War in Ukraine: Chernobyl Update
March 12 2022 UPDATE Thirty-five years ago the world’s worst nuclear crisis occurred at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear facility. Today Chernobyl is back in Russian hands ! Russia’s incursion into the […]
Category Archives: Environment
Earth Day 2021
Earth Day brings people from all corners of the planet to debate how we can make the world cleaner, safer, less polluted and less hot ! Imagine an Earth with millions […]
Coming Up: Earth Day 2020
Earth Day is 50 years old in 2020– but unlike any time in memory, a worldwide pandemic demonstrates just how out of balance our planet is in the 21st century. […]
Plastics Update – New Frontline Documentary
Plastic production, pollution and recycling — a new Frontline/NPR documentary Plastic Wars, that premiered March 31 on PBS stations and online — reveals the sordid truth about why we are […]
Earth Heroes: A $1 Billion Investment
Who is Hansjörg Wyss – and why is he giving away a billion dollars ? Just before the end of 2018, nature lover-billionaire-philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss wrote a New York Times […]
Earth Heroes: Sisters Saving Salamanders
We think of convents as places of order and refuge: That’s exactly why the Lake Pátzcuaro salamander is so lucky to have an order of Dominican Sisters offer them continued […]
Coming Up: Earth Day Tributes 2019
For Earth Week 2019 we will feature one “hero” each day, although we’ve found many more heroes than there are days in a week. Here’s who you will learn about: […]
Coming Soon! Books Spring 2019
Start the spring with a time-traveling array of books on real crises and imagined places, beloved cities, art and design, and what the future may hold for the planet. Among […]
Aligning Architecture with Nature
Utopian or pragmatic, celebrated or untested—cities, communities and structures that work for the benefit of nature and humankind are featured in our new update. How can buildings– and cities– do […]
Cleaning up the Oceans: Coming
Are we facing an “Ocean Armageddon, “ with a trillion pieces of plastic in our oceans and 8 million tons added every year ? That’s what Erik Solheim, U.N. Environment […]
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