Stories
The Dasgupta Report and “Valuing” Biodiversity
Last week the Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity, commissioned by the UK Treasury in 2019, was released. It is a huge step forward in getting biodiversity measures in policy for many reasons. It is the first time a national finance ministry commissioned an assessment of the...
OneNature in the News
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
Environmental Justice: Essential to Progress
Over the last year many of us felt the weight of multiple crises bear down on us: as dramatic weather events due to rapid climate fluctuations, alarmingly high rates of species extinction, a global pandemic and ensuing mental health crisis, coupled with the rise of economic and social injustice....
Our Global Interconnectedness and Wellbeing
Even before COVID-19 forced us into lockdown, it was often easy to feel isolated. Our busy, modern lives can leave us feeling separated from our families, friends, and neighbors, and without a sense of real community. Today, the pandemic has restricted our fragile social circles even further,...
What Unites Us is Stronger than What Divides Us
Beth Allgood, January 20, 2021 As we started 2021 we hoped the difficulties of 2020 would miraculously be behind us. But as the New Year dawns with the greatest crisis American democracy has faced in 150 years, it is clear that there are deep divisions between people in America. Today,...
Our Daily Planet, December 20, 2020
As 2021 begins, we need to do more than hope for a Happy New Year, check out OneNature President Beth Allgood’s “Bright Ideas” article in Our Daily Planet. “As we wrap up perhaps the most heartbreaking year in memory, many virtual watercooler conversations revolve around our hope that 2021 will be...
Happiness Roundtable 2020: Wellbeing, Tourism and Wildlife
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Mongabay August 31, 2020
The global conservation community now faces the added challenge of Covid-19 on top of a longstanding set of complex conservation, sustainability, and development challenges. In the wake of this pandemic, return to business as usual is not a viable option. The existing systems and structures upon...