Archive - Sustain What

Causes and Potential Solutions to the LA Wildfire Disaster

By Patrick Brown

Published on The Breakthrough Journal • Jan 11

A Wildfire Risk Watchword - "Grandfathered"

I’ll be posting more here soon on the Los Angeles-area firestorms extreme wind-driven fires [updated; see correction] and the implications of this…

Jan 10 •

"Wild" Fire is Inevitable; Urban Home Ignitions Are Not

Anyone in harm's way in California's horrendous wildfire outbreak should skip this post

Jan 8 •

With Trump's Victory Certified, Here's Why January 7 Should be a U.S. National Holiday

Yes, I’ll get back to climate and sustainability policy soon, but without functioning democracies (in the United States and elsewhere) don’t count on…

Jan 6 •

I am overwhelmed by the response

Published on Open Windows • Jan 6

Democracy - What's Cartooning Got to Do With It?

Jeff Bezos's flunkies at the Washington Post couldn't stand the heat an editorial artist applies to everyone, including her employer

Jan 5 •

December 2024

Hope Springs Eternal

Dec 31, 2024 •

Elon Musk Hates "Wokepedia," So I Just Donated to Wikipedia

Updated post-show: I hope you’ll listen to my conversation with tech lawyer, journalist and now novelist Stephen Harrison to explore his Wikipedia…

Dec 27, 2024 •

Tell Me What You Want from Sustain What in 2025

If you like what I’m doing, click the ♡ button.

Dec 26, 2024 •

Drone Realities & Delusions, Pet Eaters, Aliens, Clown Panics...

Meet two Rutgers professors who had a close drone encounter

Dec 16, 2024 •

🎁 An Illustrated History of Weather and Climate Knowledge for Your Favorite Weatherbugs

Almost a decade ago, I was approached by a publisher of illustrated histories of ideas and disciplines (The Law Book, The Physics Book, ….) to pull…

Dec 15, 2024 •

A "Watchwords" Warning About Tipping Points Claims - Climatic and Societal

Meet authors of a new paper warning against widspread efforts to apply the phrase tipping points when describing physical climate hazards and societal…

Dec 13, 2024 •

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