and situations — proximal, distal and invariably complex. Thomas Homer-Dixon is a complexity theorist. Listen to our conversation.
Donald Trump cited a frightful list of anti-American threats in his 4300-word nomination acceptance speech: terrorism, immigrants, crime, violence, gangs, drugs, lawlessness, government regulation, media elites. He had nothing to say about multidrug-resistant superbugs.
Rising seas linked to climate change pose a major threat to coastal cities around the world. Dutch engineers are designing nature-based flood control systems that are cheap, effective, and environmentally friendly.
We use lots of items in our daily lives. We use them and then throw them away, or perhaps recycle them when they wear out or get damaged. Then again, some of us prefer to repair for re-use — at a Repair Cafe.
Bacteria and fungi, Earth’s quintessential biochemists, are famous for the odd molecules they produce. But human beings are no slouches. According to one estimate, global commerce swells with thousands of industrial chemicals, many completely novel, some very toxic
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Physical abuse, assassination, bribery, the use of human shields, looting … These are among the acts former Israeli soldiers describe to Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence in the course of interviews about their service in the occupied Palestinian territories.
I’ve always hung out on the margins, with all the other misfits, freaks and queers; on the edge, the border between femininity and masculinity, between brownness and whiteness, a standpoint that offers me a unique worldview.
Checkpoint 56, in Israeli-occupied Hebron, is a fearsome sight to behold. Flashed before your eyes in a Rorschach test, it could be taken for a high-voltage substation, or an industrial meat grinder.
Rob Kendrick — aka Shakydad — is a highly successful guy with Parkinson’s Disease. Listen to him reflect on the challenges and changes Parkinson’s has offered up, for worse and for better.
Back in 2012, on a visit to the occupied Palestinian territories, I set out to speak with someone who refers to these gorgeous lands as “Judea” and “Samaria.” That is to say, with a Jewish settler.
In an agronomy lab and farm field in Montpellier, France, scientists are uncovering the secrets of one of the world’s great crops. The potential spin-offs for global green economies are huge.
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Mycorrhizal fungi: underground networks of the most mysterious and crucial sort, here on planet Earth. Thank heavens for them. Less fortunately: Gazans, imprisoned in Israel-USA’s Buchenwald on the Mediterranean. A bunch of them are writing poetry. We speak to one.
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Zines from Gaza — Poetry from Israel-USA’s Dachau on the Mediterranean. And, 32 years after Rwanda’s 100-day genocide, the Ghosts of Hate Radio Haunt the Halls.
Another deep dive into the Earth Chronicles audio vault: Tales of Creation & Don’t Ask What a River is For.
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Seven hundred million years ago, Earth’s oceans were frozen solid — so geologists say. In today’s GPM, Canadian geologist Paul Hoffman provides details. And, today, Earth’s oceans are liquid, and taking a walloping. Ocean scientists assess the damage. We speak with one of the coordinators of the Third World Ocean Assessment Report.
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A deep dive into our audio vaults: Earth in Motion — a documentary-voicescape about planet Earth, and how her rocks move.
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At Columbia University, in NYC, students protest against the university’s passionate and uncritical embrace of AI. And, a math professor talks about what AI and math have in common, if anything.
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