Climate education and literacy is an often overlooked climate solution. This week, we spoke to Rebecca Lindsey, project director of Climate.us. Her team of former Climate.gov staff rebuilt the federal government’s free climate science resource after 2025 federal cutbacks. Now an independent nonprofit, the site keeps climate science accessible to everyone.
Group-buys of heat pumps can encourage more homeowners to make the switch from traditional gas furnaces, which are large contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, by offsetting the high upfront cost. Shreyas Sudhakar, founder and CEO of heat pump installment company Vayu, also comments on both the technical efficiency and sustainability benefits of the shift to heat pumps.
Solar panels have become a leading solution in the race to expand renewable energy infrastructure – but cost, both environmental and financial, is a critical challenge. This week, we spoke to materials scientist Dr. Marina Leite whose work on perovskite solar cells represents a significant advancement in making solar development cleaner and cheaper.
As livestock farming is increasingly known as a major cause of greenhouse gas emissions, cellular agriculture has emerged as a sustainable alternative to conventional meat production. This week, we spoke with Dr. Natalie Rubio, co-founder and CEO of Deco Labs, about how advances in cellular agriculture could make cultured meat more affordable and accessible.
The Central Valley faces devastating water shortages exacerbated by climate change. At the same time, California requires massive solar energy deployment to meet its climate goals. The Valley Clean Infrastructure Plan is an ambitious plan to build out solar energy capacity across the Central Valley in what would be an economic lifeline for the region’s farmers and, if fully built out, the largest solar energy project in the world.
As climate change increases the frequency and strength of extreme weather events, disabled individuals are uniquely vulnerable. This week, we spoke with Germán Parodi, a leader at the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, about methods for adapting emergency planning and response to the needs of the disabled community.
The development of new solar farms demands a limited and precious resource – land – which is also critical to ranchers and graziers raising livestock. This week, we spoke to Stacie Peterson, Executive Director of the American Solar Grazing Association, about solar grazing, an approach to multi-purpose land use that supports clean energy, ecological health, economic growth, and happy sheep.
For decades, lithium-ion batteries have been on the cutting edge, but now, sodium-ion batteries could make renewable energy storage more abundant, cheaper, and less carbon-intensive. Dr. Shirely Meng explains how sodium could be used to complement lithium-ion batteries, especially for large scale grid storage, by relying on an abundant resource and existing manufacturing infrastructure.
Cheese is one of the least sustainable food products in the world. Matt Gibson, the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of New Culture, has spearheaded a way to make cheese more eco-friendly—without sacrificing taste.
A more equitable, climate-ready workforce may be cultivated through green job training. This week, we spoke to Julia Hatton, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rising Sun Center for Opportunity, about how training people from underserved communities for careers in the building trades can create economic opportunity while advancing energy efficiency and climate solutions.