A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in the Journal of Industrial Ecology compares the carbon emissions of different conference formats. The authors, Toscani, Atasu, van Wassenhove, and Vinelli, reflect not just on individual conferences but also on how academic societies can achieve their deeper goals while staying within planetary boundaries. The article draws on research by Klöwer, Parncutt, Ponette-Gonzalez, Kuper, Reay, and many other folks whose work we have highlighted previously.

A report from Possible, a non-governmental organization, titled Pointless: the Climate Impact of Frequent Flyer Status, tallies up the immense implied carbon emissions from various tiers of frequent flyer schemes.

Connected with the remarkable news of progress for the youthful plaintiffs in a climate lawsuit in Montana this month, you may be interested in Joe Nevins’ interview with the legal scholar Mary Christina Wood in 2016 just as our initiative was getting started.

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Parke’s YouTube video series, Lifestyles of the NOT Jet Set, was reviewed in an essay by the writer and educator Amy Benson. The newly released Episode 17: Listening takes a walking tour of New Orleans music history sites, while reflecting on the Juneteenth holiday and an ongoing heat wave.