Climate Currents
Stories of a changing world
This is a series of our recommendations of things to read and watch focussed on climate change. We cover a broader context, beyond buildings and cities. Our goal is to help you understand climate change and its challenges, opportunities, and solutions. We curate these to be a source of information, insights, and inspiration, so you can stay informed and engaged.
The World As We Knew It
In a world where nostalgia increasingly becomes our compass, ‘The Work as We Knew It’ works as both memoir and manifesto. This compelling 250-page exploration takes readers on a journey through the shifting landscapes of labour, home, and environmental consciousness with remarkable clarity and urgency. Nineteen contributors including [...]
All That Breathes
In the heart of Delhi, where urban chaos meets environmental crisis, Shaunak Sen's documentary film ‘All That Breathes’ becomes a meditation on survival, compassion, and the delicate interconnectedness of all living beings. This mesmerising film transcends traditional nature documentaries, weaving a deeply human narrative around two brothers' extraordinary [...]
The Wizard and The Prophet
Charles C Mann, the author of the book The Wizard and The Prophet, presents two scientists who had a profound impact on our present discourse on sustainability and climate change. William Vogt is the reason for the modern conservation movement (the Prophets) and Norman Borlaug is the reason [...]
Paris to Pittsburgh
Paris to Pittsburgh is a tale of worries and a tale of hope alike. The title stems from Donald Trump’s infamous ‘I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris’ from when he withdrew U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord. As if almost pointed at the [...]
Happy City
Charles Montgomery’s Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design is a fascinating exploration of the profound ways our urban environments shape our well-being. At its core, the book invites readers to reimagine cities not just as collections of buildings and streets but as vibrant ecosystems that deeply [...]
What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates
‘This show is about our future!’ declares Bill Gates in the opening shot of "What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates". The five part docu-series on Netflix is an exploration of the pressing challenges facing humanity today. Gates takes the viewers through critical issues ranging from artificial intelligence [...]
A River Runs Again: India’s Natural World in Crisis
Arvari, a river, flows across the Alwar District of Rajasthan, India. In the 1930s it dried up. By the 1960s the groundwater had also vanished. By 1988 a non-profit Tarun Bharat Singh or TBS was building small dams across the area, to capture monsoon rains and help recharge [...]
Faces of Climate Resilience
Floods devasted Kerala in 2018. Odisha has seen a 3X increase of extreme cyclones since 2000. Ambojwadi suburbs in Mumbai flood every monsoon, displacing hundreds for weeks if not months at a time. Frequency of droughts has increased 3X in Jodhpur since 1970. Different places in the country, [...]
The Intersectional Environmentalist
To care about the planet, is to care about all its inhabitants, especially those who are worst affected. This is the point that Leah Thomas tries to make in her book The Intersectional Environmentalist as she says, ‘The future can and will be intersectional’. It is our ‘Climate Currents’ [...]
DW Planet A
The fact that we are destroying our environment, and are doing so at an alarming rate can no longer be considered news. The fact that we can stop, change, adapt, also shouldn’t be news. But it often is. Not because many of don’t want to change things, but [...]
