Technology Virtual reality is a wondrous tragedy A climate adaptation technology that might have to help us adjust to a world on fire.
Technology The dilemma at the center of crypto and climate change The foundational ideologies of crypto aren't a great match for what's required to stop climate change. Something has to give.
It's the money that matters in embodied carbon The AEC industry can only do so much to reduce embodied carbon in our buildings. Real change requires turning our attention towards the real estate finance industry.
Was human created climate change inevitable? A thought experiment on what would happen if we could rewind the clock, copy paste the Earth a hundred times, and then watch humanity play itself out.
Career A Goldilocks path for working in climate Between advocating for broad based action and developing super specific solutions there's a third viable way to work on climate and make a difference.
Mass timber as a poster child for climate solutions Tall wood buildings are one way to decarbonize the construction industry and they also exemplify some common themes across climate solutions.
Minecraft and the Anthropocene To really understand what it means to live in the Anthropocene we should just play some Minecraft. It's a microcosm for our collective effect on the Earth.
What do you want for dinner three days from now Household food waste is a massive contributor to climate change. It stems from our inability to effectively plan what we want to eat. The solution is to get rid of planning entirely.
No more footnotes of exclusion The climate crisis is the result of relying on incomplete models for far too long. We need to build new ones that no longer need footnotes.
Technology Cyber risk is Climate risk Mitigating climate change means doubling down on software and connectivity. And that means more than doubling up our cybersecurity risk.
Clean power generation: A 24 x 365 endeavor Too often the end goal of getting to 100% clean energy generation is obscured by back and forth discussions on individual solutions. This framework helps keep the end goal always in sight.
How we treat the elderly will dictate the climate death toll We are growing older as a species and the climate is changing. How these two trends intersect will be defined by what place older adults have in our lives.
Aspiring to have wealth should mean aspiring to have zero emissions Climate change is a systems problem, but systems are made up of individuals. And in the fight to prevent the worst of the catastrophe, there’s an opportunity to co-opt the aspirations of affluent individuals as a mitigative step.
Technology Forget peak emissions, peak reality is terrifying We’re headed towards a reality where we will each live in our own little world while the one actual Earth we share heads towards catastrophe.
Technology Cubic cynicism about Silicon Valley Knowing that the profit motive is all consuming, Silicon Valley needs explicit and continuous analysis of the alignment between desired impact and financial returns.
