Official Title: Three gifts children have - and how they can save the planet | Eleni Andreadis | TEDxAthens It’s not technology we’re lacking in tackling the environmental crisis, argues environmentalist and children’s author, Eleni Andreadis, but the will to make a sustainable future our reality. How can we find the collective will we need?... Continue Reading →
Forests around the world play a major role in curbing or contributing to climate change. Standing, healthy forests sequester more atmospheric carbon than they emit and act as a carbon sink; degraded and deforested areas release stored carbon and are a carbon source. Forests are a net carbon sink globally, but there’s huge variation locally. Our analysis... Continue Reading →
Indigenous Forests Are Some of the Amazon’s Last Carbon Sinks
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Spirituality & Sustainability Conference 2023 – Contemplation & Action for Social and Ecological Renewal! Rome & Assisi, Italy The 10th Spirituality & Sustainability Conference will be held in Rome and Assisi from 4 to 11 June 2023. The Spirituality & Sustainability Global (SSGN) is a co-convenor of this conference, and they are inviting members of... Continue Reading →
Earth Charter Announcements – January 2023
. P R E A M B L E . We stand at a critical moment in Earth's history, a time when humanity must choose its future. As the world becomes increasingly interdependent and fragile, the future at once holds great peril and great promise. To move forward we must recognize that in the midst... Continue Reading →
The Earth Charter Excerpts…
The world is not reducing emissions fast enough to mitigate the most deadly effects of climate change, so it’s time to study temporary methods to cool the Earth by blocking some of the sun’s rays, according to an internationally recognized group of scientists. Every four years, scientists backed by the United Nations put out a... Continue Reading →
One simple graph shows why we need to study ways of reflecting sunlight to cool the Earth
“Experienced Americans” are the fastest-growing part of the population: 10,000 people a day pass the 60-year mark. That means that there’s no way to make the changes that must be made to protect our planet and society unless we bring our power into play. We’re used to thinking that humans grow more conservative as they... Continue Reading →
What is TH!RD ACT!
Connecting Earth's climate patterns via global information superhighway By Breanna Zavadoff AND Marybeth Arcodia Published December 22, 2022 Comments: 6 This is a guest post by Breanna Zavadoff and Marybeth Arcodia. Dr. Zavadoff is an Assistant Scientist at the University of Miami Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies. Her current research focuses on U.S.... Continue Reading →
What are teleconnections?
“Climate Solutions is shining a light on a better way forward: a clean energy future with broadly-shared prosperity, free from the ravages of fossil fuel dependence. And the brighter they shine that light, the closer it gets.” Van Jones, Co-Founder, Rebuild the Dream Our climate solution is simple: believe in what’s possible stop what doesn’t work... Continue Reading →
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In the face of climate change, children need positive stress as well as compassion to maintain mental health and inform their responses. Climate-related disasters are on the rise, and carbon emissions are soaring. Parents today face the unprecedented challenge of raising children somehow prepared for a planetary emergency that may last their lifetimes. Few guidebooks are on the shelves... Continue Reading →
How to Raise Climate-Resilient Kids (repost)
Climate Central’s Program on Sea Level Rise strives to provide accurate, clear and granular information about sea level rise and coastal flood hazards both locally and globally, today and tomorrow. Anchored in rigorous primary research, our work distinguishes itself by its user-friendly maps and tools, extensive datasets, and high-quality visual presentation. The program dedicates its... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 