So, we were hiking around heaven, deciding to nap beneath the cascading falls flowing over Earth’s bosom, when the immensity of the cosmos slowly swallowed me whole like a snail devouring a mushroom. Calypso Cascades, Wild Basin, Rocky Mountain National Park
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Bocas del Toro, Panama – Rainforest, Coral Reef, and Mangrove Forests Discover one of Central America’s most diverse ecosystems – rainforest, coral reefs, and mangrove forests. From the lush embrace of the tropical rainforest to the kaleidoscopic wonder of the coral reefs and the tangled mysteries of the mangrove forests, this land and sea is
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While the debates on artificial intelligence (AI) often frame it as a potential scourge on human society that could destroy the planet and the human species, here is a counter-narrative that deserves urgent attention. In our preoccupation with hypothetical AI-driven apocalypses, we risk overlooking the tangible harm we are already causing our world and ourselves.
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Good Morning Europe – Lena Roche, Euronews’ Editor-in-Chief interviews Dr. Matthew King. Why is it so difficult for us to change in the context of COVID19 and climate change? Story Description – Good Morning Europe Euronews’s Lena Roche has been exploring how changing conditions are changing lifestyles, but not necessarily changing attitudes in this
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In the face of multiple threats, a group of indigenous Amazonian Kichwa smallholder farmers has organized a cooperative, Ally Guayusa, for rainforest conservation. Through a unique combination of market-based approaches to conservation and traditional agroforestry practices, they are diversifying their sources of income while protecting the Amazon rainforest. Innovative partnerships with the Aliados Foundation and
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BBC Future | Comments Analysis | Climate Change | Psychology Cognitive biases that ensured our initial survival now make it difficult to address long-term challenges that threaten our existence, like climate change. But they can help us too. We know that climate change is happening. We also know that it’s the result of increased carbon
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Op-Ed Daily Camera: Late last year, Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks put forward a development proposal for Wonderland Lake, a wildlife sanctuary located in North Boulder, that would have built structures on the water and throughout the sensitive wetland. An overwhelming majority of Boulder’s citizens rejected those plans. Instead, the community vocalized support for
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As the Mohawk Elder stood strong, his eyes connected directly with those in the room. His gaze was invigoratingly exhausted as if a deep spiritual lamentation were embedded in each word that he spoke. His Anglicized name is Charlie Patton, but he is traditionally known as Otsi’tsaken:ra (Speckled Flower, Bear Clan), from the Kanien’keha:ka Community of Kahnawake,
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Eat Lionfish – A Visit to the Museum Sparks a Memory In May, I was in Miami and had the opportunity to visit the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, which featured an exhibit on coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrass ecosystems. As I explored the exhibit, I saw the beautiful and invasive lionfish on display in
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As climate change increasingly threatens cities with sea level rise, we’re in desperate need of innovative solutions. On Saturday, February 3 the World Premiere of the documentary film, “Ocean Cities: Exploring Our Connection to the Seas” took place at eTown Hall in Boulder, Colorado. The film explores cities, their relationship to the ocean, and the challenges we
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Nutella fans are going nuts and it’s not because they’re gobbling up the hazelnuts in Nutella. Ferrero SpA, the Italian company that makes Nutella—the creamy hazelnut and chocolate spread that Europeans, and some Americans gobble up daily, changed its recipe. However, the change in recipe isn’t why fans of Nutella should be going nuts. It’s the
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Both consumers and corporations are to blame for environmental problems; however, the burden of addressing environmental problems rests on the shoulders of citizens and consumers. Consumers are to blame for environmental problems because a consumer can choose—or refuse—to buy a product or a service from a company that creates it. Consumers are also blamed because
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I had the opportunity to write on Yoga, Global Sustainability and Personal Transformation with B.K. Bose, Executive Director of the Niroga Institute, and Rob Schware, Executive Director of the Give Back Yoga Foundation in 2014. It was a timely article. Soon after its publication, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi was at the UN General Assembly and
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Nature: When I think of you I’m absorbed; Affection moves me, making me feel alive; Always amazed by my deep appreciation for you, astonished and aroused; Intensely fascinated and free simply because you’re so calming, you fulfill me. With you, I’m giggly and glad, gloriously glowing; Enjoying your good humor and gracious ways; Gratified by
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Can yoga and mindfulness really reverse climate change? If you are rolling your eyes just reading this question, read on! It is no longer a matter of scientific dispute that climate change poses real challenges for current and future generations and impacts of the changing climate on weather patterns are already evident in most regions of the globe. Today,
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The Parties to the United Nations (U.N.) Convention on Biological Diversity met in Cancun, Mexico, for the most recent round of negotiations December 2 – 17, 2016. The Biodiversity Treaty seeks to protect and conserve the variety of life on Earth, or what governments, civil society organizations and academics refer to as biological diversity. While in Cancun during the 13th Convention
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Towards an Evolved, Ecologically Centered Worldview Adopting an evolved, ecologically centered worldview is essential for addressing humanity’s environmental crisis—an existential challenge unlike any other in Earth’s history. It requires an evolved, ecologically centered worldview to achieve ecological balance. This crisis, deeply rooted in our values and perceptions, is reflected in climate change, biodiversity loss, deforestation,
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I’m glad to be a part of Global Chorus: A 365-Person Anthology of Worldwide Concern and Enduring Hope. I’ve just received the following message from the Editor of Global Chorus, Todd MacLean; “This piece will help to provide some great general insight on this [networked governance] important social evolutionary development. So, again, thank you so
Read MoreIf evolution seems to have backed us into a corner when it comes to existential threats such as climate change, does it also offer a way out? The failure of traditional human governance institutions to come to grips with climate change—to perceive the threat, formulate a coherent and flexible response, and then enact it with
Read MoreThere was a flurry of activity at CU Boulder despite the uncharacteristically warm weather Sunday night. Bill McKibben, an American climate activist, author and journalist was in town for his Do the Math Tour. He’s the founder of the grassroots climate campaign 350.org. In his traditionally accessible style, McKibben presented three numbers that might add
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