This film takes viewers on a journey that explores the more recent origins of the “rights of nature,” and its application and implementation in Ecuador, New Zealand, and the United States.

In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Stephen J. Pyne is interviewed on his recent book, The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next.

Johan Rockström works to understand Earth’s resilience, and shows how nine out of the 15 big biophysical systems that regulate the climate are at risk of reaching tipping points. 10 years after his first TED Talk, he presents a plan for putting the planet back on the path of sustainability over the next 10 years.

Excerpt from An Environmental History of the Civil War.