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Nature Empowers Us to Be Happier

Nature Empowers Us to Be Happier

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...

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Improving the World for All Beings, One Action at a Time

Improving the World for All Beings, One Action at a Time

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...

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OneNature and the Well-being Economy

OneNature and the Well-being Economy

OneNature believes that in order to improve the well-being of all, we must move away from an emphasis on the “growth of the economy” as a goal and towards the “growth of well-being” as a goal. With this important shift, we can better prioritize and measure the impacts of policies and practices on...

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Valuing Nature is Fundamental to our Pursuit of Happiness

Valuing Nature is Fundamental to our Pursuit of Happiness

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...

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Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Well-being are Linked

Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Well-being are Linked

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...

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Happiness and the Oceans

Happiness and the Oceans

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...

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Our Connection to the Moon

Our Connection to the Moon

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...

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Big News for OneNature!

Big News for OneNature!

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...

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Why OneNature? Why now?

Why OneNature? Why now?

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,...

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Back to normal? Not so fast.

Back to normal? Not so fast.

I just had my second Moderna vaccine on Tuesday. I was so grateful I almost cried. The FDA just approved the Pfizer shot for 12-16 year-olds, so my daughter will soon be vaccinated as well. I am feeling the relief of being able to go to dinner inside a restaurant again soon, meeting people for...

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Whistleblower Network News, April 28, 2021

Whistleblower Network News, April 28, 2021

Whistleblower Protections Increase Well-being for All Beings by Beth Allgood April 28, 2021 in Environment, Opinion Reading Time: 3 mins read The world’s most trafficked mammal may disappear before most people have even heard of it. The pangolin, a shy, nocturnal animal that looks a bit like an...

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Buckminster Fuller

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”