June 22, 2021 was World Rainforest Day! Rainforests are vital for the survival of life on Earth – the Amazon alone provides 20% of the oxygen we breathe and the freshwater we drink. They absorb our carbon dioxide, stabilize climate patterns, and are home to half the world’s

The ACF's goal is to restore and conserve African wildlife and vulnerable ecosystems- like the savanna, rainforests, and mangroves- through fieldwork, capacity building, environmental education and sustainable livelihood development with the communities. They also incorporate geospatial analysis in their projects for informed decision making, wildlife monitoring, anti-poaching and

The Food & Agriculture Association of the UN suggests 6 easy-to-follow tips to avoid food waste:  Be realistic, and only plan out enough food for the amount of people who will be eating  Freeze leftovers to eat on another day  Use leftovers as the next day's lunch or

"I will be a hummingbird; I will do the best I can." - Professor Wangari Maathai.  Professor Maathai and our friends at the Green Belt Movement are calling on all of us to get involved and be 'hummingbirds.' Learn the story of the hummingbird and how you can get

How were chemicals introduced to soil in America? It was a chain reaction starting with the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, when severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent the wind erosion caused crops all across the nation to dry up. America then

“Because of our belief that we are separate from nature - that we need to control her, that we need to domineer her, and that we actually are some sort of manifest destiny towards her consumption

The Sustainable Markets Initiative aims to lead and accelerate the world's transition to a sustainable future by putting Nature, People and Planet at the heart of global value creation. His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales launched SMI by gathering a global ‘coalition of the willing’ who share

Researchers from the Netherlands studied the effects of having sustainability-themed interactive signage and displays in a supermarket, and how it might influence a customer's purchasing choices. The digital displays provided education on sustainability and labeled certain products as sustainably sourced. Their case study was published online in the

A climate literate person is one who is able to understand the interacting variables of the climate system and act in accordance with this understanding to have the least impact on the environment. Climate literacy also goes hand-in-hand with civic engagement, which will prepare these individuals to have

Zach Bush, MD hosted a webinar on the importance of understanding GMOs and their detrimental impact to our environment and health. He wrote on his Instagram: “This epidemic of disease began in the mid 1990s as a direct result from a globally occurring environmental shift. Chemical farming and oversaturation