In ‘Girlfriend on Mars’ a RomCom Competes with Climate Change
Girlfriend on Mars equips itself nicely on the climate change front, but subsuming that narrative and the tensions within it into the love story redirects the novel’s orbit.
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It’s Too Hot to Hate in Climate Change Series ‘Extrapolations’
Scott Z. Burns’ audacious if dramatically uneven climate-change Apple TV+ series shows that while the Earth will change radically, people will not.
‘Pleistocene Park’ Director Luke Griswold-Tergis on Eight-Year’s with a Pathological Optimist
Pleistocene Park director Luke Griswold-Tergis talks about his eight-year filmmaking journey with a very smart, “batshit crazy” self-taught environmentalist.
Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier on Making a Joyful Noise in Dreadful Times
Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier, the hyper-expressive drummer, reflects on the band’s longevity, new LP, and the possibility of making a better world.
Teslas or Woolly Mammoths? An Interview with ‘We Are As Gods’ Filmmakers
Filmmakers David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg talk about ‘We Are As Gods’, which tells the story of environmentalism pioneer, LSD enthusiast, and Whole Earth Catalogue founder, Steward Brand.
‘Bigger Than History: Why Archaeology Matters’
On everything from climate change to gender identity, archaeologists offer vital insight into contemporary issues.
William E. Connolly on the Indifference of the World to Human Endeavor
In Climate Machines, Fascist Drives, and Truth, political theorist William E. Connolly explores how our assumption that the world is made for us has led us into a dangerous complacency.
Climate Strike New York Activists in Photos
Inspired in part by young activist Greta Thunberg, thousands of people participated in the Climate Strike march in New York, with many other events around the world.
The Eternal Snow of Frozen Tears: Saving Melting Landscapes
Zürich's Institute of Landscape Architecture explores the fragile connection between mankind and nature in a multimedia project that merges science with art, turning sounds and images of a changing alpine glacier into a moving call to action.
Bridging the Ontological Gap: The Appeal to Emotion in the BBC’s ‘Blue Planet II’
To get people to care about the planet they must feel a connection to it. In this, the BBC Blue Planet series succeeds.
J.G. Ballard Was Wrong (Sort of) About Climate Change
Ballard's foresight likely came from his rumination on the fate of the planet, not environmental study.
Kayaktivists’ Colorful and Effective Protests in 2015
The most elaborately staged spectacle of 2015 was performed by the “kayaktivists”, a group of environmentalists that successfully stopped oil giant Royal Dutch Shell from drilling in the Arctic.