The Anthropocene Project, Featuring the Acclaimed Photography of Edward Burtynsky, Launches New VR App
The Anthropocene Project—the cumulative work of a years-long exploration of humanity’s impact on the world—is embracing the future with a new VR app. A multidisciplinary endeavor combining a feature documentary (directed by Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal, and Nicholas de Pencier), art... Continue Reading →
Edward Burtynsky Premieres New Documentary ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch
Four years in the making, ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch is a feature documentary from the award-winning team of Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal, and Nicholas de Pencier. It’s a masterful meditation on humanity’s massive reshaping of the planet, and debuts in over 100 theaters in the US alone,... Continue Reading →
Naomi Klein’s New Book On Fire Hits Shelves Just in Time for #ClimateStrike
As students, workers, and people from all walks of life around the world are striking in the name of climate reform, bestselling author and renowned journalist Naomi Klein has released a hot new title—On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a New Green Deal. A longtime prominent figure calling for... Continue Reading →
New Speaker Michael Green Has a Solution to Housing Shortages—And It’s Sustainable
With the climate crisis rapidly snowballing, how can we afford to house the 3 billion people who will need homes in the next twenty years? For sustainable architect Michael Green, the answer is building with wood. Almost half of our energy use and greenhouse gas emissions are related to the... Continue Reading →
Shalini Kantayya at TED: The Future of The American Dream is Green
“Saving our environment doesn’t come at the cost of jobs and the economy,” says filmmaker, environmentalist, and TED Fellow Shalini KantayYa in her newest TED Residency talk. Instead, she says, we need to think about cultivating a clean future, while creating opportunities today. “The idea of... Continue Reading →
What Are You Reading?: Adam Briggle Makes Two Recommendations
What are the ideas and voices informing our most exciting keynote speakers? This week, we reached out to Adam Briggle, Lavin environment speaker, grassroots leader, and author of A Field Philosopher’s Guide to Fracking, and asked him a simple question: what are you reading? As it turns out, Briggle... Continue Reading →
It’s Easy Being Green: Lavin Speakers Talk Technology and Sustainability
Melting ice caps. Rising sea levels. Steadily mounting temperatures. The fallout from industrialization has been significant, and climate change is here. But is there still time to change our fate? A new generation of thinkers—of entrepreneurs, innovators, and inventors—are changing the way we look... Continue Reading →
Trash Is for Tossers: Introducing New Speaker Lauren Singer
In the past four years, Lauren Singer has fit all her garbage into a 16 oz mason jar. No, there’s no magic at work here: Singer lives what she calls a Zero Waste lifestyle—she shops package free, makes her own cleaning products, toothpaste, and deodorant, composts, and (as a last resort) recycles,... Continue Reading →