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Strengthening Community-Led Conservation: OneNature Joins Forces with Red Rocks Initiative
The Red Rocks Initiative for Sustainable Development, based in Rwanda, is making meaningful strides in community-based conservation and sustainable development. As a leader in integrating local communities into conservation efforts, Red Rocks has established a dynamic approach that combines...
Leading the Charge for Genuine Community Engagement in Climate Action at ICR24
With Earth Day just around the corner, we at OneNature are thrilled to have been invited to present at the third Annual Innovations in Climate Resilience Conference (ICR24) from April 22 to 24, 2024, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. This conference, hosted by Battelle...
Transforming Wildlife Conservation with Local and Indigenous Wisdom
OneNature was recently featured in an article by The Academic focused on how OneNature is shifting paradigms and practice through expanded engaged approaches and indigenous wisdom. Check out the article and video below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSUggTsRvuU [button...
Shifting paradigms and practice through expanded engaged approaches and indigenous wisdom
Delving into wildlife and human well-being, advocating for holistic approaches to holistic well-being outcomes, ensuring sustainable human well-being and wildlife flourishing. OneNature leads the way toward an interconnected future. Recently, OneNature's Beth Allgood and Hobart and William Smith...
International Day of Happiness Webinar!
On March 20th, from 12:30 to 1:30 EST, join OneNature President in celebrating the International Day of Happiness with a webinar dedicated to Interconnection! Along with Beth, this session will feature four additional speakers: Gunjan Menon (Beyond Premieres), Jason Baldes (Wind River...
Blending Wildlife Conservation and Human Welfare
Earlier this week, OneNature's Beth Allgood was featured in Boston University's series My Big Idea. In this series, members of the BU community are asked how they got their big idea and what may be next in their lives. Take a peek into how OneNature came to be, what "conservation" really means to...
The wonders of Sri Lanka
I'm Dehara Weeraman, OneNature's research and communications fellow. I've written quite a few of our blogs over the past two-and-a-half years. I recently graduated from Virginia Tech with my B.A. in Political Science and now I live in New York City. This week's blog is a bit different from the...
Review of Mahendra Shah: The Triumphs & Tragedies of a Changemaker
Mahendra Shah: The Triumphs & Tragedies of a Changemaker Written by Diana S. Zimmerman ISBN 9798859303915 Available here on Amazon.com As its name implies, this book is a story of triumph and tragedy, filled with adventure, passion, defiance and, sadly, even defeat in the...
How will we know when local communities benefit from carbon offset schemes?
Image: A Samburu boy and girl (L-R) with their herd of cattle 5kms to the west of Oldonyiro town in Isiolo County, Kenya Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018 (Photo credit: ILRI Livestock CRP/ Kabir Dhanji). OneNature’s Beth Allgood, John Waugh, and Dehara Weeraman, in collaboration with Craig A....
Happy Holidays
Wishing you a peaceful and joyous holiday. Thank you for all your support and encouragement in 2023. We are so grateful that you are part of the OneNature family. Warmly, Beth Allgood Executive Director
OneNature’s Thoughts on Climate COP 28
The United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) in The United Arab Emirates, which began on November 30th, is coming to a close this week on December 12th. While OneNature is not attending, I have been closely following the news and dispatches from friends and colleagues who are...
Enough is Enough!
I have a confession to make. I sometimes have trouble knowing when enough is enough. At the end of my workday, I have trouble closing the door to my home office, knowing that there are a zillion more tasks I can do. I also love to go to the thrift store with my daughter. I love finding amazing...
OneNature Annual Recap and Giving Tuesday
As we approach the end of 2023 and Giving Tuesday tomorrow, I have been reflecting on all I am grateful for and wanted to share a brief recap of OneNature’s exciting year. Over the last year, OneNature worked closely with our partner, the Happiness Alliance, to refine the “Wild Happiness”...
Thanksgiving: an opportunity to focus on gratitude and connection
With Thanksgiving this week, I wanted to reflect on gratitude and connection. Here is a fascinating article from the Library of Congress about how Thanksgiving became a federal holiday and the presidential drama around doing so. In recent years, many Americans (who were not...
Connecting Climate, Biodiversity, and Well-being Solutions
Fighting climate change seems overwhelming and disempowering. Sometimes, this narrative runs around in my head (I wonder if it sounds familiar?): “The climate is changing, and we are crossing the environmental thresholds scientists said we had to meet to survive. Hurricanes and forest...