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More Care, Less Carbon

Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, the short-attention span sampler edition of MVP, featuring a few little and big things on my broken mind.

Sarah Lazarovic | Sep 29, 2021

States Are Buying Hotels to House Displaced Wildfire Survivors

The climate crisis and the pandemic are spurring local governments to take action—and finally begin to address chronic homelessness.

Julie Strupp | Sep 21, 2021

Judging Your Climate Impact (and Mine)

Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, Sarah wonders if everyone can see her judging others’ carbon footprints.

Sarah Lazarovic | Sep 10, 2021

Managing Climate Panic After the IPCC Report

Minimum Viable Planet is a weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, a pep talk in the wake of the big IPCC report.

Sarah Lazarovic | Sep 6, 2021

Care Workers Demand Federal Support as First Responders in Climate Crises

Domestic care workers have been overlooked in the economy and as political actors for too long.

Rucha Chitnis | Sep 2, 2021

Is It Time to Abandon the Term “Climate Anxiety”?

People are calling for a more nuanced discussion of climate change and mental health—one that centers the experiences of marginalized communities.

Isobel Whitcomb | Aug 31, 2021

The Power of Personalizing the Climate Crisis

Raj Patel’s new film follows one Malawian activist’s efforts to bring the immediacy of climate change to the U.S.

Breanna Draxler | Aug 27, 2021

Imagine a World of Climate Solutions

“The Ministry for the Future” is a vision of everything we could do to save the planet, and ourselves, from catastrophic global warming.

Lynn Fitz-Hugh | Aug 26, 2021

As Our Bodies and Planetary Systems Become “Inflamed,” How Do We Heal?

In their new book, authors Rupa Marya and Raj Patel explore how capitalism and colonialism have caused sickness and how Indigenous knowledge can offer healing.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Aug 23, 2021

Excerpt | Climate Change

The Present and (Possible) Future Arctic

“The Atlas of Disappearing Places” presents a realistic but not completely hopeless future for the Arctic.

Christina Conklin, Marina Psaros | Aug 19, 2021

Enough for Everyone

Given the current climate emergency and the broader ecological breakdown that looms, there are few issues more pressing than that expressed by the single word: enough. Yet, it is possible to satisfy humanity’s universal needs fairly—and keep the world livable.

Stan Cox | Aug 10, 2021

Gaza, a Surprising Model for Urban Living

Gaza has been forced to rely on high-efficiency solutions for political reasons. Soon, the rest of the world will have to do so for climate-related reasons.

Charles Mudede | Aug 10, 2021

What Role Should Social Justice Play in Climate Science?

The Sámi people of Northern Sweden oppose geoengineering as a solution to climate change because they say it follows the same logic that produced the climate crisis in the first place.

Haley Dunleavy | Aug 4, 2021

The Best Climate Solutions Start with Listening to Communities

Engaging residents opens the opportunity for them to thrive despite the ever-increasing climate emergency.

Ezra David Romero | Aug 3, 2021

Suffering the Heat of Climate Change, Cities Seek Retribution

Baltimore is suing major oil and gas companies for spurring the climate crisis and the rising temperatures that have an outsized impact on low-income, urban areas.

Sushma Subramanian | Jul 22, 2021

Heat: A Comic

“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, hot and bothered and insulted by my children.

Sarah Lazarovic | Jul 7, 2021

Opinion | Minimum Viable Planet

Why the Shift from “Climate Change” to “Climate Emergency” Matters

“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, emergence through emergency.

Sarah Lazarovic | Jul 5, 2021

Opinion | Climate Anxiety | Mental Health | Climate Change

Opinion | Minimum Viable Planet | Climate Change

How to Actually Achieve Climate Goals: Policy

“Minimum Viable Planet” is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, the myopia of climate metrics.

Sarah Lazarovic | May 10, 2021