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Who is "We"?
On the abuse of an annoying pronoun
Dec 4 • David Valerio
Reflections on the Voluntary Carbon Market
Takeaways from a few years in a strange industry
Oct 22 • David Valerio
Flittering
Dabbling, jumping, escaping
Dec 11 • David Valerio
Grant Mulligan on Absurdism, Wildlife Biology, and Positive-Sum Environmentalism
"Zero-sum thinking says if we let anything get built, we've lost nature for good. Positive-sum thinking lets human ingenuity and nature's resilience…
Jul 15 • David Valerio
1:06:27
My Natural History
How Houston, Texas formed a devout Byzantine Catholic oceanographer.
Jul 16, 2024 • David Valerio
17:33
Photosynthesis or Photovoltaics?
Why environmentalists sue renewable energy projects
May 16 • David Valerio
Heidi Steltzer on Earth Science, Mysticism, and Theology
"The solution can't only be in the material world. It has to include other ways of knowing and being, a reintegration of the magical, the mystical, the…
May 27 • David Valerio
1:01:43
Aesthetic of Rigor
On the appearance of credibility
Nov 25 • David Valerio
Sydney Rodman on Orthodox Judaism, Invasive Species, and Life-Affirming Environmentalism
"If you work in climate and all you talk about is fossil fuel emissions and natural disasters, then you've entered a death cult. You're not focusing on…
Mar 13 • David Valerio
58:30
What Is Man That Thou Art Mindful of Him?
Catholic Social Teaching's Anthropological Response to Artificial Intelligence
Sep 3 • David Valerio
Ross Kenyon on Christianity and Climate
What has Jesus to do with carbon?
Sep 19, 2024 • David Valerio
1:12:24
Kaleo Fernandez on Hawai'i, Climate Tech, and Spirituality
"Technology guided by wisdom. That seems to me to be one of the great challenges of our generation."
Feb 20 • David Valerio
1:04:17
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