There are many internationally recognized human rights: civil and political rights like the right to vote, social rights like the right to stay alive and access food and water. There […]
Wisconsin Getting Hotter: Episode 16 Tree eating insects
We depend on trees to provide us with oxygen and to soak up the carbon dioxide we produce. So what will happen if trees struggle to stay healthy on our […]
Wisconsin Getting Hotter: Episode 15 Sea Level Rise
The global ice sheets are melting and we are seeing the impacts of sea level rise in coastal communities. UW-Madison professor, Dr. Andrea Dutton, uses ancient history to study current […]
Wisconsin Getting Hotter: Episode 14 Extinction Rebellion Madison
You may have heard about the protests organized in London by Extinction Rebellion in April 2019. The group was disrupting life in the city in order to draw attention to […]
Wisconsin Getting Hotter: Episode 12 The Climate Crisis and Environmen...
For her monthly series about the climate crisis in Wisconsin, Helena White interviews UW Milwaukee student Lauren Cross about her experiences with environmental racism and her work to address the […]
Wisconsin Getting Hotter: Episode 13 The NAACP & the Climate Cris...
Helena White interviews Rhonda Greer Robinson, President of the Rockford NAACP, about the impact of climate change and environmental racism on the black community in northern Illinois.