What does climate justice organizing look like under Trump?
By Laurie Mazur / On March 22nd, 2017
An interview with Miya Yoshitani, executive director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)
Guest Opinion: We need a moon-shot for the environment more than ever
By Dominick A. DellaSala / On April 25th, 2016
This week, more than 193 nations will celebrate Earth Day. The annual event is a marker for the environmental movement begun on April 22, 1970, when Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson organized a peaceful teach-in. At the time, rivers were on fire, oil spills fouled Santa Barbara’s coastline, spaceships were headed to the moon, and the nation was at war.
Celebrating Earth Day: An Intergenerational Guide to the Future
By Dominick A. DellaSala / On May 20th, 2014
By Dominick A. DellaSala, Camila Thorndike, and Jim Furnish
Originally published by the Mail Tribune
One of us is a scientist, the next a young climate activist, and the third the former Siuslaw National Forest supervisor and Evangelical Environmental Network board member. What do we share in common?
#ForewordFriday: State of the World Edition
By Meghan Bartels / On May 2nd, 2014
If you're the kind of person who eagerly awaits the annual State of the Union speech, we have just what you need to tide you over until next January. State of the World 2014: Governing for Sustainability marks the 40th anniversary of Worldwatch Institute, one of the leading environmental think tanks. This year's book analyzes government structures on every scale, how they are—or aren't—addressing sustainability issues, and how they can be improved.
Rising Temperatures Hurt Current Energy Systems
By Admin / On July 9th, 2013
Sarah LeRoy of the Southwest Climate Change Network weighs in on the rising temperatures and their impact on current energy systems.
When will America, world make sustainability a priority?
By John Dernbach / On July 19th, 2012
Twenty years ago, I took a week off from my job at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources and attended the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development as a private citizen.
At this conference, also known as the Earth Summit, nations of the world, including the United States, endorsed a nonbinding plan for a new form of development: environmentally sustainable development.