This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute. With oceans, countries, populations, and governments inundated by a plague of plastic worldwide, it may be useful to focus on the single-use plastic bag choices made by two cities, in the same U.S.Continue Reading
Being in nature can heal us and our fragmented relationships with each other and even begin to contribute to the healing of the planet, according to author and filmmaker Priyanka Kumar. In Kumar’s new book, “Conversations with Birds,” she explores some of the experiences she’s had with birds and howContinue Reading
Gim Huay Neo and Kristian Teleki Cologny, Switzerland ● Wed, January 11, 2023 2023-01-11 05:52 0 c97e657e05ceb3aec6820f63efe198c4 2 Academia ocean,sustainability,climate-change,biodiversity,Conference,G20,environment,business Free The ocean is vast, and its beauty and bounty move the soul. The potential of the ocean to be a powerhouse of sustainable business and equitable, resilientContinue Reading
Comment on this story Comment In the not-so-distant past, scientists predicted that global temperatures would surge dramatically throughout this century, assuming that humans would rely heavily on fossil fuels for decades. But they are revising their forecasts as they track both signs of progress and unexpected hazards. Accelerating solar andContinue Reading
To most of us, they are small, uninteresting and sometimes annoying, but 2022 revealed just how ubiquitous ants are and how indispensable they are to the planet. Scientists revealed in September that there are an estimated 20 quadrillion (or 20 million billion) ants globally – that’s 2.5 million for everyContinue Reading
Dow Published 34 minutes ago. About a 5 minute read. Image: WM Sponsored Content / This article is sponsored by Dow. To create a truly circular ecosystem for plastics, we need scalable innovations to close the gap between what consumers can recycle now and which plastics might become a regularContinue Reading
Food’s connection with health — both for humans and the planet — was often overlooked and neglected for the last 200 years in the western world. In 2022, though, the importance of food for the planet reemerged as an integral part of good everyday health and healing, a way toContinue Reading
Lookout highlights regular folks doing great things An ongoing series. Send nominations to news@lookoutlocal.com. Community volunteering is often about helping people — mentoring teens, caring for seniors, feeding the less fortunate, etc. And who could possibly argue that it should be any other way? But for many, the volunteering impulseContinue Reading
(Getty/iStock) Amazon founder, space traveller and the world’s first “centibillionaire” Jeff Bezos recently disclosed that he would give away most of his unimaginable wealth in his lifetime. While there were precious few details on how much of the $116bn fortune he planned to donate to charity during the CNN interviewContinue Reading
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Soul Community Planet (SCP) today announced its acquisition of the 189-acre Casa Corcovado Jungle Lodge on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula, marking its first international expansion. The ocean-front property, which will be renamed SCP Corcovado Wilderness Lodge, is the only lodge to border the renowned Corcovado National Park.Continue Reading
