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Among the most important buildings in the world, the Seed Vault holds the key to human survival: more than 880,000 seed samples, the largest collection in the world. Follow world-renowned scientist Cary Fowler into the heart of the Arctic, where the Svalbard Global Seed Vault lies nestled in the fro

Biodiversity , Environment , Featured , Human Rights , Sustainable Development , Videos / 02/11/2017

India’s militant rhino protectors are challenging traditional views of how conservation works

Bhaskar Vira In Kaziranga, a national park in north-eastern India, rangers shoot people to protect rhinos. The park’s aggressive policing is, of course, controversial, but the results are clear: despite rising demand for illegal rhino horn, and plummeting numbers throughout Africa and South-East A

Climate , Disasters , Environment , Multimedia , Sustainable Development , Videos / 10/31/2016

Watch dramatic Climate Change movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio

By Academy Award-winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens and Academy Award-winning actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio, the film Before the Flood presents a dramatic scenario now unfolding around globally Extreme events are driving major climate related disasters. The movie is a timely re

Biodiversity , Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Food , Forests , Health , Sustainable Development , Videos / 10/28/2016

Shocking 58% decline in Global Wildlife population: WWF

Global populations of vertebrates — mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish — have declined by 58 percent between 1970 and 2012, states a new report from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) The Jaguars home decimated for making the food we eat 40% of food is wasted Animals living in the wor

Business , Environment , Food , Multimedia , Resources , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Videos / 08/26/2016

This Man Turned an Opium Field into a Sustainable Coffee Farm in Thailand

Todd Reubold Somsak Sriphumthong is on a caffeine-fueled mission. After years living and working abroad, the organic farmer and community leader returned to his native Thailand several years ago — during a time when the forests were being cleared for opium fields and rice plantations. Seeking a su

Biodiversity , Business , Environment , Food , Labour , Resources , Videos / 08/16/2016

The Shark Hunters: Film

Madison Stewart In 2016 I spent time with ‘Mark the Shark’ and ‘Vic Hislop’, two infamous shark hunters. I managed to sit down with and interview both, and join Mark for a day on his boat. This is the film I created about my interactions with the two men. Shark hunters repres

Environment , Forests , Videos / 08/14/2016

50,000 years old forest discovered under water

Rafal Chudy Near the coast of Alabama, scuba divers discovered a primeval underwater forest. The cypress forest was protected in an oxygen-free environment for more than 50 thousands years. Most likely, the forest was uncovered from ocean sediments by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Ben Raines, one of

Multimedia , Solutions , Videos , Water / 06/22/2016

65 years, a person spent restoring a Californian river

Learn more about the San Joaquin River and take action to restore its health at AmericanRivers.org At 85 years old, organic raisin farmer and lifelong river advocate Walt Shubin is not slowing down. He has dedicated the last 65 years of his life to restoring California’s once-mighty San Joaquin Ri

Education , Energy , Environment , Food , Labour , Multimedia , Resources , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development , Transport , Videos , Water / 06/05/2016

Self-sufficient Cities May Hold the Key to the Future

Juan Vargas The Pukika Experiment consists of building a self-sufficient city for 3 million people By the end of the century, we’ll need to build urban housing for 5 billion people. This is the product of our increasing population and the current urbanisation trend. Today, there are slightly over

Climate , Energy , Environment , Featured , Sustainable Development , Videos , Water / 05/31/2016

Ten years on: how Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth made its mark

John Cook But has the film achieved what it set out to do – raise public awareness and change people’s behaviour in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Ten years ago, An Inconvenient Truth opened in cinemas in the United States. Starring former US vice president Al Gore, the documen

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