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The Next Big Idea · 2026-07-09 · 55 min · 10,216 words

What If Saving the Planet Could Be Fun?

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I'm Caleb Bissinger and this is the Next Big Idea. Today how joyful decisions can save the planet. We have not spent as much time as we should have on this show. Talking about climate change.

And I feel bad about it. I know climate change is important. The challenge is that We try to infuse our episodes with a a dash of optimism. And when it comes to global warming,

It feels like there is nothing to be optimistic about. Global efforts to limit Climate change are way off track. According to a new United Nations report, the devastating impacts of human caused climate change are happening now. Summer is just getting started, but a dangerous heat wave is already giving much of the East Coast and Midwest a taste of what could become the new normal. Whatever the hell happens, there's climate change. It's the greatest conjab ever perpetrated on the world, in my opinion. When I hear that stuff.

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