The World We Need with Michelle Malanca Frey

The oil industry has been shaping California since the 1800s. To keep our climate stable and habitable, we need to transition to clean energy economy. Big Oil has been working for over 50 years to sow doubt about the impact of their products – meanwhile producing detailed research on just how dangerous they are. Sources and further reading: Unveiling Big Oil’s Campaign of Lies , Natural Resources...

Neighborhoods and communities are the building blocks of our future. If you are looking to connect, send out a bat signal and try to find your people. We can find belonging – our people – who care about what we do, but we may have to look for them. There are others who care about our kids and our future and want to do something. If you send out that flare, you will find them. Subscribe to this pod...

I want to bust the idea that people don't like change. We do like change – when it's on our terms. Get full access to The World We Need with Michelle Malanca Frey at michellemalancafrey.substack.com/subscribe

To get The World We Need with Michelle Malanca Frey in your inbox, you sign up for a free or paid subscription at https://michellemalancafrey.substack.com/ Is your bank funding fossil fuel projects? You can find out at bankingonclimatechaos.org. You can check your 401k or IRA at fossilfreefunds.org . To look for banking options, you can check bank.green and the NCUA credit union finder . Get full...

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The World We Need posts referenced in this podcast: Is There Anything Beautiful Here? Love Calls Us to Action What Happened When I Invited Everyone Over You Are More Than Enough To receive the World We Need in your inbox, subscribe here: https://michellemalancafrey.substack.com/ Get full access to The World We Need with Michelle Malanca Frey at michellemalancafrey.substack.com/subscribe

When we move our bodies in sync with each other – dancing, marching, playing, singing – we create a neurological bridge and become part of something bigger than ourselves. To receive this podcast in your inbox, go to michellemalancafrey.substack.com to subscribe. Get full access to The World We Need with Michelle Malanca Frey at michellemalancafrey.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode of The World We Need, we look at the power of thanking ourselves for our work and how this can shape our view of our past and fuel our action today. Referenced in the show: Carla Dal Mas https://www.cadimastrategia.com/ Get full access to The World We Need with Michelle Malanca Frey at michellemalancafrey.substack.com/subscribe

We all go through times we don't feel like doing things anymore. The hard part is knowing when it’s time to quit and when it’s just hard, or inconvenient, or takes more effort than we feel that we can give. When do we just not feel like it versus when we need to quit? How do we keep going when things take work? Get full access to The World We Need with Michelle Malanca Frey at michellemalancafrey....

The people we work with are at the heart of what makes work meaningful. An ode to the humble co-worker. The World We Need with Michelle Malanca Frey is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The World We Need with Michelle Malanca Frey at michellemalancafrey.substack.com/subscribe

The world is full of news that can send us into a spiral. Stress-eating snacks can get you through the moment, but there are other ways to snap ourselves out of panic mode. We can trick our minds into getting us unstuck. Humor also helps. The World We Need with Michelle Malanca Frey is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscr...

The 6-story jail had a rundown, Art Deco façade. On the inside, in addition to massive overcrowding, sewage leaked, drinking water was unsafe, and air vents were full of asbestos. The heaters and radiators were broken, as were most of the dozens of windows facing the cold air coming off the Pacific. Inmates used to stuff toilet paper into the gaps in the windows to block the wind. The jail was rif...

The World We Need is an audience-supported newsletter and podcast. You can support The World We Need through a free or paid subscription on Substack. Subscribe to The World We Need by Michelle Malanca Frey on Substack A few rewilding links: Knepp Rewilding Britain Eoghan Dalton and the Irish Rainforest (Beshara Magazine) After Shutting Down, These Golf Courses Went Wild (New York Times) De-Pave Pa...

You are doing too much. Too many tedious adult tasks, too much work, too much worrying. There is a time for those things, but there is also a time for consciously not doing them. I get it, you’re busy. There are bills to pay. People want things from you, need them from you. But you can’t be there for them, you can’t be there for yourself, and you certainly can’t resist authoritarianism, save the p...

I wrote half a book then threw it out. I felt deeply called to write a book about climate solutions. The vision of a world powered by clean energy with livable cities, healthy people, and thriving ecosystems fills me with delight. I wanted to share this vision and a roadmap for getting there. In late 2022, blissfully ignorant of what writing a book actually demands, I made an outline and started t...

I crashed a high school reunion last weekend. I not only didn’t go to that school, I’ve never even been to that town. For background, I have not been and would not go to my own high school reunion. If I was invited, that is. Which I haven’t ever been. Let’s just say that there is no love lost there. I ended up at this reunion because maybe a dozen or more students from this one high school in Sout...