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Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who died last Sunday, chose to be aquamated, a more environmentally friendly alternative to cremation. It is 90% more energy efficient than a traditional cremation.

Record highs are expected with temperatures projected to climb to more than 100 degrees.

A major climate meeting has gotten underway in Glasgow, Scotland. It's a pivotal moment in the struggle against climate change. But it's taking place in the midst of political tensions.

The U.N. climate summit's landmark decision sets aggressive targets for cutting greenhouse emissions. It also promises more aid for developing countries, but many of those countries wanted more.

Linda Holmes has seen blog culture boom, bust and bounce right back. She says when you write or talk publicly about your personal life, people feel entitled to know how the story ends.

If you can sort mail, sell postage stamps and count penguins, this could be the job for you.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul about Putin's visit to Tehran on Tuesday.

A cascade of new abortion restrictions known as "trigger bans" are taking effect in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to the medical procedure.

For this live online discussion, the Museum of Making Music welcomes three artists whose music is primarily founded upon the acoustic guitar. Cameron Knowler, Yasmin Williams, and Eli Winter join us for a roundtable discussion about their instrument of choice, their connection to it, and how it has influenced their lives and careers. Cameron Knowler: Cameron is multi-instrumentalist, educator, and recording artist who specializes in jazz, bluegrass and old time music forms. He has established himself as an accompanist, collaborator and solo artist, with a parallel focus on sharing his craft with others. His teaching methods are tailored to the aspirations of the student, methods which are rooted in practicality, theory, and intuition. Knowler holds a degree in jazz guitar performance from the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music, yet enjoys resisting the chokehold of normativism. He is based out of Los Angeles, California. Yasmin Williams: Yasmin is an acoustic fingerstyle guitarist with an unorthodox, modern style of playing. Her music has been commonly described as refreshing, relaxing, and unique and has been called some of the most imaginative guitar music out today. She utilizes various techniques including alternate tunings, percussive hits, and lap tapping in her music to great effect. She has won various local talent shows, was a finalist in the Rolling Stones Young Gun guitar competition, was the Grand prize winner of New York University's Ultra Violet Live talent show, and won the Gold Prize in the Instrumental category of the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest. She has been featured on several radio and television programs including New Sounds "Soundcheck" Podcast, NPR's "Weekend Edition Saturday show," "NPR Night Owl," "NPR All Songs Considered," "Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour," and WUSA9, along with high profile magazine features such as Acoustic Guitar Magazine and Vintage Guitar Magazine. Eli Winter A self-taught guitarist and native Houstonian, Winter has been praised as a "generational talent" (NYCTaper) for his masterful instrumental music, which has received praise from Pitchfork, The Guardian, the Chicago Reader, the Sydney Morning Herald and others. On the strength of his first album, "The Time To Come," The Guardian featured him as an artist to watch for 2020. Winter has performed at Constellation, Hopscotch Music Festival, the Starlight Theater and Logan Center for the Arts, among many others. Winter received the David Blair McLaughlin Prize in Nonfiction from the University of Chicago. His essays and criticism have been published in The Economist, Texas Highways, the Brooklyn Rail, Chicago, Expressionless Objects and elsewhere. He is a 2021 Luminarts Fellow in Creative Writing. Museum of Making Music is on Facebook

By now you’ve probably seen the giant sequoias wrapped in aluminum foil to protect them from the raging wildfires in Northern California. The company that makes that foil is located in San Diego’s North County.