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The countdown is on for the Exponential Climate Action Summit: Circularity and The Race to Zero, a global broadcast focused on the challenges, opportunities, and solutions regarding circularity and resource efficiency. The broadcast premieres on September 23rd at 8 am EST.  The event is organized by...

Written by: Kimberly White A "first-of-its-kind" study from the University of Queensland and the Wildlife Conservation Society has found that protecting Indigenous Peoples' land is essential to combat global biodiversity loss.  Researchers overlaid habitat data for nearly 4,500 IUCN-assessed mammal species across mapped Indigenous lands. The...

Written by: Evan Bourtis In the southwesternmost corner of Arizona, the Colorado River weaves in between Mexico and the lands of the Native American Cocopah Tribe. Many spots along the river’s shore are lined with dense thickets of invasive reeds called phragmites that surpass 3 meters...

Written by: Marta Torre-Schaub A little over three years ago, a group of Portuguese youths filed a legal action against 33 European governments to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over what they say is a failure to adequately tackle global heating. Now, the...

Written by: Kimberly White The popular plant-based beverage brand Silk is working to introduce a new Olympic event: plogging. Plogging, a combination of jogging and picking up litter, is not only good for your personal health but also the health of the planet.   Originating in...

Written by: Kimberly White The Biden-Harris administration has announced a new funding initiative to support disadvantaged and underserved communities on the frontlines of environmental injustice.  The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled the Community Change Grants program, providing up to $2 billion in grants for...

https://youtu.be/hjqssBiecw0 Kimberly WhiteHello and welcome to The Planetary Podcast. Today we are joined by Angela Pozzi, Founder and Artistic Director of the Washed Ashore Project. Thank you so much for joining us today, Angela. Angela PozziThank you. It’s exciting to be here. Kimberly WhiteSo Angela, can you...

The Earth Prize has announced the winner of its $200,000 environmental sustainability competition.  The Earth Prize named Team Delavo victorious in its 2023 edition of the competition. Comprised of four young women, Yagmur, Avjin, Damla, and Irmak from Diyarbakir, Turkey, Team Delavo looked to tackle...

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 a privately held utility-scale renewable energy consulting practice, I am considered a trailblazer. My expertise is risk management for the...

Written by: Sophia Simmons As world leaders meet at the Conference of the Parties 26 (COP26) in Glasgow, how are young people addressing the many facets and immensity of this global crisis, and what does the world need young people to do to address climate...