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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...

When I was growing up, the family lore was that my dad’s grandmother was Cherokee. He grew up in High Point, NC. He lived in Michigan when I was young, and after my parents divorced, I would visit him during the Christmas and summer holidays. I have vivid memories of driving down from Michigan to...

In the last few weeks, I have been thinking a lot about coexistence with animals. Actually, I always think about it, but I have been thinking about it in a new way. I read a story yesterday about a case of human-bear conflict and coexistence in Wyoming that inspired me to think about coexistence...

Excerpts from Keynote Speech to the Animal Grantmakers Conference, October 23, 2023 Beth Allgood   Too much and for too long, we seemed to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our Gross National Product counts air pollution and...

  Monday, October 9th, was Indigenous Peoples Day. This is a day to honor and recognize the resilience and perseverance of our nation’s Indigenous communities as well to reflect on the role the U.S. has played in the assimilation, discrimination, and genocide of Native Americans. In 2021,...

  “After years of demonstrating and fighting for a Climate Corps, we turned a generational rallying cry into a real jobs program that will put a new generation to work stopping the climate crisis” Varshini Prakash, Sunrise Movement Executive Director   The youth of America has demanded,...

“On average, one rhino is still poached every 16 hours” Save the Rhino   This Friday, September 22nd, is World Rhino Day! First announced in 2010 by the World Wildlife Fund- South Africa, this celebration grew into an international success in just a short amount of time. This week just so...

Last week, OneNature President Beth Allgood had the opportunity to give a presentation for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEALL) Beyond GDP Group Sessions.  During her talk, Beth discussed well-being in conservation and how it supports communities on the ground and informs systems change. She...

One Nature is republishing this with permission from Laura Musikanski (the author). Two questions: What makes you happy? What is well-being? What makes you happy is unique to you, just as what makes me happy is unique to me. For instance, for me, I am most happy spending time with my family,...

One Nature is happy to share that the Happiness, Well-being and Sustainability: A Course in Systems Change coursebook , developed as a reference to those who want to learn more about personal happiness, sustainable social change, and the relationship between the two, is now available for free...

We at OneNature are thrilled to announce that we are officially a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). We are thrilled to be able to be a part of such an incredible union full of forward-thinking and ingenious minds focused on a common goal.    Since its...

Saturday, the twelfth of August, was International Youth Day. This year's theme celebrated youth all around the world developing the aptitudes to transform our world into a  sustainable and climate-friendly place. In 1999, the United Nations General Assembly declared this day ‘Youth Day’ as a way...

Today is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, a holiday observed annually on this date. This year’s theme is centered around ‘Indigenous Youth as Agents of Change for Self-determination.’ In February 1995, the United Nations General Assembly selected this holiday to be on the...

As a recent college graduate, I’ve been trying to ease myself out of (basically) a lifetime of school by filling my summer with books I’ve had on my must-read list for years. I recently wrote a review of Jane Goodall’s The Book of Hope. This book helped me get into the world of conservation...