Environment
Campaign: A toddler’s plea to clean the beaches
Juan Vargas A toddler’s plea to help her clean the world’s beaches so she doesn’t have to play with trash and cigarette butts
Category: Environment
Sustainable Business
Is it time to rethink recycling?
Amy Westervelt If our current approach to recycling isn’t the best for the economy or the environment, why do we do it? Orignially posted […]
Data & Reports
The plight of Vaigai river, India
Marianne Furtado de Nazareth A study, a conference, and a field visit along the stretch of the Vaigai river including to the temple town of […]
Biodiversity
Indigenous people assert their rights over Sundarban Forest, India
More than 200 people from the region assembled at a Public Hearing in Sundarban islands and asserted their rights to the island’s mangrove forests […]
Biodiversity
Wetlands for Sustainable Livelihoods, Harare’s story
Ken Irvine Today is World Wetlands Day; the 2016 theme is ‘Wetlands for our Future: Sustainable Livelihoods’. This theme is selected to demonstrate the […]
Climate
We just had the hottest year on record – where does that leave climate denial?
Stephan Lewandowsky People who deny climate science do not put their money where their mouth is. And when they very occasionally do, they lose. […]
Biodiversity
Global deforestation is decreasing. Or is it?
Jeremy Leon Hance A new look at the complex picture of land use change suggests that when it comes to forests, we’re far from […]
Sustainable Business
Focus on Private Sector: Time to clear the air
Maha Rafi Atal Urban air pollution from industry and transport kills millions Firms can help reduce this burden by cutting energy use or […]
Biodiversity
Five trends that will define the world’s forests in 2016
Bill Laurance The past year has been a momentous time for the world’s forests, with both good and bad news. Fasten your seat […]
Sustainable Business
Children paid in moonshine and glue for cleaning toilets in central Africa
Children in the African rainforests have been paid in glue to sniff, and alcohol, in return for menial work Market traders in the Republic […]
Biodiversity
Progress can Kill: Survival report reveals world’s highest suicide rate
A new report published by Survival International reveals that the appalling suicide rate among the indigenous Guarani Kaiowá people of southern Brazil is the highest […]
Disasters
What Kenya’s biggest slum can teach us about saving cities from floods
Katie G. Nelson An innovative design firm is using data and community outreach to protect Nairobi’s poorest residents from devastating storms. Orignially posted at […]