Bending the Curve is a video series that highlights new developments showing how activists and scientists are making solid progress against the environmental problems that threaten to overwhelm planet Earth.
Bending the Curve is a video series on the Bureau of Environmental Security’s YouTube channel. The series is hosted by writer and BES administrator J.G. Follansbee. Subtitled “Positive Progress on the Environment,” Bending the Curve chronicles successes, achievements, and results on climate change, clean energy, electric vehicles, biodiversity, and conservation. In a time when “doom and gloom” reporting dominates the national and international media, Bending the Curve reminds us that many thousands of people are taking action to change the trajectory of our environmental crises.
Episode 5
Many politicians and corporations have stopped talking about the climate. Too depressing! We’ve entered an era of “climate hushing”, when political candidates and consultants believe it’s better to be silent on an existential threat to human civilization. They think it’s a losing issue with voters and consumers at a time when we need to talk about it even more! What is climate hushing, and how do people who care about the planet restart the conversation? We discuss this in episode 5 of Bending the Curve, from the Bureau of Environmental Security. Hosted by J.G. Follansbee, with help from Cappy the Climate Cat
Episode 4
In this edition of Bending the Curve, actor and activist Jane Fonda takes viewers of the film Gaslit on a journey down “cancer alley” and the liquefied natural gas industry in Louisiana and Texas. Also, a bill in Congress may be an example of “climate hushing”. Seattle inventor Tom Gurski of Blue Dot Motorworks is retrofitting gas guzzlers with clean electric tech. In Massachusetts, Haven Energy is offering a new subscription battery service that lowers the costs of the systems while reducing carbon emissions. And in Indonesia, conservationists have rescued a young orangutan held captive in a tree.
Episode 3
Former vice president Al Gore reflects on 20 years after the release of his landmark environmental call-to-action film, An Inconvenient Truth. Also in this edition of Bending the Curve, Washington governor Bob Ferguson has launched a new factory that will make sustainable aviation fuel without crude oil. Mokulele Airlines will test out a new all-electric plane on short cargo routes among the Hawaiian Islands. The World Wildlife Fund discusses its new mangrove forest conservation study, which uses artificial intelligence to plan for an uncertain climate future. Last, a study from Cornell University suggests consumers might pay more for wine from growers threatened by climate change.
Episode 2
Texas, known as a politically red state, is turning to green power as solar overtakes coal as a primary energy source for its electrical grid. Also in this episode of Bending the Curve: balcony solar, air pollution monitoring, coral bleaching, and a rare African bird.
Episode 1
In the first episode of Bending the Curve, climate scientists have adjusted their models to show that the worst-case scenario is now “implausible”. Also on this first episode of a new series titled “Bending the Curve,” we report on the growing popularity of electric vehicles as gas prices spike, data explodes one of the worst myths about the energy transition, and a baby boom among endangered northern right whales.
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