This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to the most recent Front Line Defenders Annual Report on Human Rights Defenders at Risk, around the world 281 activists were targeted and killed in 2016. At least 136…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 14 is to “conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources.” To achieve this, we will need to create a new blue…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hayley Glatter spent six years as a summer camp counselor and writes about the lessons she learned in an article for The Atlantic. Here is a preview of her story.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Whether you follow a vegan diet or are a devoted carnivore, carry canvas or plastic, you are one of 7.5 billion people. The ecological effect of your choices is minuscule.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Weather always makes good news, but the role of climate change in altering weather, especially extreme weather, has made the subject a lightning rod for unease. A case in point…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On a sunny afternoon last fall, neighbors from the Hispanic community in southwest Grand Rapids, Michigan, met to re-imagine the space of Roosevelt Park, a well-loved neighborhood gathering place. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s report of its General Discussion Day on children and the environment makes links between children’s freedom to play, and their ability…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Summertime is “kitten season” – unspayed female cats go into heat and give birth to more adorable kittens than animal shelters can give away. That’s why local humane societies encourage prospective pet…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With stock market values at near-record highs, how is the clean tech sector doing? What technologies are most promising for making money and getting a job? What areas offer the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On the one-year anniversary of the Paris climate agreement, the value of assets represented by institutions and individuals committing to some sort of divestment from fossil fuel companies has reached…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rapid expansion of transport networks and other infrastructure to meet development needs is occurring in countries around the world. This expansion potentially severs connectivity across landscapes and disrupts gene flow…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Government, industry, private landholders and local communities are making decisions on the management of important sites for nature without adequate knowledge of their biodiversity significance or the ecosystem services and…