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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 Wellbeing Report This week, we’d like to highlight important messages from our recent report: Advancing Wellbeing for All Beings, which focuses on assessing and recommending solutions to improve the general wellbeing of...

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...

Photos by: Nick Hawkins Written by: Kathleen Collins, US Marine Campaign Manager, IFAW   This week we celebrate World Oceans Day. OneNature is happy to share information on the work on the North Atlantic right whale from our friends at IFAW. Whales, much like...

Bookstores were the settings of some of my happiest childhood memories. From the time I first learned to read, I always made a beeline straight for the “Animals and Nature” shelves, marveling over the treasure troves of lavishly illustrated volumes capturing some of...

On May 20th, 2022, the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators (NCEL) released a letter to President Biden urging him to develop a national biodiversity strategy. Our planet is amidst a catastrophic biodiversity crisis, a crisis so harmful that states alone...

World Bee Day is coming up this Friday, and we’ve been buzzing to share a few things we can all do to help bees! Bees and other pollinators are integral parts of our environment and ecosystems. Bees provide numerous benefits, including pollinating plants we depend on...

Guest Blog Author: John de Graaf  I'm honored to be writing a blog for OneNature and to serve on its Advisory Council.  This is truly a breakthrough organization in its understanding of the interconnectedness of all things, its understanding of the right to life of...