REWIND: Reimagining Capitalism / Fossil Fuels in Your Portfolio on Climate One – Sunday at 8am

Radio REWIND Reimagining Capitalism Fossil Fuels

Maintaining a consumption-driven economy while keeping emissions down seems more and more like a pipe dream -- is it time to re-think capitalism altogether? “The only thing it requires is a massive cultural and political movement changing the rules that constrain capitalism,” says Rebecca Henderson, author of Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire, “but as soon as we can do that we’re done.” Short of a whole new capitalism, can the stock market be used as a tool for climate action? We may not all be managing billions in assets, but can we use our nest eggs to help finance a green economy?

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Climate One

May 07, 2021

Climate Stories We Tell Ourselves on Climate One – Sunday at 8am  

How do our identities and values shape the way we listen to others’ climate experiences? Author Nathaniel Rich and journalist Meera Subramanian cover the hopes, fears, and middle-of-the-night concerns affecting the people living closest to climate change. In Georgia, farmers were convinced that…
April 30, 2021

Distorted Democracy and the “Zero-Sum Game” on Climate One – Sunday at 8am  

In the US, we’ve become accustomed to climate -- like nearly everything else -- being politicized. Even when potential solutions might benefit everyone, a zero-sum mentality has taken hold where there’s an “us” and a “them” and progress for them comes at the expense of us. “Racism in our politics…
April 23, 2021

Living With Climate Disruption on Climate One – Sunday at 8am  

The impacts of climate change may come fast or slow. A wildfire amplified by drought may rip through a town in a matter of hours, or rising seas may take years to destroy a neighborhood. Health impacts may show up in months, or take the form of devastating cancer rates that rise over a decade.…
April 02, 2021

Entrepreneurs Creating an Inclusive Economy on Climate One – Sunday at 8am

As the spring of 2021 arrives, it would be hard to design a more challenging — or more promising — moment for implementing climate solutions. Americans are reeling from an economic shutdown that’s pushed many out of the workforce, and widened the gap between the wealthy and the poor. In this brave…
March 26, 2021

Weird Winters on Climate One – Sunday at 8am

Warmer, shorter winters may sound like an impact of climate change that would inspire more joy than despair. But rising temperatures and decreasing snowpack won’t just transform water supplies and species ranges. It will also disrupt a multi-billion dollar winter sport industry, including the jobs…

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