Sustain What?
Episodes
In Conversation with Renegade Economist Kate Raworth and Future-focused Philosopher Roman Krznaric
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What decisions can we make today as individuals and societies to create a better tomorrow?Join Columbia Climate School's Andrew Revkin, economist Kate...
Sustain What: How Many Billions Can a Heating, Pandemic-Wrapped Planet Support?
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
October 7, 2020On Fridays, the Sustain What webcast of Columbia University's Earth Institute dives behind headlines and hashtags with leading journali...
Hope and Sensemaking in a Pandemic? A "Futuring" Conversation with Thomas Homer-Dixon & More
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
October 2, 2020Thomas Homer-Dixon, the bestselling author of The Upside of Down and other books exploring pathways through complexity, joins Sustain W...
Overwhelmed by COVID-19, Climate and More? Slow Down and Stretch Your Time Scales
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A pandemic and attendant economic crisis rock the world along with political and social turmoil intensified by an overheating information environment ...
The Pandemic was Predicted - So What?
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this webcast, former senior intelligence and national security officers explore headlines noting that intelligence reports provided to the Trump Wh...
Risks and Choices as Populations Surge in Flood Zones, Rich and Poor
15 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Air Date: August 6, 2021DESCRIPTION: In this special live Sustain What webcast, join host Andy Revkin of the Columbia Climate School and http://revkin...
Pathways to Impact in Perilously Polarized Times
15 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Aired: June 2, 2021A special Sustain What episode with two scientists, a journalist and a songwriter offering ways to navigate turbulence, polarizatio...
‘Ministry for the Future’ Author Kim Stanley Robinson Meets Inheritors of Our Climate Future
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Air Date: December 23, 2020Earlier this year, the famed climate-focused novelist Kim Stanley Robinson told Columbia students: “I’ve been pushing m...
Herman Daly and Kate Raworth on Pandemic-Resistant Economies
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In my 400-plus Sustain What conversations, several stand out, includng this intergenerational discussion of economic models that can fit on a finite p...