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
Scientists Seeking to Save World Find Best Technology Is Trees by Louise Downing
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
Bold ideas for a better world from Davos and beyond by Jo Confino and Jennifer Kho | Guardian
The world’s challenges are huge, numerous and looming, and many innovative ideas will be needed to meet them. On the last day of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Jo Confino in Davos, and Jennifer Kho in New York, asked participants to share the ideas they are taking away about the real things they can do to help solve the world’s top challenges. What are your bold ideas for a better world? Share them here in the Comments below. Photograph: Matty Ring/flickr Continue reading
10 signs the stars are aligning for a climate deal in Paris by Adam Vaughan | Guardian
Following Al Gore and Pharrell Williams’ Live Earth 2015 announcement, this Guardian article rounds up nine other reasons to feel happy ahead of crunch climate talks in Paris in December. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images - Former US Vice President Al Gore (L) and Live Earth founder Kevin Wall (R) with US singer Pharrell Williams, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos where a second round of Live Earth concerts to promote awareness of climate change was announced. Continue reading
An honest conversation with Earth by Lucy Purdy
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
Engaging with oil companies on climate change is futile, admits leading UK environmentalist by Damian Carrington
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
Sustainability 2015: the devil will be in the detail by Tensie Whelan
2014 saw many welcome examples of sustainability, but Tensie Whelan believes successful implementation of policies lies in understanding nuance. Photograph: Julio Dalponte/wwf/handout/dpa/Corbis - There’s no such thing as zero deforestation in forest supply chains, but we can achieve net-zero deforestation if we source from producers who protect high value areas. Continue reading
Field Notes from the Green Economy with Alisa Gravitz | Bioneers
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
10 Lessons from Living Life Off the Grid by Phillip Vannini and Jonathan Taggert | The Tyee
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
RYSE – Rising Youth for a Sustainable Earth with Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
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