Earth Day, Right Now: From a Blue Dot to Your Kitchen

About this episode

In this solo Earth Day episode, Florencia Ramirez reflects on the resilience and fragility of Earth while addressing climate denialism and the importance of individual action.

Send us Fan Mail Earth Day hits differently when you step back and see the planet the way astronauts do: one bright blue dot in a vast universe of nothing. That perspective makes Earth feel both incredibly resilient and deeply fragile—and it brings up a simple but powerful question: What can we actually do that matters? In this solo Earth Day episode, I reflect on that question while holding two truths at once: the heaviness of climate denialism and policy backslides here in the U.S., and the...

People in this episode

Host: Florencia Ramirez

Topics covered

• Earth Day
• climate change
• environmental awareness
• personal action
• climate denialism

Keywords

• Earth Day
• climate change
• environment
• resilience
• fragility
• personal action
• climate denialism

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Places: U.S.