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Twenty-Six Individuals Now Own Wealth Equivalent to that of 50 percent of Humanity

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

The fortunes of the world’s billionaires increased 12 percent, or $2.5 billion per day, in 2018, while those of the poorest 50 percent of humanity declined 11 percent, according to Oxfam’s Public Good or Private Wealth.

Solar XL - A coalition protesting the Keystone Pipeline by proposing solar panels along its proposed route

Putting Solar Panels Along the Path of the Keystone XL Pipeline

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

Activists opposing the Keystone XL pipeline have a new way to fight it using solar panels. Solar XL is a coalition led by indigenous activists. The campaign aims to install solar panels along the route of the pipeline in Nebraska and South Dakota. The solar panels will supply power to the homes, farms and indigenous spirit camps of communities fighting…

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Standing Rock Sioux shift from protest to calls for divestment

Standing Rock Sioux Move From Protesting To Calling For Divestment

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

A strategy of protest Protests at the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota over the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) occurred in 2016, catching the attention of environmentalists and the news media. The Dakota Access Pipeline is a 1,168 miles mile pipeline that will carry crude oil from the Bakken oil fields from North Dakota to southern Illinois. It would…

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Water rights as a public good in Chile

Calls to Reinstate Water as a Public Good Arise in Chile

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Plagued by drought, floods and skyrocketing prices, calls to reinstitute water as a public good are intensifying in Chile.

Environmental advocacy under Trump presidency will not be easy. It may seem like a lonely fight, but we stand united and strong as we fight for a sustainable future

Environmental Advocacy Under a Trump Presidency

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Election 2016, the morning after Wednesday morning, coming to grips with a Trump presidency: The slow motion wreck that was election 2016 has finally ended, the smoke has cleared, and now we find ourselves in a very strange place. Not where we wanted to be. We should take the time to mourn the loss we feel, embrace the foreboding sense of…

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In the spirit of Paris - COP21

The Art of the Possible: Paris Agreement Comes Into Force

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

The mood in Paris last December was unmistakable, the optimism palpable. After decades of gridlock and disappointment, the negotiation at the COP21 climate conference held to its promise of progress. As Andrew Deutz, Director of International Government Relations for the Nature Conservancy told me, what was different about COP21 from past negotiations was this time “there were no villains.” From…

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Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - home of the 2016 summer olympics

Glory Eclipsed by Shame at the Rio Summer Games: A Social and Environmental Review of Brazil in 2016

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Richard Matthews | 0 Comments

Rio Olympic Games Special Feature : Brazil, the good, the bad, and ugly  Brazil is a complex amalgam of sustainability successes alongside epic social and environmental fails. The interplay of heroes and villains in Brazilian society sometimes makes it hard to differentiate one from the other. Brazil is a study in contrasts as illustrated by the incongruous site of lavish…

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