Oct 29, 2020
In the last 10 to 20 years, we’ve moved from preserving the environment from people to preserving it for people. Ecology Center in Berkeley, California, runs three farmers markets, an ecology center and a curbside recycling pickup service to minimize the plastic impact on the environment. We must remind ourselves...
Oct 27, 2020
How many trees does it take to produce oxygen for one person for a full year? According to BBC Science Focus magazine 1 human consumes around 740kg of oxygen every year. It takes around 7-8 trees to produce this amount of oxygen. The good news is that Earth has around 400 trees for every human. The bad news is that...
Oct 25, 2020
Is it possible to end the global illegal wildlife trade in our lifetime? In our children’s lifetime? We recently spoke with Peter Knights, the co-founder and executive director of WildAid, and he believes it is possible. As the demand for rhino horns, ivory and shark fins drops, increased awareness can create a shift...
Oct 22, 2020
With empowering local communities at the heart of their mission, Tzedek is a U.K.-based charity working to alleviate extreme global poverty while engaging the UK community in their own sense of social responsibility. Founded nearly 30 years ago, this organization sourced its namesake from Hebrew -Tzedek - meaning
Oct 20, 2020
Old growth forests are home to some of the oldest and tallest organisms living on the planet and still exist today in British Columbia. Nearly 55,000 hectares of these forests are being logged every year, leaving 3% of Canadian old growths still in existence. We spoke to Andrea Inness, a campaigner from the executive...