Why young people are anxious about the climate crisis

As of the posting of this article, COP27 is still underway in Egypt. World leaders are going back and forth about the role of their nations in the growing climate crisis. Of course, the biggest question, can we slow the warming down enough before we hit the 3 degree celsius increase that scientists are warning […]

Episode 6: What will climate change look like, and how will it affect the poor?

One challenge for people is how many days during the year there will be street flooding in front of their houses? That’s going to create a problem. So I think about it: how many days is there going to be six inches of water for over six hours in front of my house? Is that going to be 10 days a year,

Episode 5: The young woman taking the fight to the capital

The front lines in the battle against the climate crisis are taking on many forms. Millions worldwide have marched, led protests, and even used (and I don’t condone this) violence to try and get their message across. A large amount of the energy behind this movement is from the youngest generation, Generation Z. One name […]

Episode 4: Lighting A Fire Under The Young.

As I write this post, I watch the disastrous aftermath of Hurricane Ian. It smashed into the southwestern region of Florida as a category four storm and left an unbelievable amount of destruction in its wake. I’ve lived through every size storm, one through five. Believe me, if you’ve never been through one, you don’t […]

Episode 3: Why Climate is political. Why is climate political?

I have a theory, and you’re welcome to shoot it down. Heck, I’m not entirely convinced of it, but I’ll mention it here. Climate Change became a political baton when the film Inconvenient Truth came out. That film was significant on many levels, but it failed in ONE HUMONGOUS way. It was just Al Gore. There, I’m […]

Episode 2: Selling Paradise during a climate crisis.

I think we’re probably going to lose a good half dozen neighborhoods between now and when I die and that we have to figure out a good way to lose them.

Episode 1: Welcome to Sinking Sunshine

What happens if, to save the thing that you love, you lose what you love about it?

A Storm Is Coming

Alicia slipped a packet of sweetener across the table. Dark Monkey pulled up, and with his index finger and thumb, he pulled from underneath it a microchip. “That’s a formula that shows why Caru is likely going to hit us as a massive storm.”

“How likely?”

“It’s almost eighty percent now. You must ensure that hits all platforms and has the local news media talking about it.”

“Oh, don’t worry about that. I’ll have that bobble-headed weather girl on Channel Seven singing this shit on the lunch news,” Dark Monkey leaned against the table, ready to leave. “It’s got to be hard for you, Officer Fernandez. You, an agent of the law, have friends like me in such dark places. How does that feel, knowing you’re dancing on the fire’s edge like that?”

What is pe2072?

Planet Earth 2072 the Podcast asks the question, what will Miami look like in 50 years. With the current climate crisis facing humanity, just how bad will things be, and how much change will come to the Magic City?

Welcome to Planet Earth 2072

Young people are scared for the future. And, I (a man of 50) can totally relate. The climate crisis is top of mind for members of GenZ, offering a sometimes dreary and even terrifying image of the future. In a world of rising seas, increased temperatures, eco-migrations, and the destruction of millions of more species, who wouldn’t […]