Kenyan Community Successfully Restores Half of Their Forest in Just Five Years
Written by: Jackson Okata
On a hot, sunny afternoon, Susan Aluoch is among a group of volunteers preparing a tree nursery in preparation for the upcoming long rains.
Aluoch is a member of the Mirema Community Forest Association (CFA), hailed for its successful reforestation initiative that regenerated...
International Women’s Month Spotlight: Maria Antonia Tigre
International Women’s Month Q&A series
Please tell us a little about yourself and your work with the Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment.
I am, first and foremost, an environmental lawyer and an academic. However, my career as an environmental lawyer developed in a...
International Women’s Month Spotlight: Diana Kapp
International Women’s Month Q&A series
Please tell us a little about yourself.
I am a journalist and author based in San Francisco. My work has taken me inside San Quentin prison and to farthest Afghanistan. The last four years I have spent writing books to inspire...
International Women’s Month Spotlight: Wadia Samadi
International Women’s Month Q&A series
Please tell us a little about yourself and your work with Wadsam.
I am Wadia Samadi. I am from Afghanistan and currently living in the US with my husband and two children. I work for Root Change, a non-profit organization in...
Six Behavior Changes That Can Heal People and the Planet
Written by: Neha Pathak, MD
Here’s a prescription for improving the health of U.S. residents – and at the same time, helping to protect the climate.
It’s called lifestyle medicine.
As a physician practicing in this growing field, I help my patients address common chronic conditions, like...
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, 90 percent of the career you build depends on your convictions and aspirations as a human being, as well as...
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. Today we're joined by Fergus Watt, Coordinator for the Coalition for the UN We Need. Thank you so much for...
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 a privately held utility-scale renewable energy consulting practice, I am considered a trailblazer. My expertise is risk management for the...
Indigenous Peoples Across the Globe are Uniquely Equipped to Deal with the Climate Crisis – So Why are We Being Left Out of These Conversations?
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, and other First Nation peoples across the globe. First Nations people will be disproportionately affected and are already experiencing existential threats from...
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 protested the construction of new oil pipelines in the region.
And now they’re working together to create a pipeline of a different...
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