Hi! I’m Sarah. Minimum Viable Planet is my weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. I’m always curious to know what you think.

This week

How does the heat make you feel? I know this is kind of hemispherist, friends who live in places where it’s not hot right now … but let me know!

More Heat

Run to read this fantastic piece by Sarah Miller: All the right words on climate have already been said.

Pre-fire dread. Learned this term from a great conversation between Dr. Kim Nicholas and Dr. Britt Wray.

B.C. records hundreds of deaths due to heat wave as fire forces evacuation of town.

Not that any of this is new:

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @KendraWrites

This is not a criticism but tweets like this make me feel like I have failed.

Saeed Jones @theferocity

I know there have been a lot of warm-up acts and pre-shows but it really feels like the climate apocalypse said “WELCOME TO THE BIG SHOW” this week.

2:05 AM ∙ Jul 1, 2021

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Plus, listen to this:

sarah lazarovic @sarahLazarovic

Great job @NickMcCabeLokos and @EricHolthaus. This @FrontBurnerCBC ep on the heat wave and climate change is very much worth a listen, especially for the line from the guy saying not to fart outside in BC for fear of starting a fire.

cbc.caHeat waves and climate change in action | CBC RadioAn extreme heat wave has taken over Western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest this week. Today on Front Burner, climate journalist Eric Holthaus on why he thinks this weather is a clear call to action on the climate emergency.

1:06 PM ∙ Jun 30, 2021

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People Dancing

A jingle dance performed as the City of Toronto razed the tent encampment at Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto.

I hope you’re staying cool wherever you are.
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Sarah

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