Coming Soon…
Navigating this Decade of Change & Consequence
What do we all need to know at this time of pandemic, existential crisis of climate change and unravelling of nature’s life supports? Not to mention, a time of political, social and technological upheaval? What do we need to know to get through all of this and come out smiling on the other side?
And what do we need to know to help us get through each day?
I have some answers, along with a lot of ideas, thanks to the many smart and wise people I’ve been fortunate to interview in my 25 years as an award-winning science and environmental journalist writing for National Geographic, The Guardian, Vice and dozens of other publications.
To share those answers and ideas I’m launching Need to Know: Science and Insight very soon. Each week Need to Know will deliver to your inbox something we all need to know about: a major issue; an important new piece of research; a big picture observation or insight into where we are and what’s needed to help us get out of the mess we’re in.
A 10-minute read once or twice a week
Need to Know (NtK) will read more like a personal letter than a newsletter. Each issue will start with a true story or anecdote — a lot of weird, dumb and oddly entertaining things have happened to me over the past 25 years:
…Unarmed and buried up to my waist in snow, and completely alone on a glacier in the High Arctic, I realized it didn’t matter that I was breaking the law since a polar bear was way more likely to find me first….
NtK will wrap up with some useful ideas or a bit of hard-won wisdom that I hope will keep us all going.
Yes, NtK will get into super-serious issues because that’s where we are and we have to deal with reality. But my goal is to elicit a smile in every letter, create fuller awareness on a need to know issue, and pass on information you can use, along with a bit of universal wisdom to consider. All in a 10-12-minute read.
If this is of interest, please click the big green “Subscribe now” button above to start receiving Need to Know when it launches shortly. It’s free: no ads, no spam. Eventually, I’ll need to have a low-cost subscription to pay the bills. Some issues will always be freely available. It’s easy to unsubscribe any time.
The first issue will be published shortly so here’s the “Subscribe now” button again so you don’t miss it.
We’re all in this together so I’m hoping you’ll let others know about Need to Know.
If you'd like to drop me a note, you can email me at leahy@substack.com or find me on Twitter: @StephenLeahy
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Stephen