What they cover
Our Changing Climate (Charlie Shelton-Agar) produces video essays on the systemic dimensions of environmental issues. Topics go beyond surface-level climate content to examine capitalism and climate, environmental racism, degrowth economics, land rights, and the political economy of energy transitions. Research is rigorous, and episodes cite academic sources throughout.
Why they matter
Our Changing Climate addresses the root causes that most environmental channels avoid. While other channels cover solutions (solar panels, EVs, composting), Shelton-Agar examines the systems that created the problems: colonial extraction, growth-dependent economics, regulatory capture, and structural inequality. This systemic lens is essential for understanding why we have the technology to solve climate change but lack the political will.
How to engage
Subscribe to YouTube. Support on Patreon for extended discussions. The channel's source lists (linked in descriptions) provide entry points into the academic literature on environmental politics.
Start here
Watch the video on degrowth economics, which explains why infinite growth on a finite planet is physically impossible and what an economy designed for wellbeing instead of growth might look like.