Scientists Understood Physics of Climate Change in the 1800s – Thanks to a Woman Named Eunice Foote
Written by: Sylvia G. Dee
Long before the current political divide over climate change, and even before the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865), an American scientist named Eunice Foote documented the underlying cause of today’s climate change crisis.
The year was 1856. Foote’s brief scientific paper was...
Why Are Women More Vulnerable to Flooding in India?
Written by: Deepa Padmanaban
In India, floods are the most frequently occurring natural hazard, accounting for 47 percent of all natural disasters and claiming 1,700 lives per year on average. Although studies have shown women to be more vulnerable to natural disasters, so far there is little information on whether or...
How Colonialism’s Legacy Makes it Harder for Countries to Escape Poverty and Fossil Fuels Today
Written by: Patrick Greiner
While fossil fuels were powering wealthy nations’ economic growth in the 19th and 20th centuries, many countries across the Global South remained largely impoverished.
Today, all that burning of oil, coal and natural gas has warmed the planet toward dangerous levels, and science...
Maria Espinosa and Izabella Teixeira: We Need a New Relationship Between Humankind and Nature
https://youtu.be/n80OB_qJmdU
Interview TranscriptTranscribed by Otter AI
Kimberly WhiteHello and welcome to Common Home Conversations. Today we're joined by María Espinosa, President of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly and former Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Izabella Teixeira, Co-Chair of the United Nations...
Podcast: Princess Esméralda of Belgium, journalist, documentary‐maker, environmental activist, and President of the King Leopold III Fund for Nature Exploration and Conservation
https://youtu.be/rjzJ2-rFHi8
Interview TranscriptTranscribed by Otter AI
Kimberly WhiteHello and welcome to Common Home Conversations. Today we are joined by Princess Esméralda of Belgium, journalist, documentary‐maker, environmental activist, and President of the King Leopold III Fund for Nature Exploration and Conservation. Thank you so much for joining...
Podcast- John Hewson: These are the Top 10 Megarisks to Civilization
https://youtu.be/oGy4stoloQ8
Interview TranscriptTranscribed by Otter AI
Kimberly WhiteHello and welcome to The Planetary Podcast. Today we are joined by Dr. John Hewson, former leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, Professor at the Australian National University, and Chair of the Council for the Human Future. Thank...
Meet the Farmers Helping to Reforest Timor-Leste
Written by: Andrew Mahar
High in the mountains of Timor-Leste, a group of subsistence farmers earn an income by planting trees, leading the way to a future of self-determination for their families and local communities.
The WithOneSeed community forestry programme began in Baguia, Timor-Leste, in 2009 and...
Podcast: Angela Pozzi, Founder and Artistic Director of the Washed Ashore Project
https://youtu.be/hjqssBiecw0
Kimberly WhiteHello and welcome to The Planetary Podcast. Today we are joined by Angela Pozzi, Founder and Artistic Director of the Washed Ashore Project. Thank you so much for joining us today, Angela.
Angela PozziThank you. It’s exciting to be here.
Kimberly WhiteSo Angela, can you...
Meet Coté Castañeda, the Recycling Expert that Connects People and Companies Contributing to the Circular Economy
This profile is published in collaboration with Level Magazine
Coté Castañeda is an industrial and civil engineer, and she is a dreamer and visionary of the circular economy, sustainability, and green businesses focused on recycling processes. Currently, she has advised 120 public and private companies...
Climate Campaigners Enlist Football Fans in Support
Written by: Alex Kirby
For many football fans − British ones, at least − no match day is complete without its traditional fuel: a (meat) pie and a pint (of beer, naturally). Good luck, you may think, to the team that tries to buck that...
- Advertisement -
Latest article
Want to Build Healthier Cities? Make Room for Bird and Tree Diversity
Written by: Rachel Buxton, Emma J. Hudgins, and Stephanie Prince Ware
More than five million Canadians — approximately one in eight of us — are living with...
How Solar Microgrids Could Power the Future
Written by: Rajat Panwar/Yale Climate Connections
The back-to-back arrival of hurricanes Helene and Milton wreaked unprecedented havoc on the power grid in the southeastern U.S.,...
How Quito has Raised Crucial Finance for Nature-Positive Urban Development
Written by: Mauricio Rodas
As climate change increasingly threatens populated urban areas, cities need to be at the forefront of pioneering sustainable urban development and...