Currently— April 22nd, 2022

April 21, 2022

Currently's San Fransisco weather reporter— Priya Shukla— was interviewed by Al Roker for the SiriusXM Today Channel, to talk about climate change and oceans for Earth Day.

Priya is a PhD candidate in Ecology at UC Davis. Her research explores the effects of climate change on shellfish aquaculture in California.

 A conversation about climate change- conservation- sustainability & more🌍 Stream @alroker ’s Going Green here: https://t.co/Y9EAUUpFdL

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With special guests @PeteButtigieg @edbegleyjr @msanjayan @priyology & @NOAA ’s Stephanie Herring!

🌎🌏@TODAYshow @3rdHourTODAY @SIRIUSXM pic.twitter.com/wC5tEeNR1P— TODAY Show Radio 108 (@TodaySXM) April 19, 2022 

What you need to know, currently.

 To face the climate emergency, we need "rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society" — starting with how we relate to ourselves & one another.

Today's story from @anna_abrhm at @currently is an invitation to rethink everything.https://t.co/rGJklvIvKs— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) April 21, 2022 

Today we published a piece by Anna Abraham, Currently’s Mumbai-based editorial fellow, on what non-monogamy can teach us about building community in the climate space.

“The climate fight requires radical new solutions,” writes Abraham, “This includes the way we connect and relate with each other.”

Abraham spoke with Dee, a queer polyamorous student from Bangalore, India, about how polyamory could serve as a potential model for radical new ways of connecting.  

“The way we think about communities is family and kinship. Polyamory provides a more expansive and authentic space to create your own communities,” they said. “If four people share a space, they share responsibilities, they share emotional labor. That template can be difficult to carry out because within our normative patriarchal ideas of father, mother, brother, sister. I have always pondered on how freeing it would be to have a different version of community, away from the traditional family unit.”

Abraham makes a case that non-monogamy and making space for alternative relationship models, builds resiliency.

“This isn’t to say that everyone should consider non-monogamy. It may not be everyone’s cup of tea. But the need for community exists everywhere, not just in the climate space. We are undeniably at the brink of multiple crises. In a world where countries wage war, there is always room for more love. It is the one thing that excites all of us while also uniting us. What we can all learn from non-monogamy is new ways of relating with each other, of sharing pains and laughs in an uphill battle.”