What Green Costs
Thea Riofrancos Deep in the salt flats of Chile lies the extractive frontier of the renewable energy transition. Clean energy advocates envision an electrified home running on 100 percent renewable energy with a Tesla parked in its garage, solar shingles gleaming on its rooftop, and a smart meter dutifully collecting usage data and uploading it […]
Training tomorrow's global climate leaders today.
Support the Global Climate Corps - Leaders are not created overnight. Addressing the causes and impacts of climate change will require vision, dedication, and skills. At the Global Climate Corps we are dedicated to building leaders who are equipped and ready to address the challenges of the future by providing specialized programs in multiple locations […]
A staggering 1 billion animals are now estimated dead in Australia’s fires
As fires continue to rip through Australia, some devastating numbers are emerging: At least 24 people killed. More than 15.6 million acres torched. Over 1,400 homes destroyed. And, according to one biodiversity expert’s count, an estimated 1 billion animals killed. That last number is staggeringly huge, and has begun to make the rounds on social media. You might be wondering: How are so many […]
Go Green: Eco-Friendly Products We Should All Be Using
After the shocking wake-up call of the documentary Blue Planet, more and more people are waking up to the unsustainable way humans are living. In fact, 97% of climate scientists agree we are facing a global warming emergency. But there’s hope for our planet. If we all do our part to make ourselves a little bit greener, then […]
Support Kimbowa Margaret Save 10,000 Grown up Trees from Deforestation.
We love what Kimbowa Margaret is doing and we encourage your to support the cause. Please see some of her story below and visit her gogetfunding page.
Life without plastic website
Do you want to go plastic-free but feel overwhelmed and don't know where or how to start? We want to help by making it fun and exciting. Reducing your plastic footprint is a step-by-step process ... ironically! Many people making a small change can create major positive impacts around the world.
The National Audubon Society
The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation.
The world’s leading resource for climate solutions.
Project Drawdown is a global research organization that identifies, reviews, and analyzes the most viable solutions to climate change, and shares these findings with the world.
Coal power becoming 'uninsurable' as firms refuse cover
The number of insurers withdrawing cover for coal projects more than doubled this year and for the first time US companies have taken action, leaving Lloyd’s of London and Asian insurers as the “last resort” for fossil fuels, according to a report.
‘Insect apocalypse’ poses risk to all life on Earth, conservationists warn
The “unnoticed insect apocalypse” should set alarm bells ringing, according to conservationists, who said that without a halt there will be profound consequences for humans and all life on Earth.
Paradise community gathers on anniversary of Camp Fire
One year after Paradise burned, hundreds of people gathered in the parking lot of a former bank building in the Northern California town to pause for 85 seconds — one for each person who died.
3 dead, dozens injured as Australia wildfires raze homes
Wildfires razing Australia's drought-stricken east coast have left three people dead, several missing and dozens injured, with over 150 homes destroyed, officials said Saturday.
Demand a People's Climate Summit
The Chilean government has suspended the COP25 climate talks. So we demand a People’s Climate Summit instead - and at this Summit, we want the United Nations to prioritize the voices of people, not polluters. It’s time to kick polluters out of the climate talks and give them back to the people.
Climate crisis: 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’
The world’s people face “untold suffering due to the climate crisis” unless there are major transformations to global society, according to a stark warning from more than 11,000 scientists.
Bill McKibben on U.S. Withdrawal from Paris Accord, California Fires, Climate Refugees & More
The Trump administration notified the United Nations Monday that it would withdraw the U.S. from the historic Paris climate agreement, starting a year-long process to leave the international pact to fight the climate crisis. The United States — the world’s largest historic greenhouse gas emitter — will become the only country outside the accord. Trump’s […]
Planting Billions of Trees Is the 'Best Climate Change Solution Available Today,' Study Finds
Planting more than 500 billion trees could remove around 25 percent of existing carbon from the atmosphere, a new study has found. What's more: there's enough space to do it.
Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming Burns
What if the banking, asset-management, and insurance industries moved away from fossil fuels?
Brown launches California-China climate think tank
Jerry Brown is still sounding his signature alarm on climate change — and doing an end run around the federal government.
'We have a once-in-century chance': Naomi Klein on how we can fight the climate crisis
In this extract from her latest book On Fire, the No Logo author looks at why capitalism and politics have got in the way of addressing the climate crisis
