Written by: Zhou Fei, Head of TRAFFIC China and wildlife trade programme of WWF China
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In times of unspeakable tragedy, it is too often the good and brave and remarkable people who are forgotten. Now is a time for grief, and remembrance, and, we hope, change. In the future, when we think of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, let us remember the heroes who saved…
Muito além das plantas tradicionais que vemos à venda nos supermercados e temos o costume de usar na…
By Nick Penniman | Former Conservancy Board Chair
Palm oil is a tropical vegetable oil that grows in regions around the equator. The top three producing…
Litter, waste, garbage — solved through the very helpful trash bags! Yes, trash bags may seem to look very simple but imagine the world without them — dirt is in chaos, houses would smell stinky, litter cluttered everywhere, and garbage cans are messy. Thanks to the inventors of…
How the Olympic Mountains serve, protect & inspire the Northwest
Veiled in clouds and mist, the Olympic Mountains stand between Seattle and the vast Pacific Ocean. We seldom see them due to overcast skies, but in the summer they appear, an army of snow-clad spires…
I’ve recently started running half marathon distances. I went from sedentary to 5K runs to a half marathon in…
It is hard for us to accept that the way natural ecosystems work is exemplary: plants synthesize nutrients which feed herbivores; these in turn…
One of the ways Defenders’ Southeast office works to improve habitat in the megadiverse rivers of southern Appalachia is through the USDA’s National Water Quality Initiative. As a member of the Tennessee Committee for the NWQI, I get to work with state and federal agencies, universities…
Without reforming its throwaway habits, the West risks overwhelming the Southeast Asian recyclers who have stepped in to fill the gap left by China’s ban on imported plastic waste.
I really wanted to like this movie. I liked the premise that they marketed…
Written by Kayhla Cornell
At the beginning of November I had the opportunity to attend the Women’s Congress for Future Generations, a project of the Science and Environmental Health Network. While I knew the agenda of the congress, the…
The world of cocoa is in a constant state of flux. Chocolate brands like Ferrero, Hershey, Mars, Mondelēz and Nestlé need to step up as big businesses in order to help farmers…
During the 2017 winter break, EKU saved more than 532,280 kilowatts per hour, the equivalent of 59 average U.S. homes’ electrical usage for an entire year, according to an email…
Arborists have specialization in caring trees. They are aware of the needs of tree and use various important tools to maintain its proper shape and size. People having trees around their homes often prefer to hire experienced arborists for getting the best tree…
Camden Council are setting the trend in combating air quality, going beyond the demands of EU law and instead pledging to meet those of the World Health Organisation.
Our machines are deployed in coal mines for the processes of dig, stacking and removal of overburden. except coal mines, we’ve got conjointly prohibited alternative aggregates / minerals and materials like crushed stone, stone dirt and rock.
El problema que afronta Bogotá desde comienzos del mes de febrero todavía persiste pese a las…
What do I want? Well, I would like to see us move immediately to a libertarian socialist society, along the lines that Chomsky, Bertrand…
The beginning of the journey at the Arava Institute
I am going to spend the next four months in Kibbutz Ketura studying at the Arava Instititute for Environmental Studies in the South of Israel. This is a unique program that brings together Israelis, Palestinians, Jordanians and internationals to tackle environmental…
If you’re on the beach walking down by the water, you can turn around and find your…
不論你腳下所踩踏的是高樓大廈的基石，還是鄉村中滋養作物的鬆軟泥土，它靜靜地給予、付出、豢養我們，我們卻很少回過頭去聆聽這片土地，真正渴望的是什麼。
前兩年，齊柏林的空拍紀錄片「看見台灣」中，在觀眾欣賞自然之美的同時，也揭露了台灣的沿海地區、山林、河川等，那些因為人類破壞而片體鱗傷的土地，令人既無奈又痛心，相較以往，臺灣隨著「綠色經濟」與「公民意識」抬頭，我們越來越懂得尊重土地並愛惜它，但是，同時卻又深陷在「環保」與「經濟」的掙扎中，像是蘇花高、核電廠、以及國光石化。
This a song from We Tried to be performed by the Turtling Dithers on 3 March ‘18
The war begun before we’re bornA war to mend or to be tornThe least we hope is to surviveAnd learn between their truth their lies
February 14 is Valentine’s Day, Which is a day for consumers use more money to buy gifts for their friends, family…
This Story Map is an adaption of the publication:
The increasing amount of interest in World Earth Day shows a very welcome trend — one where we try to take more responsibility for the environmental impacts of our modern lifestyles. It’s an excellent opportunity to stop and think about how the…
