Between doomerism and hopium: A conversation with Patrick Mazza

Produced by: 
KBOO
Air date: 
Wed, 06/26/2024 - 8:00am to 9:00am
Is there a pathway to a livable future?

 

Host Paul Roland welcomes back Cascadian climate activist and writer Patrick Mazza for a deep dive into our present predicament. Back in the day, when they were younger and somewhat more optimistic about our prospects of fighting power and environmental devastation, Patrick and Paul were writers for the now-defunct Portland Alliance progressive monthly and involved in the emerging Cascadian bioregional movement. Patrick went on to found the first website dedicated to all things Cascadia, Cascadian Planet. He later moved to Seattle to become a non-profit climate warrior. He now has his own blog, The Raven.

Here are a few recent articles he wrote:

https://theraven.substack.com/p/a-moment-of-truth-the-un-secretary

https://theraven.substack.com/p/a-world-in-crisis-requires-we-recover?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3SNClyA3NpPnA1Al5p0GU2ewp80ROJeZh0wHirmSclsd2JwPKPuXtI1CM_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw

And some other pieces he recommends:

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/its-time-for-the-us-to-declare-a-national-climate-emergency/

http://www.climatecodered.org/2024/06/15-degrees-celsius-is-here-and-now.html

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-what-record-global-heat-means-for-breaching-the-1-5c-warming-limit/

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