Energy access is key to improving the well-being of people who are experiencing economic hardship, according to this week’s speakers at the United Nations High-Level Dialogue on Energy and the Energy Action Days. So far, the transition to
“The second biggest risk that humanity is facing in the 21st Century is overshoot,” says Mathis Wackernagel, “because it feeds into all these symptoms such as climate change, biodiversity loss, food issues, energy issues, and water. These
The doors will close, and you need to put your foot in to hold the door so it doesn't close. Hold strongly. “I fell in love with Manaus. It's another world. I decided then that
The world's oceans are a uniquely difficult ecosystem to protect, yet they are both a resource and a habitat we cannot take for granted. With 70% of the human population living on the coasts, millions
Amid the clamor for urgent change to protect the world’s oceans from pollution, plastics, and industry, there’s been surprisingly little noise about the damage sound pollution can do to marine ecology. However, this is changing
As the United Nations focuses on “life and livelihoods” for this year’s World Oceans Day, two women with global seas in their veins are resolute about what’s needed to achieve SDG number 14 and switch
As global campaigns urge people to stop eating red meat because of its contribution to climate change, some ranchers in Argentina are exploring an alternative, regenerative approach to producing beef. Husband and wife duo Fernando
Jim Mann, an ecologist and now “tree farmer” in Scotland, is no fan of many of the world’s carbon offsetting programs. “Offsets have been a mess for many years and I'd go so far as
One of the first companies to earn the right to carry the ROC (regenerative organic certified) kite mark is Dr Bronner’s Magic Soaps, a California-based family-owned maker of organic soaps and personal care products. It
Planting trees is increasingly fashionable among policymakers, not least as a way to counter the climate-changing effects of carbon entering the atmosphere. The largest reforestation programme in the world is the Grain for Green program,