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 →
“Energy Policy Is Social Policy”: Shalini Kantayya’s Catching the Sun
In eco-activist and educator Shalini Kantayya’s new film Catching the Sun, audiences get an inside look at America’s green-energy industry and the people driving it. Focused on workers at a solar power jobs training program in Richmond, California, Catching the Sun poses one of the most important... Continue Reading →
A Leap of the Human Imagination: Shalini Kantayya on Solar Energy
Check out Lavin keynote speaker, filmmaker, and eco-activist Shalini Kantayya in a Second Screen Interview clip from the National Geographic Channel’s Breakthrough. With infectious optimism, Kantayya describes a world no longer dependent on fossil fuels: a more peaceful, cleaner, sustainable planet... Continue Reading →
Greenland’s Vanishing Ice Sheet: Laurence C. Smith in The New York Times
The ice sheet covering Greenland is melting—fast. Lakes and river networks crisscross its vast surface, draining into the ocean and expediting the melt. And this past summer, climate expert Dr. Laurence C. Smith—author of The World in 2050, head of the geography department at the University of... Continue Reading →