Stories from OneNature

Image credit: The Boston Public Library via Unsplash   I recently read a book called As Long As Grass Grows by Dina Gilio-Whitaker. In the book, she sets out to help her readers gain a deeper understanding of the various forms of environmental injustice and...

Image credit: Steve Ausmus, USDA/ARS   I saw my first spotted lanternfly recently. The insect flew onto another woman’s leg where I saw it alive on her bare skin. Then she knocked it to the ground as her child asked, “Can I squash it?”    I heard the stomp....

Image credit: Photos By Beks via Unsplash.   Monica Medina was recently appointed as the United States Special Envoy for Biodiversity and Water Resources. Medina will aid the Biden-Harris administration in upholding its commitment to repairing the global...

Image credit: Ammie Ngo via Unsplash.   September 27th marksed World Tourism Day. This year’s theme is “Rethinking Tourism” and celebrates the shift toward tourism being recognized as a key component of economic growth and progress. The levels of international...

Image credit: Simon Godfrey via Unsplash.   Today marks the 41st annual International Day of Peace, otherwise known as World Peace Day. World Peace Day was established in 1981 to amplify the pursuits of peace by observing 24 hours of nonviolence.  This year’s...

Image credit: David Rupert via Unsplash.   We have been drafting OneNature’s comments on the draft strategy, as we mentioned in last week’s blog post, Valuing Nature in U.S. Policy. We have also just launched an exciting capstone project with Columbia University...

Image credit: KAL VISUALS via Unsplash   In April, we shared the Executive Order issued on Earth Day 2020, focusing on valuing nature in US policy which addressed:    Safeguarding mature and old-growth forests on federal lands in the U.S; Strengthening...

Image Credit: niko photos via Unsplash I recently re-read “EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think to Create The World We Want,” by Frances Moore Lappe. I remember reading it when it came out in 2011, and I find myself drawn back to it now. In the book, she identifies...

Image Credit: Ales Krivec via Unsplash.    On July 11th, 2022, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) released a summary of their new Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature. This...

Image credit: Alex Burley via Unsplash   Is there any new information? As of July 23rd, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General declared the current monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.  According to the Center...

OneNature is excited to attend the International Society for Quality of Life Studies Conference ISQOLS 2022 CONFERENCE "Quality-of-Life for Resilient Futures: Sustainability, Equity, and Wellbeing." OneNature President Beth Allgood will present with Craig Talmage,...

Image credit: Eric Stevens via Unsplash   As our world is still grappling with the two-and-a-half-year global pandemic caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, we now face a new outbreak of a deadly zoonotic disease.  As of June 27th, 66 countries have reported confirmed...

This week, OneNature would like to showcase a poem called The Peace of Wild Things written by Wendell Berry, an American novelist, poet, and environmental activist. "When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my...

Image credit: Lee Bernd via Unsplash OneNature's Well-Being Report This week, we’d like to highlight important messages from our recent report: Advancing Well-Being for All Beings, which focuses on assessing and recommending solutions to improve the general well-being...

About The Earth Charter The Earth Charter is an international proclamation of fundamental ethical principles for creating a fair, sustainable, and conflict-free global society. It seeks to prompt a newfound understanding of global interdependence and shared...