The IUCN (International Union for Conservation and Nature) Red List is a massive enterprise involving the IUCN Global Species program staff, partner organizations, and experts in the IUCN Species Survival Commission. It is a powerful tool used by government agencies, wildlife departments, conservation-related NGOs, natural resource planners, and educational organizations. At its most basic, it ... Read more
New to homeschooling? We can get through this together… With the new reality of sheltering-in-place, comes a new reality of needing to “school” our children. In many situations, schools have quickly migrated their curriculums online. Depending on the age of the child, however, and the school, the parent is left figuring out what to do ... Read more
The transformation needed to improve lives and well-being sustainably through healthy environments “The current situation and the challenges ahead call for a transformation in the way we manage our environment with respect to health and well-being. Current approaches have laid the foundations, but they have not proven sufficient for sustainably and efficiently reducing environmental risks ... Read more
According to new data from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), it looks increasingly unlikely humankind will meet the targets set out by the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and slow the planet’s crash course toward a climate disaster. Earth’s average global temperature is already over 1°C (1.8°F) above the pre-industrial period and the last 5 ... Read more
Led by the United Kingdom’s Met Office, the Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update utilizes the expertise of top international climate scientists as well as computer models from leading climate centres around the world to produce actionable information on the climate outlook for the next 5 years. This update presents a summary of annual to ... Read more
UN Report: Nature’s Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’ A landmark report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) warns that nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history, and the rate of extinctions is accelerating. The report also states that current global responses are insufficient and that transformative changes are needed ... Read more
Gitanjali 12 by Rabindranath Tagore The time that my journey takes is long and the way of it long. I came out on the chariot of the first gleam of light, and pursued my voyage through the wildernesses of worlds leaving my track on many a star and planet. It is the most distant course ... Read more
“You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward.” Rocky Balboa
Over the past decade, technology companies and their leaders have launched diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, hoping to make employees of all backgrounds and experiences feel welcome in our industry. We failed. The data shows that, especially in the tech space, we have not moved the needle on the number of women, blacks, or Latinos in our ... Read more
How is today’s warming different from the past? Throughout its history, the Earth has gone through climate changes which were not caused by humanity. Scientists use evidence such as tree rings, layers of ice in glaciers, coral reefs, and sedimentary rocks to determine and build the record of Earth’s past climates. The Paleoclimate record combined ... Read more