(NOTE: Statements in this talk have been challenged by scientists working in this field. Please read "Criticisms & Updates" below for more details.) "Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert," begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And it's happening to about two-thirds of the world's grasslands, accelerating climate... Continue Reading →
Climate & Climate Change
In this Flocabulary video, you’ll learn about the three main climatic zones and the geographic factors that influence climate. The video also discusses how Earth’s climate is changing and how that can affect life in the future. Source...
Nothing is won without a fight. With Democratic control of Congress and the White House, the possibilities of what we can achieve together are limited only by the optimism of our imagination and our will to build a movement so big and powerful our demands are impossible to ignore. For the past few years we’ve... Continue Reading →
Green New Deal Year One: What We’re Fighting For…
The Biden administration has laid out a roadmap for undoing many of the environmental actions of his predecessor, some of which were approved or enacted within the past six months. President Joe Biden, hours after he was sworn in Wednesday, issued an executive order to start a process that could lead to amendments or even... Continue Reading →
Biden pumps the brakes on more than 100 Trump environmental policy decisions
Brazil’s Indigenous Leaders Sue President Jair Bolsonaro For Crimes Against Humanity Two of Brazil’s most influential and well-known Indigenous leaders filed an international legal challenge this week against the country’s leader, alleging that far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s policies toward Indigenous tribes and the Amazon rainforest constitute crimes against humanity. Chief Raoni Metuktire, the leader of... Continue Reading →
2 Climate Emergency related articles on Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
Take AIM at Climate Change (listen to the words…)
An upbeat invitation to "Take AIM at Climate Change" - with "AIM" standing for Adapt, Innovate, Mitigate. The lyrics are based on the latest science of Earth's changing climate, with the music a mix of rap and pop. Four verses connect changes in the Arctic and Antarctic to conditions around the planet, with choruses encouraging... Continue Reading →
What is the world that you want to live in? In 2019, NY Renews passed the nation's most progressive climate justice legislation in the country and established a legal mandate to eliminate fossil fuels. Now, we need to fund the just transition. The Climate and Community Investment Act (CCIA) does just that by raising $15... Continue Reading →
Let’s Build The World That We Want – New York
This is a Ted Talk video search list: ted talk climate change solutions Definition: Climate change includes both the global warming driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases, and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous periods of climatic change, since the mid-20th century, humans have had unprecedented impact on... Continue Reading →
ted talk climate change solutions
The Time America Almost Stopped Climate Change
We've totally beefed it on climate policy for 30 years, let's try a new approach. - ClimateTown Source Note: This video is extremely informative and well-done. Get educated quick about an issue of great importance to all of us. Please support ClimateTown for great work. Visit his YouTube page and see his links.
Eat For The Planet is the leading podcast covering the people, ideas, and technologies shaping the future of food. About: WE NEED A RADICAL CHANGE IN THE WAY WE PRODUCE, DISTRIBUTE, AND CONSUME FOOD IF WE WANT TO AVERT AN ECOLOGICAL CRISIS AND HAVE A THRIVING HUMAN POPULATION ON EARTH BY THE YEAR 2050. Eat... Continue Reading →
Eat for the Planet
Climate disasters started early in 2020—and kept on coming. The catastrophic fires in Australia in early 2020 were a holdover from 2019, but they were soon followed by flooding in Indonesia, a super cyclone hitting the coast of India and Bangladesh, and then more flooding, this time in Kenya and wide swaths of Central and West Africa. Next came the record-breaking fires in... Continue Reading →