a breath of fresh earth by Rick Friedman
Last Updated: July 6, 2026
A Breath of Fresh Earth explores the great things happening in the fight for a clean planet. During each episode I’ll give a shout-out to Climate heroes making a huge impact with new technologies and ideas. We’ll have our share of climate villains, too. I’ll tell you about new products available to purchase, who to follow on social media, reviews of environmentally themed movies, books, and songs, apps and websites, the air quality index and the current CO2 level. They’ll be exciting news about wind and solar energy, plant-based food, electronic vehicles, the fight against plastic in the ocean and much more. Best of all, I’ll give you easy steps to help in this battle and you won’t have to leave the comfort of your couch to do it!
A Black Box for Civilization
00:40-Mankind is building a Black Box to record our demise!
Top Climate Stories of 2021
Top climate stories of 2021. Cop26, Nurdles and turtles, Gyres and fires, and much more!
Halloween Bombs Trains coming to your town!
LNG travels through Florida, Cop26, dying Manatees, Halley's comet, a French villain to rival Chevron and much more.
The Earthshot Prize
15 finalists compete for a one-million pound prize. 5 winners grab the prestige and funding for their projects.
There's Microplastic in my Baby's Poop!
Microplastic poop 00:45-04:43
5 Cities Fighting Back Against Air Pollution
Cities fight back 01:18-07:35
The Good News Episode!
More trees for Korea 00:47-01:18
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report
It's getting hotter and wetter, you won't need a sweater!
The Water Episode
Water Cycle 00:31 - 02:15
Heat Dome Killer!
Heat Domes, Exxon/Mobile still suck, Spindex is a spidey hero, the Ocean was on Fire, the Age of Stupid, track your plastic into the ocean, and more.
Saving the Northern White Rhinoceros
Northern White Rhino, Huge nurdle spill in Sri Lanka, World Rainforest Day, 8 things killing humankind, and happy birthday Nerilie Abram.
The Keystone XL Pipeline is Dead!
Biden kills pipeline, Cousteau and his red hat, extinction update, heroes galore, and a new Ocean!
May 26th, a Bad Day for Oil
Royal Dutch Shell must do better. Chevron shareholders demand change, an overhaul at ExxonMobil? A new Big Five. Hero Hazel Johnson, PFAS still killing us, Joseph Guillotin, and Frank Drake searches for ET
Oh, China!
China coal, High Hopes for carbon capture, The Indianapolis Prize winner Dr. Amanda Vincent, Seahorses, Loay Radwan, Udit Singhal, and oil and gas villains. #MillionMileBeachClean, John Naylor and N.S. Rajappan.
Biden's Climate Summit
Climate summit, Dicaprio, Dance like a tree, a look back at 1992, climate villain Lee Raymond, The Tyler Prize winners Dr. Gretchen Daily and Pavan Sukhdev. Rising sea levels, and much more.
Earth Day 2021
Earth Day, Duncan Jurman, Carl Jones, Hayhoe birthday, Climate.gov., Existential Risk Observatory, IUCN Red List, hunter Steve West, and more.
Bill Gates Has a Plan
Bill Gates, Moon Vault, Lester Brown, a look back at 1988, and two YouTubers to view.
Bill Gates {00:43-04:44}
Social Media Stars{04:55-06:10
@ProperlySocial {06:11-6:21}
1988 {06:22-13:38}
Earthday {13:35-14:33}
Moon Vault {14:41-16:30}
Lester Brown {16:39-19:08}
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Fukushima 10 Years Later
Nuclear power, Nigerian hero, book reviews, bye-bye Splendid Poison Frog, White Rhino, and a bird emerges after 170 years. Happy Birthday Bert Bolin, and more!
The Global Seed Vault
Seed Vault, Tyler Prize winner Roger Ravelle, climate hero Galileo, climate villain Sally Baliunas, social media stars Alice Bell, Dr. Kate Marvel, Patricia Espinosa, and a look back at 1977.
Does Nature Have Legal Rights?
George Hadley, GM going all Electric, did I cause the glacier flood in Uttarakhand? Bamboo Bikes and much more.
Does Nature Have Legal Rights {00:38-05:00}
Bamboo Bikes-Bernice Dapaah {05:09-06:19}
GM goes all-in on electric {06:29-07:30}
Social Media Minute {07:30-08:52}
In the Mix Renewables rising {09:00-18:35}
More people have electricity
The number of Elephants is growing
Gorilla's are having babies
Composting humans
Cryptococcus in Chernobyl
Chinese floating solar farm
Sucking CO2 out of the air
Vegetation growing on buildings
Greenland Sharks have patience
George Hadley Birthday {18:33-21:06}
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Shell Oil Lied for Decades
Shell Oil lied, Cool Earth images, Dr. Leah Stokes, Ruth Patrick, Bye-bye Paddlefish, Doomscrolling, and much more!
Extinction!
Show Notes
The 2020Awards Episode
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Stubble Burning
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The Great Nike Shoe Spill
There's a lot of digest this week. Check out a few of the apps I mentioned on the podcast.
Goodbye, Donald. Hello, Paris!
Paris Agreement, Climate Timeline, Trump's environmental damage, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, 77 million heroes, Joe Biden's ten executive actions on day one, The Mayor of Munchkinland, Thanksgiving food, Interview with Melania Trump.
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The "We're Doomed!" Halloween Episode
Plastic pollution, Rising Seas, Ocean Acidification, Drought, Soil, Climate Refugees, Deforestation, Air Pollution, Lysenko
The Ocean Cleanup
Boyan Slat, International Dark-Sky Association, David Vaughan saving Coral Reefs, Radio Silence in Green Bank, West Virginia, Rick talks to two doctors about the President, Mark Brandon is brilliant!
Jakarta is Sinking!
Jakarta is sinking, Zombie fires, Terrapass, Tongass, Pendley, NASA, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, climate a financial risk, Ron Johnson, Leah Namugerwa, Saoi O'Conner, David Wicker, Will Steffen.
Bill McKibben
McKibben, 350.0rg, Kiss the Ground movie, Lilly Platt, Luisa Naubauer, Wheeler, Unilever, David Archer, and Santa Claus.
Electric Vehicles
The electric vehicle revolution, Nicola Tesla, Elon Musk, who killed the electric car, Thomas Sterry, U.K. climate refugees. Want to dig a little deeper?
4ocean
Clean the beach,Bill Nye is a science guy, and Gloria Bulus is a hero.
5Gyres
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Space Junk!
Mining the moon, SpaceX, Stephanie Shepherd, and Isatou Ceesay.
#BLM
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The Doomsday Clock
What is the Doomsday clock?
Deforestation
Drone Seeding, #teamtrees, Green House, Inhofe, Dvorak, Hans Schellnhuber, Mark Rober, MrBeast,
The Bramble Cay Melomys Funeral
Extinction mammal,Rachel Carson, EPA villain, Climate heroes, Dr. Ayana Johnson, and Immy Lucas.
Water Pollution
Ruffalo takes down Dupont.
Earth Day!
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What the Frack!
You know the drill. Copy and Paste.
The Great Nurdle Hunt
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Blowing in the Wind
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Air Pollution
00:39-03:55 Air Pollution
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