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A podcast taking you behind the scenes on the politics, investments and actions meeting the climate crisis head on like no other.

Outrage + Optimism (podcast)

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Check out the podcast Outrage + Optimism by Global Optimism, hosted by Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac, and Paul Dickinson.

Every episode comes with a transcript which can be found on the podcast's website.

The authors have also written a book on climate change called The Future We Choose.

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Most people don’t realize that conventional dairy already has been focused on sustainability, we just don’t advertise

- We sequester carbon with the crops growing for the cows

- We use organic fertilizer from the cows instead on relying on synthetic fertilizers

- We recycle all our water to grow crops for the cows

- Cows up-cycle food byproducts into usable nutrition that would otherwise go to a landfill

Cows are a valuable part of the earths ecology and ecosystems. Many dairy farms today are installing methane digesters- that take cow manure, capture the emissions, and make renewable power. Installing these systems make dairies carbon negative meaning they are taking out more emissions than they are creating.

States adjusted by use of renewable energy.

Blake Zimmerman of Houston, Texas discusses what Liquefied Natural Gas is, how it’s created, and why it’s an essential export for the United States.

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Cities need to be redesigned for the climate crisis. Can they make us happy, too?

It’s tempting to draw lines on a map, but we can’t forget that cities should be designed for the people who live there

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