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Adapting to the climate crisis — Global Us

June 21, 2025

Architects from around the world are exhibiting ideas for responding to climate change, some drawing on ancient wisdom. Plus: The medicinal wonders of dance!

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About the show

The "Global Us" show logo is seen between a male head with curly hair (bottom) and a female head (top, pictured upside down) blowing up a blue balloon

Global Us — What connects us all

There are eight billion people on Earth and we are better connected than ever before. How can we make use of that? Global 3000 is now Global Us - because now, more than ever, we need to act together.

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