Environment

Have yourself a merry, waste-free Christmas. Let your impact be light!

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

The San Gabriel Mountains are the largest open public space in Los Angeles, but some of the range’s most popular spots are covered in piles of trash.

from Greater LA

SoCal is experiencing more droughts, wildfires, and rising sea levels — but UCLA’s Alex Hall believes LA can still be turned into one of the world’s most sustainable megacities by…

COP28 goes local: LA scientists are racing to reverse climate effects

SoCal is experiencing more droughts, wildfires, and rising sea levels — but UCLA’s Alex Hall believes LA can still be turned into one of the world’s most sustainable megacities by…

from Greater LA

How much difference does it make if you drive less or get an EV?

Does reducing driving make a dent?

How much difference does it make if you drive less or get an EV?

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Over the course of 48 hours, The Wall Street Journal's Joanna Stern visited dozens of non-Tesla EV charging stations around LA County. A significant portion of them didn't work.

LA’s EV charging woes: Out-of-order signs, payment problems

Over the course of 48 hours, The Wall Street Journal's Joanna Stern visited dozens of non-Tesla EV charging stations around LA County. A significant portion of them didn't work.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Urban falconer Adam Baz has carved out an interesting career for himself and his four birds of prey in a city with a lot of pigeons and crows to chase.

LA falconry marries business and mouse heads

Urban falconer Adam Baz has carved out an interesting career for himself and his four birds of prey in a city with a lot of pigeons and crows to chase.

from Greater LA

The pandemic and an impulse to curb food waste led Balo Orozco to create Sunset Cultures, an artisanal kombucha and preserves company.

Balo Orozco ferments funky flavored kombuchas

The pandemic and an impulse to curb food waste led Balo Orozco to create Sunset Cultures, an artisanal kombucha and preserves company.

from Good Food

This holiday weekend is a perfect time to hike around LA due to cooler temperatures and red-orange autumn foliage. Cris Hazzard, aka The Hiking Guy, shows you where to go.

Big Horn Mine Trail, Mt. Jacinto: Where to hike off Thanksgiving calories

This holiday weekend is a perfect time to hike around LA due to cooler temperatures and red-orange autumn foliage. Cris Hazzard, aka The Hiking Guy, shows you where to go.

from Greater LA

The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast presents Episode 1 of “How We Survive”

The $80 Million Acre (from 'How We Survive') - Bonus episode

The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast presents Episode 1 of “How We Survive”

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

UCLA scientists say the way ants build their nests might help humans improve traffic and transportation logistics.

Antsy about holiday travel? The tiny insects can help humans solve traffic issues

UCLA scientists say the way ants build their nests might help humans improve traffic and transportation logistics.

from Greater LA

Honeybees have long been the face of the “Save the Bees” campaign, but according to bee researchers at UC Irvine, they aren’t the only bees who need help.

Putting diapers on bees might be the key to saving them

Honeybees have long been the face of the “Save the Bees” campaign, but according to bee researchers at UC Irvine, they aren’t the only bees who need help.

from Greater LA

Zach Phillips, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s “Bug Guy,” takes KCRW on a walk around the grounds to get some sights and sounds.

Take a walk with the ‘Bug Guy’ from Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Zach Phillips, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s “Bug Guy,” takes KCRW on a walk around the grounds to get some sights and sounds.

from Greater LA

By 2035, LADWP plans to provide all power without coal or gas — just hydroelectric, geothermal, hydrogen, solar, and wind. They also vow no harm to low-income ratepayers.

100% renewable energy by 2035 is ambitious but LA’s on track

By 2035, LADWP plans to provide all power without coal or gas — just hydroelectric, geothermal, hydrogen, solar, and wind. They also vow no harm to low-income ratepayers.

from Greater LA

Tustin officials are letting the U.S. Navy hangar fire die out on its own and telling residents to stay inside, as crews with hazmat gear clean up public areas.

‘Don't touch’: Officials to Tustin residents as chunks of burned hangar fall into their yards

Tustin officials are letting the U.S. Navy hangar fire die out on its own and telling residents to stay inside, as crews with hazmat gear clean up public areas.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Tips to be stylish and sustainable – without going broke.

How to find sustainable fashion for less

Tips to be stylish and sustainable – without going broke.

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

California’s redwoods are some of the oldest and largest trees in the world. Some activists and scientists are hoping to save them by planting new redwoods in other places.

Redwoods are thousands of years old. Can we save them amid climate change?

California’s redwoods are some of the oldest and largest trees in the world. Some activists and scientists are hoping to save them by planting new redwoods in other places.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Five years after the Camp Fire destroyed Paradise, CA, about a third of the town has been repopulated, consisting of fire survivors and new residents.

Optimism and tougher building standards: Paradise gains new life 5 years after Camp Fire

Five years after the Camp Fire destroyed Paradise, CA, about a third of the town has been repopulated, consisting of fire survivors and new residents.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

What’s so cool about composting, and how you can do it too.

Is composting really doing anything?

What’s so cool about composting, and how you can do it too.

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Indigenous ecologist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer speaks to the value of living in reciprocity with the natural world.

What we can learn from living in reciprocity with nature

Indigenous ecologist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer speaks to the value of living in reciprocity with the natural world.

from Life Examined

One in four cars sold in California is now electric. EV drivers say switching saves money and the planet. Gas drivers are worried about running out of power.

Electric v. gas: Drivers make the case for and against each

One in four cars sold in California is now electric. EV drivers say switching saves money and the planet. Gas drivers are worried about running out of power.

from Greater LA