First taste of freedom
From dogs and chimps to lions and tigers, animals are held in captivity by humans around the world. We harm them for lab experiments that often have better, cruelty-free alternatives. We keep exotic...
View ArticleFinal text of the Sustainable Development Goals
This is the preamble to the document the United Nations General Assembly will adopt in late September which will launch the Sustainable Development Goals as the framework for the United Nations...
View ArticleDear America…
President Obama releases the final version of America’s Clean Power Plan—the biggest, most important step we’ve ever taken to combat climate change. Thank you, Mr. President! BREAKING: On Monday,...
View ArticleDeafening seismic blasting
Seismic Airgun Blasting Seismic airguns are used to find oil and gas deep underneath the ocean floor. Airguns are so loud that they disturb, injure or kill marine life, harm commercial fisheries, and...
View ArticleUN adopts SDGs
On 25th September 2015, the 193-Member United Nations General Assembly formally adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, along with a set of bold new Global Goals. The new framework,...
View ArticlePope Francis speaks at the United Nations
The pontiff tells the United Nations General Assembly that it is critical that the international community act now to solve problems ranging from climate change to poverty and inequality of opportunity.
View ArticleWhat does it mean to you?
Today is October 17. What does it mean to most of us? Probably it will be a day not much different from yesterday. But, for poor people gathering today at October 17 events around the world it is THE...
View ArticleHow will rising sea levels affect your city?
This is what it will look like in my city, New York. Enter the name or zip code of your city in the US and see what the future holds in store for you if sea levels continue to rise unchecked!
View ArticleChocolate and modern child slavery
Slavery is officially banned internationally by all countries, yet despite this, in the world today there are more slaves now than ever before. In the 400 years of the slave trade, around 13 million...
View ArticlePhilanthropy not decision-making
What is wrong with this picture? Yes, what the hell is Bill Gates doing there among duly elected leaders? Who does he represent but himself? I don’t want him deciding how we tackle climate change. Do...
View ArticleSyntropic Agriculture
Ernst Götsch is a farmer and researcher who migrated to Brazil in the early 1980s and settled on a farm in the cocoa zone of southern Bahia. Since then, he’s developed soil recovery techniques through...
View ArticleWhich countries are still murdering whales?
Despite the 1986 International Whaling Commission (IWC) ban on commercial whaling, some countries refuse to end their whaling operations. Japan Almost immediately after the 1986 whaling ban came into...
View ArticleWorld Wildlife Day 2016
MARCH 3 IS WORLD WILDLIFE DAY The future of wildlife is in our hands.The future of elephants is in our hands. We need to act now to stop the poaching and trafficking driving many species towards...
View ArticleDo your bit for climate change
Global climate: it’s complicated. Any long-term solution will require profound changes in how we generate energy. At the same time, there are everyday things that you can do to reduce your personal...
View ArticleThe report Australia suppressed
All references to climate change’s impact on World Heritage sites in Australia have been removed from a United Nations report. A draft of the report contained a chapter on the Great Barrier Reef and...
View ArticleFuture empty skies?
The State of North America’s Birds report for 2016 concludes that: “A billion birds have disappeared from North America since 1970, and a third of bird species across the continent are threatened with...
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