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Worldchanging Interview: Wangari Maathai
Sustainability in a bright green world is about much more than environmentalism. It is about preserving our natural resources, yes. But it's also about seeing those resources holistically, and understanding that a healthy environment is the foundation for human health and happiness, for international security, and for economic stability. Few people embody this vision as passionately as Dr. Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan scholar, activist and politician who in 2004 became the first woman from...
Earth Day: 10 Big, Really Hard Things We Can Do to Save the Planet
Traditionally, this is a day devoted to making green accessible to all. It's a day when each of us is invited to take small, individual steps toward reducing our carbon footprints, limiting our waste, or restoring the environment. See how easy it is – and how fun – to do your part to save the planet? Whether Earth Day does any good is a subject of some real debate around here. Admittedly, this year's goals from the Earth Day Network (EDN) show that the holiday might be heading in the...
Obama Pressed To Increase Global Water Aid
In his inauguration speech in January, U.S. President Barack Obama mentioned four words that lifted the hearts of water advocates worldwide: "Let clean water flow." Although Obama has proposed doubling U.S. spending on foreign aid, his new budget, released last month, offers few details on whether the additional funding will support his inaugural vow, especially in the face of a debilitating financial crisis. Despite global economic uncertainty, sitting and former U.S. members of Congress...
Let the Clean Waters Flow
Since January 20, the American people have been drinking from a fire hose. We are deluged with progress on issues that once seemed intractable - restarting the economy, safeguarding the environment, universalizing access to health care, and reasserting our good name abroad. As President Obama rounds the bend on his first 100 days, there feels like no limit tn the good that can be achieved. In this vein, the Administration should start to blaze new trails on even the most difficult topics....
Peter Gleick and The World's Water
Looking for a way to update yourself on the state of the world's water? On Wed., Feb. 4, Peter Gleick, one of the world's leading authorities on water issues, will present The World's Water 2008-2009 biannual report. This volume provides up-to-date information and analysis on water topics such as peak water, how human water needs meet sustainability, freshwater resources, Millennium Development Goals updates along with water threats and solutions in China. Watch the live webcast on February...
Food, Fuel and Fiber? The Challenge of Using the Earth to Grow Energy
In May of 2008, while visiting Jakarta, I came across a newspaper story about a protest there. Hundreds of people had gathered in front of the gates of a charitable NGO whose mission was to feed poor people. The NGO was simply unable to provide enough rice, tofu and other staples to meet the need. The newspaper explained that the protest had been triggered by the global spike in food prices, which made some staple items unaffordable or -- thanks to export freezes -- unavailable. But poor,...
Commentary: Reconciling Poverty, Sustainability, and the Financial Crisis
by Christopher Flavin The following is adapted from a speech given by Worldwatch Institute President Christopher Flavin at a high-level United Nations event on September 25, 2008. I want to commend the UN Secretary-General for his decision to focus on environmental sustainability as one of the three cross-cutting pillars of the Millennium Development Goals. Environmental sustainability may have seemed peripheral to meeting human needs when these goals were adopted in 2000. But the world has...
Worldchanging Interview: World Resources Institute
This article was written by Hassan Masum, David Zaks, and Chad Monfreda in September 2007. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. As the ecosystem services meme trickles down from the science and policy worlds to on-the-ground programs, it's informative to peek behind the curtain to observe its evolution. One group working very hard at mainstreaming ecosystems services is the People & Ecosystems program of the World Resources Institute. WRI has...
One Planet Olympics
This article was written by Alex Steffen in December 2006. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. The Olympic Games have had from the start a worldchanging mission. They spring from the desire of many in the late 1800s to see young men devote their energy to the pursuit of excellence rather than war. And for all the plastic patriotism which attends them today, they remain a cosmopolitan affair, in the true sense of that word. The Olympic ideal is, at...
Free Data. Big Picture. Very Cool.
Which countries are healthiest, wealthiest and most educated? The Gapminder knows. Powered by Trendalyzer and Google Spreadsheet, this free, open source, learning tool can help you investigate the world's sustainability issues right from your computer. In this article, Alan AtKisson writes about why he loves this site: Learn about education (see the chart; it's downloadable). Learn about the Millennium Development Goals, and watch little country-bubbles race toward the 2015 finish...
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