{"podcast":{"title":"Second Nature","slug":"second-nature-6886500","podcast_index_feed_id":6886500,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/second-nature","website_url":"https://www.thecommons.earth/second-nature-podcast","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ZwQMapL_6LtxnDbIizXXjLI1X9rQWwTapDhWRsNmNpQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wM2Yx/NmJhNWMyYTk2ODZl/Yjg0ZDNiN2ViNTg5/ZDU0NC5wbmc.jpg","author":"Commons","episode_count":63,"summary":"How can we live sustainably in an unsustainable world? Second Nature is a podcast by Commons exploring how our sustainable choices impact our lives and the planet. Every week hear how listeners are taking public transit, composting food waste, eating more plant-based meals and practicing deconsumption to create the kind of world they want to live in. We'll calculate the carbon impact of collective action and get expert answers to your burning climate questions. Everyone’s sustainable life is unique. Tell us about yours. thecommons.earth/podcast 🌎 Join a community of tens of thousands of people using the Commons app to track their emissions and get rewarded for sustainable living: https://www.thecommons.earth/get-the-app-second-nature Follow us on Instagram to get behind-the-scenes footage and more stories from Commons' climate community: https://instagram.com/secondnatureearth","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/second-nature-6886500"},"episode":{"title":"War Has Always Been a Climate Issue","slug":"war-has-always-been-a-climate-issue","published_at":"2026-05-13T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/second-nature-6886500/war-has-always-been-a-climate-issue","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/second-nature-6886500","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/2867aa31","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/2867aa31/a423ab9e.mp3","summary":"Your workout leggings, your morning commute, and the fertilizer to grow your food — what do they have in common? They're all fossil fuel legacies of war. In this episode, we connect the dots between the military and the climate crisis, tracing how wartime decisions made decades ago still shape and pollute our everyday lives. We sit down with Neta C. Crawford, professor of international relations at the University of St. Andrews and author of The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War , to unpack a staggering blind spot in our global emissions picture: the military. We also follow the money with Commons co-founder Sanchali Pal to understand how the U.S. kept military missions out of the Kyoto Protocol, and what that means for climate targets today. We also hear how our community feels about using their money to avoid funding wars they don't support. Episode rundown: (00:22) - The US military is the world's single largest institutional fossil fuel consumer. (01:31) - War's Industrial Afterlife: Nylon, fertilizer, and freeways. (05:55) - Community action: from campus divestment campaigns to rethinking their everyday spending. (09:02) - A deep dive into military emissions, hidden history, and the case for diplomacy. (38:07) - Following the Money: How Big Oil lobbied to keep military emissions off the global books (44:18) - Your vote and your wallet are more powerful climate tools than you think. (46:10) - Community Classified: Citizens’ Climate Lobby 📱 Want to make your money count? Download the Commons app . 🌎 Find citations and further reading in the full show notes . 📞 Want to submit to the show? We'd love to hear from you! 📷 Follow Second Nature on Instagram . Episode Credits Listener contributions: Braden Marazzo-Nowicki, Diana Holguin, Drew, Julia Nolasco, Fionaa Bhatia,…","meta_description":"Your workout leggings, your morning commute, and the fertilizer to grow your food — what do they have in common? They're all fossil fuel legacies of war.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2825,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/second-nature-6886500/episodes/war-has-always-been-a-climate-issue/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/second-nature-6886500/war-has-always-been-a-climate-issue.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}