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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

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...

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...

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”...

  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...

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...