by Guest Contributor | Oct 17, 2014 | Climate Change, Education, Human Sustainability, Smart Thought, Sustainability
From his early days in office, the Ecumenical Patriarch has made care for the environment one of his top priorities. His strategy has been “connecting people who have the power to save the environment with people who have the knowledge.”
by John Cronin | Sep 27, 2014 | Climate Change, Energy, Human Sustainability, Law & Policy, Sustainability
Last December, I wrote an EarthDesk post that called upon American environmentalism to turn its attention to poverty and homelessness. A reader replied on Facebook that she resented the implication environmentalists ignore the poor, as she and others were fighting...
by John Cronin | Sep 18, 2014 | Ecology, General, International, Pollution, Sustainability, Water
Despite years of warnings from marine scientists, the Chinese sturgeon, Acipenser sinensis, may be the first of 26 subspecies of sturgeon worldwide to face extinction. Damming, pollution, overfishing and habitat destruction are the causes. According to the Chinese...
by John Cronin | Apr 18, 2014 | Health, International, Sustainability, Water
The video clip above, of villagers in Central Malawi gathering the day’s water, is part of an extraordinary interactive story published recently on the Irish Times site by Trócaire, a Catholic charity in Kildare, Ireland that works in over 20 countries across...
by John Cronin | Apr 10, 2014 | Animal Welfare, Creativity, Ecology, Education, Law & Policy, Sustainability
Undergraduates Tackle Energy, Food Justice, Invasive Species and Animal Torture Only seven weeks into the inaugural semester of the Pace Environmental Policy Clinic, an intensive program of professional advocacy training, twelve Pace University students are already...
by Guest Contributor | Mar 18, 2014 | Economics, Energy, Fracking, International, Sustainability
The U.S. Should Lead a New Marshall Plan of Conservation and Alternative Energy for Eastern Europe By Charles Komanoff Ed. Note: EarthDesk is pleased to welcome first-time guest contributor Charles Komanoff, a lifelong, pioneering advocate on energy economics and...
