Healthy soils play an important role in regulating climate. Soil health changes depending on how it is managed. If soils are poorly managed or harmed by unsustainable agricultural practices, carbon contained in […]
How Reforestation Can Help Stop Climate Change
Forests play an important role in regulating our climate because they absorb CO2 from the air and store it in trunks, branches, roots and leaves. Deforestation–especially the destruction of rainforests for […]
Why Climate Change is Causing A Public Health Emergency
In addition to floods, droughts, wildfires, monster storms, and a host of other problems, climate change is responsible for a looming public health emergency. New England Journal of Medicine, World Health […]
How Palm Oil Contributes to Climate Change
How does palm oil contribute to climate change? Good question. Palm oil is the most widely used vegetable oil in the world. Unfortunately, rainforests and peatlands are being destroyed to clear land for […]
Self Care in the Age of Eco-Anxiety
Climate disruption has become a big news topic after the release of the 2018 reports from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and National Climate Assessment. The United States is already […]
Time to Raise Our Consciousness About Ecocide
Ecocide is the willful destruction of the natural environment by human activity such as harmful industrial activity, land use causing habitat destruction, and practices resulting in pollution of air, land […]