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 […]
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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: […]
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 […]
Losing Earth: New York Times Special Feature
Climate Change could have been stopped! The New York Times Magazine this week presents a two-part special feature on the 10-year period (1979 to 1989) when“we came very close to […]
Chile/Peru Parks Millions of Acres Added
Chile’s Patagonia region and the Peruvian Amazon started the New Year with millions of new protected acres– rich in biodiversity and natural features—and open to adventure travelers and the public […]
2018 Straight Ahead
Green News Update is starting 2018 – a little late! — with hope and some optimism. Our cup runneth over with ideas and smart projects– brought to us by able […]
Book World Part 2 2012-2017
In Part 2 of our Book World retrospective, we share a trove of outstanding books on science, natural history, and the human condition from Green News Update selections over the […]
On the Brink of Extinction (Coming Up)
Do these numbers mean anything to you? 30, 45, 60, 200, 7100 Can you match up any of the numbers to critically endangered species? These are animals that may not […]
Driven by Nature: Frans Lanting Part 3
Frans Lanting is one of three renowned photographers we’ve selected — the others, Brian Skerry and Joel Sartore — to showcase their exceptional achievements as photojournalists and their passion for conservation […]
Paris Climate Agreement – Read and Weep
U.S. pulls out of the Paris Climate Agreement two days after causing a kerfuffle (a real word!) with the invented word covfefe. Here’s what Pulitzer-Prize-winning New Yorker contributor Elizabeth Kolbert has to […]
