State intervention and planning are not capitalism’s preferred ways of working, yet the need for state and globally agreed action is essential to tackling global warming. Yet if there is no viable planet then there is no capitalism either. Could this existential threat force capitalism to deal with the climate crisis? Having posed the question and put forward demands for achieving progress, we certainly shouldn’t just wait for this to happen, nor can we afford to wait for socialism to rescue us either. We need to campaign today to make governments act to halt the continued warming of our planet. We can also join with the developing world which is seeking climate justice. These are the countries often most affected by climate change, but they are not the ones which caused it. They demand that the industrialised countries who made their wealth from polluting the planet pay for the transition to a green future.

Podcast  126 - Cops And Robbers In The Climate Crisis

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the new administration's plan to fast-track oil and gas projects, and how chlorine levels in public drinking water supplies can increase risks of cancer. Doug previews his new song called, “I’m Rich and I Don’t Care.” Then Dr. Genevieve Guenther, author of The Language of Climate Politics, talks about her growing concern about the climate crisis and how the language we use can help move people to take action. 

The Climate Crisis: Words Matter - with author Genevieve Guenther

The final episode of the Climate History podcast is also the first episode of The Climate Chronicles, a new podcast created, produced, and narrated by our host, Professor Dagomar Degroot of Georgetown University. 

The Climate Chronicles is a unique multimedia production that uses dramatic storytelling to explain how climate change shaped the history of humanity, from our evolution to the current climate crisis. 

It explores how and why climate changed in the past; how researchers in many fields identify human responses to past climate changes; how scientists first learned about the history of climate change; and what this history could tell us about the future. 

In our introductory episode, Professor Degroot uses one of the great adventure stories of the seventeenth century - the tale of fourteen desperate men deserted on two tiny Arctic islands - to identify key themes in the history of climate change. 

You can find The Climate Chronicles wherever you listen to podcasts, or you can visit TheClimateChronicles.com to view episode trailers, download audio files, and read illustrated transcripts with maps, graphs, infographics, and citations. 

Introducing The Climate Chronicles: A New Podcast on the History of Climate Change

Part Two, after "Being the Earth" meditation and Talk. This dharma talk continues to explore how Buddhist perspectives influence how we respond to the climate crisis. This talk was given by Mark Coleman at Spirit Rock in March 2025.

Meeting the Reality of the Climate / Ecological Crisis with Awareness, Wisdom and Compassion

Only You

How does a teenage goodie-two-shoes grow up to be a convicted criminal? On Committed, a new four-part series from Novara Media, we go behind bars to find out why dozens of young climate activists are risking prison for what they believe in – and why Britain's courts are sending more of them to jail for longer. 

Committed begins on 22 April in the Novara Media podcast feed. 

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Committed: A New Series Out Now

Locked in their cells for up to 22 hours a day, how are Britain’s jailed climate activists coping with a life of inaction? In episode two of Committed, Rivkah and Clare follow the Just Stop Oil inmates to find out how they’re adjusting. How does JSO prepare activists for incarceration? What’s it really like inside Britain’s prisons? And what do the guards and other inmates think of Just Stop Oil activists’ crimes?

Episode 3 coming on 29 April.

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Committed: 2. How Do Climate Activists Cope in Prison?

Malcolm Harris Returns to This Is Hell! to discuss his new book, "What's Left: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview.

Check out Malcolm's book here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/malcolm-harris/whats-left/9780316577410/?lens=little-brown

What Paths Remain for Preventing Climate Apocalypse? / Malcolm Harris

This poem is inspired by recent research, which has found that the richest 1% of people caused 20 times more warming than the global average since 1990.

Inheritance Pattern

Weltende ist eine musikalische Momentaufnahme unserer Zeit – klar, düster, kompromisslos.
Der Song verbindet apokalyptischen Rap mit expressionistischer Poesie und wirft den Blick mitten in die Krisen der Gegenwart: Klimakollaps, politische Extreme, Desinformation, Kontrollverlust.

Der Refrain greift das expressionistische Gedicht „Weltende“ von Jakob van Hoddis (1911) auf – prophetische Zeilen aus der Vergangenheit, die die Gegenwart erschreckend genau treffen.

Ein Song wie ein kollektiver Alarm. Keine Flucht. Kein Trost. Nur Realität.


Weltende is a musical snapshot of our time – stark, bleak, and unapologetically direct.
Blending apocalyptic rap with expressionist poetry, the track dives deep into today’s defining crises: climate collapse, political extremes, disinformation, and the slow-motion fall of normality.

The chorus quotes “Weltende” by Jakob van Hoddis (1911) – prophetic lines from the past that strike the present with unsettling precision.

A song like a collective siren. No escape. No comfort. Just truth.


Weltende

Climate History features interviews and discussions about the history of climate change. Conversations consider what the past can tell us about our present and future.  It is hosted by Dr. Dagomar Degroot, associate professor of environmental history at Georgetown University, and Emma Moesswilde, a PhD student in environmental and climate history at Georgetown.

The Socialist Correspondent attempts to get to the truth behind events. Using Marxist principles, it shines a light on those responsible for war, terrorism and exploitation and reports and analyses the struggles of working people across the globe. The Socialist Correspondent is partisan. It unashamedly supports those fighting for peace, justice and socialism.

Green Street is a science-based environmental health program hosted by Patti and Doug Wood. Each week, we bring you news and information you need to know and practical solutions for navigating an unhealthy world.

Hi! I'm an academic whose work is dedicated to making science more accessible to diverse audiences via the medium of poetry.

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