With rapidly declining natural environments comes new opportunity for the inhabitants of these ecologically endangered regions – capitalist opportunity. Granted that the majority of areas facing habitat loss are located away from the general public and therefore relatively unknown, theses sites are in serious danger of falling completely out of existence. There is however a [...]

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My life is my message. – Mahatma Gandhi   In this inspiring TEDx Talk, solutionary, Zoe Weil reminds us that our lives are our message.     Zoe Weil is the co-founder and President of the Institute for Humane Education (IHE). IHE works to create a humane, just, and sustainable world for people, animals, and [...]

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The manner in which people perceive their relationship with nature varies both by time and geographic location. In a temporal sense, the paradigm that a specific culture is asphyxiated with is most often a direct product of the socio-economic standards at that particular time. Shanghai wasn’t always skyrise hotels and mass produced everything – there [...]

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Once upon a time, I used to buy 24 packs of bottled water from Costco before I learned about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the exponential growth of landfills around the world. I too mistakenly threw away CFL bulbs in the garbage before understanding the health and environmental implications of the released mercury. I am beginning [...]

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By Yasmin Anwar / UC Berkeley Dire or emotionally charged warnings about the consequences of global warming can backfire if presented too negatively, making people less amenable to reducing their carbon footprint, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley. “Our study indicates that the potentially devastating consequences of global warming threaten people’s [...]

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In life we all are told to make change, be change, do anything to make a difference. Entering my final year of university I felt that I failed to live up to doing just that- among other things I was questioning why I was even here. I’d like to call this the ‘sitting on a [...]

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With the recent BP oil spill that happened months ago, many individuals who once turned a blind eye to matters of environmental awareness are starting to realize the impact that such incidents have on sustainability. Some of us take it for granted, while others fight to preserve it. Whichever stance you have on the environment, [...]

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