Stories

Animal adoptions, especially for dogs, increased significantly during the first several months of the pandemic. Many people were overcome with boredom during lockdown and sought the routine that comes with caring for an animal that requires food and exercise. Others were feeling depression or...

Guest blog post by Meg Gisonda Days of awareness are an excellent reminder for all of us to educate ourselves on various issues, both historical and ongoing, that affect people and animals around the world. Monday was International Day of the World's Indigenous People, and the UN named the theme...

Mental health came to the forefront of international conversation this past week after US gymnast Simone Biles announced that she would not be competing in her planned Olympic events due to reasons of mental health. The response to her decision, while generally in her favor, was swift and extreme...

Biodiversity loss, along with its twin crisis of climate change, can oftentimes seem too overwhelming to solve on a generational level, much less on an individual one. This is especially true considering the vast majority of pollution and habitat degradation is caused on a massive scale by major...

Mangrove forests are among the most undervalued habitats in terms of their importance to wildlife as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation. These coastal trees and shrubs with high roots are unique in their ability to survive in saltwater and they can be found in over 100 countries...

The Fourth of July is next week, making this the perfect time to reflect on the framing and evolution of our identity as a nation. The Declaration of Independence famously promises that every person has the right to “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” Most people reading this today...

The summer season was kicked off last week with World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. This seems especially relevant in 2021, as the United States was just hit with a brutal heatwave in the southwest region, and we are expecting another heatwave that will likely target northern...

Last week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) released a joint workshop report about the many connections between biodiversity and climate change. This report is the result of the first ever joint...

On June 8th, World Oceans Day, the conservation spotlight turns to the oceans. We hear stories and see new data about the threats to oceans. There is no question that the oceans and marine life are under threat. Of course, these risks to ocean habitats and species also undermine human well-being...

To celebrate and commemorate World Environment Day on June 5th, we are happy to announce a new partnership with Planet Happiness, a project of the Happiness Alliance, that focuses on the interconnection between human well-being and wildlife centered tourism. At OneNature, we believe we must value...

Photo Credit: Muratart / Shutterstock      Did you catch the lunar eclipse early this morning? Visible from much of North America, the moon was covered by the Earth’s blood-red shadow in an event called the Super Blood Moon lunar eclipse. A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon, Earth and sun are...

We are so happy to share our big news -  OneNature got our long awaited non-profit designation from the IRS! Donations are officially tax deductible, retroactive to May 1, 2020. This is a whole new phase for OneNature - and we can now do things we have been patiently waiting to start.   With our...

Since we founded OneNature last year, people have asked me, “why?” Why start a new organization when there are already so many great conservation organizations out there? Why focus on human well-being and wildlife conservation? Can OneNature add anything new to the conversation? The fact is,...