This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the empirical evidence mounts, nature-as-medical-treatment is catching on. “Ecotherapy” is a burgeoning field, and some doctors even write prescriptions for time spent in parks, as my colleague James Hamblin…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you’re thinking about getting solar panels for your roof, here’s two pieces of advice, free of charge. One, shop around. And, two, don’t be afraid to consider smaller, local…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In our work to identify the most effective ways to help animals, ACE employs both qualitative and quantitative strategies. One way that we evaluate programs (or groups of programs) quantitatively…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After Trump announced his intent to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, Conservation International–like other nonprofits–saw a surge in interest from people wanting to know how they could act while…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When President Trump recently announced that the US was pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord, over 100 major US businesses announced their intention to continue their efforts to address…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ecoanxiety is an emerging condition. Named in 2011, the American Psychological Association recently described it as the dread and helplessness that come with “watching the slow and seemingly irrevocable impacts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. First, the bad news: GDP is slowing all over the world because productivity has been in decline for two decades…In addition to this unprecedented inequality, we face climate change that’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the Clean Air Act was originally passed in 1970 only one member of Congress voted against it. Today, the very idea of a bi-partisan environmental regulation legislation effort is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the lush rain forests of central Borneo, a group of young orangutans, endangered refugees from human development, swung from branch to branch. She was one of 13 adolescent orangutans…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Vacant lots comprise more than one-fifth of the land area in most post-industrial U.S. cities. For residents in those neighborhoods, the lots function as breeding grounds for pests, provide a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Donald Trump has called himself “an environmentalist” despite proposing a 31% cut to the EPA budget, threatening to pull out of the Paris climate accord, and appointing Scott Pruitt as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On September 21, 2015, lifelong fisherman and best-selling author Paul Greenberg had his blood drawn, and then he started being a strict pescatarian. For a year following that date, Greenberg…