Archive - Sustain What

How to Feed 9 Billion People Without Trashing and Overheating Earth

My chat on eating without heating, with food-focused writers Michael Grunwald and Tamar Haspel

8 hrs ago •

1:09:55

In 1950 a Republican Senator from Maine Stood up to Homegrown Fascism. So Much for a Repeat...

Updated following the Senate vote

Published on Sustain What • Jul 1

Eating the Earth with Michael Grunwald

Join me at Noon Eastern with food journalists Grunwald and Tamar Haspel (or watch later of course)

Jul 1 •

June 2025

Resurrect George Washington to Defy Wannabe King Trump a Third Term?

Meet Paul Greenberg to explore his bitingly satirical novella laying out this scenario

Jun 30 •

36:05

The Cup is Already Broken, The Laptop is Already Wiped

Finding an upside after a particularly awful tech nightmare moment

Jun 28 •

A Song of Remembrance and Commitment

Here's to good souls taken far too soon

Jun 27 •

From Grief to Grit: Reclaiming Purpose in the Aftermath of USAID

It's time to stir up some Good Trouble

Published on Friends of USAID’s Substack • Jun 26

New York orders its first new nuclear plant in four decades

Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to make the Empire State the nation’s next big atomic project.

Published on FIELD NOTES from Alexander C. Kaufman • Jun 24

Persian Gulf Ship Traffic is Threatened by More than Iran's Mines and Missiles

Jamming of GPS is a growing danger there and in other conflict zones.

Jun 23 •

Asbestos, the Magic Mineral, Is Back!

From the archives, a look at Trump's last attempt to make asbestos great again.

Published on Carbon Upfront! • Jun 22

A Day for Showing Your Climate Stripes, and Trying Other Ways to Make Data Matter

The behavior science is still murky but climate communication experimentation is vital

Jun 21 •

56:37

Meet Kate Marvel, the NASA Climate Scientist Who's Written a "Biography of Earth in Nine Emotions"

Here’s my Sustain What conversation with Kate Marvel, a prominent climate scientist and communicator whose first book, Human Nature - Nine Ways to Feel…

Jun 20 •

55:36

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