Most days, the news on climate can be tough. Carbon dioxide levels reaching new heights. Glaciers melting even faster than we thought. White House officials celebrating the prospect of an ice-free Arctic. Not a whole lot of good ways to spin these. But here’s the good news. There are a lot of smart and committed […]
By Jaime Nack “Where do I start?” Whatever the forum, whatever the audience, it’s always the first question I hear when I talk to people about sustainability and personal impact. We all want to make a difference on climate change, but many of us don’t know how we can or where to begin. It can […]
What have you done for me lately? The one-and-only Janet Jackson once asked that question of a bad boyfriend. But lately, we’ve been wondering the very same thing about a far less obvious offender—our front lawn. We water it and then water it some more. We give it a trim to keep it looking super […]
Truly great films about the climate crisis are tough to come by. Allusions to environmental destruction are very familiar in the futuristic dystopias Hollywood churns out like clockwork, but they rarely get the science right—or they abandon it entirely in favor of skipping straight to some post-apocalyptic CGI extravaganza. Those of us with a little […]
The world is watching as Cape Town residents count the days (and drops) to Day Zero—when the city’s tap run dry. The South African city is in the midst of its worst drought in history, and unless a substantial amount of rain falls in the coming months, it could become the first major city to […]
After a long—and in some places very cold—winter, spring is almost here. And with its arrival comes one of our favorite things to do as the days get longer and sunnier. What if we told you that you can make a major difference without leaving your own backyard? That’s right, by simply rethinking how you […]
Most people know Germany for things like its popular car manufactures Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, its annual Oktoberfest—fun fact: Germany has 1,300 breweries and 5,000 different brew brands—and all those brilliant composers (Bach, Beethoven and Schumann, anyone?). But did you know the country is also a clean-energy superpower? Indeed, Germany was one of the first […]
For the third year running, Climate Reality is teaming up with The Climate Coalition for the annual Show the Love celebration! Every year around Valentine’s Day, we get together to really put our hearts into fighting climate change. Show the Love is all about protecting the things we love but could lose to climate change. […]
Changing the behavior of one person is hard enough—let alone millions of citizens around the world. Find out what lessons psychology can teach us about inspiring climate action. There’s the old line that the first step to solving a problem is understanding it. But when it comes to climate change, what happens when understanding alone […]