Pathway To Tomorrow

09/04/2026

“Africa has the potential of being able to help with the reduction of greenhouse gases through the sequestration through these projects and the carbon markets and buyers in the West can help support that. So if we use this model well, then Africa stands to benefit greatly from the farmer all the way up to the government. And these frameworks, leadership, guidance and collaboration then will bring the trust integrity.”

- Nzioki Munyao, CEO & Founder of Consuming Carbon, speaks with Sarah Johnson of Pathway To Tomorrow about how Africa holds a massive share of the world’s natural carbon removal potential, but captures very little of its financial value and what his company is doing to address this challenge.

Listen to the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/dWG7MwRG

09/01/2026

With so much breaking news on California’s water front this week - from the Interior Department’s announcement of Colorado River cuts to the State Water Board’s selection of its next Deputy Director of Drinking Water - we’re revisiting an episode from the Pathway Podcast archives:

Episode 15: How California Is Reimagining Water Equity with Greg Pierce & Grace Harrison

In this episode, Sarah Johnson sits down with Greg Pierce, Director of the Human Right to Water Solutions Lab at ’s Luskin Center for Innovation, and Grace Harrison, who manages Water Equity Research at the lab, to explore how California is advancing water equity - and the role of policy, innovation, and community advocacy in addressing the state’s water challenges.

Listen to the full episode of the Pathway podcast here: http://bit.ly/4974ZZS

09/01/2026

[August 21, 2026] "The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced it would reduce the delivery of 1.25 million acre-feet of water each year for the next two years, beginning in 2027...Forty million people, millions of acres of farmland and ranchland, industries that power the American West, and some of our nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas depend on the Colorado River." Learn more:

While the cuts are considerable, they are better than the worst-case scenario the federal government proposed in July.

08/27/2026

[August 24, 2026] "El Niño [which started in early June and is expected to keep strengthening until Christmas time] is adding heat to the system,...This record is another clear signal of an ocean under gowing stress but it is doing so on top of decades of human-driven warming...The fact that we are already breaking records is an early indicator of how strong the El Niño is becoming." Learn more:

The record "is another clear signal of an ocean under growing stress", according to Dr Samantha Burgess from the European Copernicus climate change service.

08/27/2026

[August 24, 2026] "64 of the nation’s 300 largest housing markets...had a falling year-over-year reading in the July 2025 to July 2026 window...It’s still very much a soft nationally aggregated housing market—but the nationally aggregated burst of softening has let up...The ‘bifurcation’ (i.e., direction) itself—the share of markets with rising home prices versus those with falling prices—is wider than normal." Learn more:

After a burst of softening, the count of major metros with year-over-year price declines has stabilized over the past 12 months. However, the nationally aggregated market remains soft.

08/25/2026

[August 16, 2026] "Lake Powell...fell to a record low elevation of 3,519.91 feet above sea level...Lake Powell is now roughly 30 feet away from the elevation at which its turbines would stop generating hydroelectric power entirely...The milestone arrives roughly a week after Lake Mead...also hit a historic low, intensifying concerns about a crisis threatening water and power supplies for more than 40 million people across seven states." Learn more:

Lake Powell provides water and electricity to millions. Drought has shrunk it to its lowest level on record.

08/13/2026

Episode 20: The Connection Crisis: What We Get Wrong About Homelessness

“I believe that homelessness is not just a housing crisis, but it’s a connection crisis. And the lack of human connections impacts our ability to create health and wellness, and we have seen through research that it also impacts one’s physical, emotional, and housing and financial sustainability.”

—Mary Carl, Chief Executive Officer of Miracle Messages, and Bonnie Boal, President of the Miracle Messages Advisory Council, join Sarah Johnson, executive director at Pathway To Tomorrow, to explore how human connection, not just housing, lies at the heart of solving homelessness. Together, they make the case that “relational poverty” is a deadly and often-overlooked force that keeps people unhoused, and that rebuilding social support systems is as essential as a roof overhead.

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08/11/2026

Episode 20: The Connection Crisis: What We Get Wrong About Homelessness

“I believe that homelessness is not just a housing crisis, but it’s a connection crisis. And the lack of human connections impacts our ability to create health and wellness, and we have seen through research that it also impacts one’s physical, emotional, and housing and financial sustainability.”

—Mary Carl, Chief Executive Officer of Miracle Messages, and Bonnie Boal, President of the Miracle Messages Advisory Council, join Sarah Johnson, executive director at Pathway To Tomorrow, to explore how human connection, not just housing, lies at the heart of solving homelessness. Together, they make the case that “relational poverty” is a deadly and often-overlooked force that keeps people unhoused, and that rebuilding social support systems is as essential as a roof overhead.

08/06/2026

[August 3, 2026] The NAACP and Southern Environmental Law Center have The NAACP and Southern Environmental Law Center have sued xAI over the use of unpermitted turbines [69] use of unpermitted turbines....Located south of Memphis, the region is among the most polluted in the U.S., and xAI has been operating gas turbines that have the potential to emit more than 2,000 tons of smog-forming NOx per year." Learn more:

The Colossus data center was allegedly operating as many as 35 gas turbines without pollution controls in a region that already had poor air quality.

08/06/2026

Episode 20: The Connection Crisis: What We Get Wrong About Homelessness

“I believe that homelessness is not just a housing crisis, but it’s a connection crisis. And the lack of human connections impacts our ability to create health and wellness, and we have seen through research that it also impacts one’s physical, emotional, and housing and financial sustainability.”

—Mary Carl, Chief Executive Officer of Miracle Messages, and Bonnie Boal, President of the Miracle Messages Advisory Council, join Sarah Johnson, executive director at Pathway To Tomorrow, to explore how human connection, not just housing, lies at the heart of solving homelessness. Together, they make the case that “relational poverty” is a deadly and often-overlooked force that keeps people unhoused, and that rebuilding social support systems is as essential as a roof overhead.