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Protecting the Source, Inspiring the Future: The Story of Pachamama Alliance

6 February 2015 Leave a Comment

The Pachamama Alliance is a non-profit organization working to create a just, thriving and sustainable world for all. Their work started in the Amazon rainforest with a call from their indigenous partners, and has spread their message to the entire world. Watch the inspiring story of how the Pachamama Alliance was born and continues to thrive.... Watch video

Filed Under: Ecology & sustainability Tagged With: activism, Amazon, change, environment, future generations, indigenous peoples, inspiration, land protection, movements, Pachamama Alliance, Protecting the environment, story of Pachamama Alliance, sustainability

Scientists Seeking to Save World Find Best Technology Is Trees by Louise Downing

6 February 2015 Leave a Comment

Oxford University scientists, after a year of research, have determined the best technology to suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and try to reverse global warming. It’s trees. Read the full story.... Continue reading

Filed Under: Ecology & sustainability Tagged With: afforestration, Bloomberg Business, ecology, environment, global warming, Louise Downing, Oxford University, reforesting, science, sustainability, tree planting

An honest conversation with Earth by Lucy Purdy

23 January 2015 Leave a Comment

Language is being called upon to help reinvigorate humanity’s beleaguered relationship with nature. From old wisdom, to “tooling up” for the job with words, New Story Summiteer and freelance journalist, Lucy Purdy, explores the writers and publications establishing new dialogues with the natural world. Continue reading

Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: connecting with nature, Earth consciousness, environment, language for nature, Lucy Purdy, natural world, New Internationalist Magazine, new story

Engaging with oil companies on climate change is futile, admits leading UK environmentalist by Damian Carrington

17 January 2015 1 Comment

After years working on sustainability projects with BP and Shell, Jonathon Porritt says he came to the conclusion it was ‘impossible’ for today’s oil and gas companies to adapt to the need to exit fossil fuels. Continue reading

Filed Under: Ecology & sustainability Tagged With: ecology, environment, Jonathon Porritt, sustainability

Field Notes from the Green Economy with Alisa Gravitz | Bioneers

11 January 2015 Leave a Comment

Alisa Gravitz speaks at the 2014 Bioneers National Conference demonstrating that large system change is possible and is happening before our eyes. Industry will dominate society’s values for a socially and environmentally regenerative world. Gravitz, President and CEO of Green America, affirms that companies do listen to customer concerns, and energy and water conservation is a matter of their survival. Thanks to battery storage technology, solar and wind are knocking dirty energy off the grid. … Watch video

Filed Under: Ecology & sustainability Tagged With: Alisa Gravitz, biodiversity, Bioneers, clean technologies, climate change, economy, energy, environment, green economy, sustainability, technology, water conservation

10 Lessons from Living Life Off the Grid by Phillip Vannini and Jonathan Taggert | The Tyee

7 January 2015 Leave a Comment

For two years Phillip Vannini and Jonathan Taggert traveled across Canada to find off-gridders, study their ways of life and document their findings. "Our energy futures won't be characterized by a simple, magic solution but rather by many diverse renewable resource technologies sensitive to local conditions and responsive to changing needs and intelligent, responsible demand. It is in this sense that off-grid living can be understood: as an experiment, happening today, to solving the problems … Watch video

Filed Under: Ecology & sustainability Tagged With: environment, living off grid, off grid living, sustainability

RYSE – Rising Youth for a Sustainable Earth with Xiuhtezcatl‬ Martinez

6 January 2015 1 Comment

RYSE is activating the youth-led climate movement, empowering youth to put climate solutions into action. Indigenous Youth Leader, ‪Xiuhtezcatl‬ Martinez, has been on the front lines of the climate and environment movement since he was six-years-old. His philosophy... "If we want to create that world that we're all envisioning, it's not going to come from waiting for world leaders to take action. So that's why we're here, right now. That's why we have built this campaign, that's why we have … Watch video

Filed Under: Youth Tagged With: activism, climate, environment, movement, RYSE, sustainability, ‪Xiuhtezcatl‬ Martinez, youth

Indigenous Voices: A Call To Keep The Oil In The Ground with Nina Gualinga

5 January 2015 Leave a Comment

"I walk a small path, surrounded by an infinite number of trees, plants and the scent of flowers. My lungs fill with pure, fresh air when I take a deep breath. My bare feet touch the ground, damp from yesterday's rain. This is my home. This is where I grew up. This is what I want to share with my children one day. "As I think of the future, of my people, I can hear the cry of the river, the mountains and the forest, and this fills me with sadness and anger. The future of this place is being … Watch video

Filed Under: Ecology & sustainability Tagged With: Amazon Watch, environment, indigenous voices, Nina Gualinga, Protecting the environment, sustainability

Tomorrow’s Ancestors Speak: carrying the voices that awaken humanity

2 January 2015 Leave a Comment

A deeply moving and inspiring video from the Tomorrow's Ancestors Speak project. The intent of the project is to travel the world reflecting with indigenous elders and other ancestors of tomorrow on humanity's relationship to the water, land, and nature as a whole. We will be bringing you periodic videos from the team, as they make their way around the globe, featuring the wisdom of diverse indigenous elders that will guide us to become the ancestors of tomorrow. In this first video, The … Watch video

Filed Under: Ecology & sustainability Tagged With: ancestors, Chief Al Baker, environment, indigenous wisdom, land, Mother Earth, nature, Tomorrow's Ancestors Speak, water

ENOUGHNESS: Restoring Balance to the Economy in the Most Awesome Way Ever

27 December 2014 Leave a Comment

How we see the world determines how we act. Western thought sees us at war with each other over resources. In Indigenous philosophy, we are all related as individuals in balance with nature. The 5-minute film 'Enoughness' juxtaposes these two world views and delivers some startling facts. "Indigenous peoples' territory spans 24% of the earth's land surface but is home to 80% of its total biodiversity. This is not a coincidence." Well illustrated throughout, this short film is a powerful … Watch video

Filed Under: Ecology & sustainability Tagged With: economy, environment, Films for Action, First Peoples Worldwide, indigenous philosophy, sustainable living

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