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Protecting the Central Arctic Ocean: Why the Arctic Needs to Be Considered a Global...
Interview with Inge Relph, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Global Choices
https://youtu.be/PtBLdNTXe7k
Interview TranscriptTranscribed by Otter AI
Kimberly WhiteHello, and welcome back to Common Home Conversations. Today...
How Children are Helping to Make Their Families More Eco-friendly – New Research
Written by: Shaheen Hosany, Hongwei He, and Sameer Hosany
The UN climate change panel IPCC has warned that 2030 is our deadline for halving global carbon emissions to prevent...
Vertical Farming – Is This the Future of Agriculture?
Written by: Victoria Masterson
Shipping containers, underground tunnels and abandoned mine shafts are not obvious venues for growing food. Yet many such spaces are being...
U.S. Administration Cancels Offshore Oil Leases in Alaska and Gulf Coast
Written by: Kimberly White
The U.S. Administration has nixed three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of...
Heavy Industry Town in B.C. Embraces 100% Renewable Energy Transition
Written by: The Energy Mix
A heavy industry town in British Columbia with an ingrained suspicion of government has decided to say yes to a...
How We Discovered That Sea Turtles in Seychelles Have Recovered from the Brink
Written by: April Burt, Adam Pritchard, and Cheryl Sanchez
It’s not always easy to assess whether animal conservation measures have worked. But we’ve discovered that...
Indigenous Farmers Bring Back Crops Adapted to Hot, Dry Conditions
Written by: YCC Team
As the climate warms and the threat of water scarcity grows, a Native-governed nonprofit in Arizona is working to bring back...
3 Ways Colombians Are Making an Income While Restoring the Amazon Rainforest
Written by: Victoria Masterson
The bioeconomy is becoming big business in Colombia.
By protecting and restoring the Amazon rainforest – and cultivating some of its 80,000...
Smokey Bear: Preventing Wildfires Since 1944
Written by: Kimberly White
This story was originally published on May 11, 2019 and has been updated and republished in honor of Wildfire Awareness Month.
The...
Reptiles: Why One In Five Species Face Extinction
Written by: Louise Gentle
Reptiles are cold-blooded and scaly animals, the majority of which are predators. They include some of the most deadly and venomous creatures on...
Our Common Future: The Pathway to Stockholm+50
Interview with Daniel Perell, Representative to the United Nations for the Baha'i International Community
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SNtzdBtQNU
Interview TranscriptTranscribed by Otter AI
Kimberly WhiteHello, and welcome back to Common...
Nature in the Race to Zero: Nature’s Role in Combatting the Climate Crisis
Climate change is no longer a threat looming in the distance for future generations. It is happening now, affecting all of us. Each year,...
Demand for Ecocide Law Receives Cross-Party Support in Iceland
Written by: Kimberly White
A parliamentary resolution to recognize ecocide as an international crime has garnered cross-party support in Iceland.
Twelve Members of Parliament from four...
Agroecology: From Traditional Practice to Top Climate Solution
Written by: Anna Lappé
The satellite imagery is staggering: an Antarctic ice shelf roughly the size of New York City collapsing into the ocean. Its demise, captured...
To Make Our Wardrobes Sustainable, We Must Cut How Many New Clothes We Buy...
Written by: Samantha Sharpe, Monique Retamal, and Taylor Brydges
If things don’t change fast, the fashion industry could use a quarter of the world’s remaining global carbon...
UN Human Rights Council Appoints First Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change
Written by: Kimberly White
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) has appointed climate law and policy expert Dr. Ian Fry as the world's first...
These are the Countries Best Prepared for a Green Future
Written by: Victoria Masterson
Iceland, Denmark and the Netherlands are the countries most prepared for a low-carbon future, according to a new report.
Other countries making...
Two Native Tribes are Helping Create an Electric Vehicle ‘Pipeline’
Written by: YCC Team
Members of the Red Lake Nation in Minnesota and the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in North and South Dakota have long...
5 Reasons to Love (and Protect) Freshwater Mussels
Written by: Tara Lohan
In September the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed removing 23 species from the federal list of endangered species — not because they’d...
Indigenous Peoples Across the Globe are Uniquely Equipped to Deal with the Climate Crisis...
Written by: Janine Mohamed, Pat Anderson, and Veronica Matthews
The urgency of tackling climate change is even greater for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,...
This Aeroponics Farm Could Be the Future of Food in Jordan
Written by: Douglas Broom
The United Nations projects the world’s population will grow by over 3 billion to peak at almost 11 billion by 2100. Meanwhile, already...
International Women’s Month Spotlight: Kimberlee Centera
International Women’s Month Q&A series
Please tell us a little about yourself and your work with TerraPro Solutions.
As one of the only female CEOs of...
Pathway to Hope: The Stockholm+50 Declaration
Interview with Fergus Watt, Coordinator for the Coalition for the UN We Need
https://youtu.be/HZLaBMc0DSE
Interview TranscriptTranscribed by Otter AI
Kimberly WhiteHello and welcome to Common Home Conversations....
Turn the Tide on Nature Loss: Negotiators Must Adopt Nature Positive Goal Ahead of...
Written by: Kimberly White
The world’s leading environmental NGOs have called for the adoption of a global goal to halt and reverse nature loss by...
International Women’s Month Spotlight: Glenda Monge Alvarado
International Women’s Month Q&A series
Please tell us a little about yourself and your work.
I have always believed that regardless of the profession you have,...
