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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]