Essays
Nature, Climate, or Justice
Occasionally in harmony, often at odds
Essays
What Is Man That Thou Art Mindful of Him?
Catholic Social Teaching's Anthropological Response to Artificial Intelligence
Candice Ammori on Community Building, Climate Tech, and Accepting Reality
"Capitalism in its current form will not survive both AI and climate change."
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 work together in innovative ways."
Silas Mähner on Catholicism, Climate Tech Recruiting, and Stewarding Earth
"I believe that we're given certain skills for ourselves, but the things we do are meant to give back to others and bring them to God."
Max Joshua on Space Science, Methane Monitoring, and LGBTQ+ Advocacy
"We're connected to each other and to the world in ways which are somewhat inexplicable by science. There is more than just science. There's more than just thinking."
Podcast
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 divine."
Photosynthesis or Photovoltaics?
Why environmentalists sue renewable energy projects
Will Clayton on Christianity, Carbon Markets, and Purpose
"My mission is to surrender to God and trust his plan. To seek freedom in the love and grace of Jesus. To ask the Holy Spirit for the help I need. To glorify God by living according to my principles."
Jason Ethier on Energy Tech Startups, Absurdism, and Building Community
"When you love the mission, you'll tolerate all the strange complexities and challenges that come with running a business. That passion creates resilience."
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 what the point of life is—to propagate life."
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."