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Healthy Relationships, Healthy Lives
Image credit: Paul Cusick via Unsplash Happy Valentine’s day from OneNature! Last year we spoke about the impact of social connectedness on well-being. This year, on a similar note, we’ve decided to dive deeper into the linkages between well-being and our connecting with others. There are...
The Importance of Deep Listening to Successful Conservation and Community Wellbeing
Image credit: Beth Allgood Deep listening is listening from a deeper, more receptive place. It allows for one to key into the subtler and more underlining meanings. Active listening is making the choice to be fully present and devoted to the conversation. Deep listening goes one step...
The Explorers Club 50
Image Credit: Mylon Ollila via Unsplash Every year, The Explorers Club 50 highlights "fifty people changing the world the world needs to know about." OneNature president Beth Allgood was recognized this year as one of the fifty. The honorees of the EC50 come from 23 countries and specialize...
What IS a well-being approach to conservation exactly?
Image credit: Hupp, Lisa, USFWS From time to time, we get questions about what we mean by a well-being approach to conservation. We believe sharing an overview of this work is beneficial and possibly even encourages other conservation organizations to implement a well-being approach. Why...
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Image credit: History in HD via Unsplash This past Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a day celebrated not only in the United States but in Canada, Holland, and Hiroshima, Japan. OneNature is pleased to spend some time examining Dr. King’s monumental impact on our lives. Last year in...
Gender-Based Violence and Climate Change – Breaking the vicious cycle.
Image credit: Dikaseva via Unsplash. A year ago, we discussed the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) commitment to gender equality and equity on a global scale. This commitment displays their belief that affairs such as gender inequality are matters of fundamental human...
The Global Biodiversity Framework
Image credit: Rx' Diaconu via Unsplash. The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, also known as the CBD COP, is a conference dedicated to developing a Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. This doctrine outlines what nations must strive for in order to live in harmony with...
Health, Equity, & the Economic Valuation of Nature
Image credit: v2osk via Unsplash OneNature was delighted to work with the Columbia University Sustainability Management Capstone project over the last semester. The team analyzed existing research and conducted interviews with experts in the field to create a summary of what we know about...
Well-being and Equity: An initiative to Measure what Matters in the U.S.
Image credit: Andy Feliciotti via Unsplash OneNature was delighted to be invited to attend a special convening hosted by the New America Foundation, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Lumina Foundation, and the Washington Center for Equitable Growth on November 30th in Washington, DC. ...
End-of-year fundraiser!
Image credit: Gabriel via Unsplash As we wrap up 2022, we believe the time is ripe for new ways of evaluating success - on the global and national level, and in communities that steward wildlife. Without deeply understanding and supporting community well-being, conservation projects will fail to...
Happy Thanksgiving from OneNature!
Image credit: Lisa Hupp via USFWS Digital Library As we reflect on what we are grateful for this year, we would like to also acknowledge that Thanksgiving is a day of grieving and remembrance for many Indigenous and Native communities in the United States. We like to look at Thanksgiving as...
COP15: What exactly is it?
Image credit: Ryan Hagerty via The USFWS National Digital Library For the past few weeks, the conservation sphere has been buzzing about COP27, but as the conference is nearing its end, the attention is beginning to shift to COP15, but what exactly is it? The UN Biodiversity Conference,...
COP27: An Overview
Image credit: Serhio Magpie - Own work, CC BY 4.0 This year, the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP, is being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from November 6th to November 18th. There are over 35,000 participants expected at COP27. The participants...
Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
Image credit: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75 November 1st marked the first day of National Native American Heritage Month (NAHM). This month is dedicated to celebrating the rich cultural heritage and diversity of America’s native population. This is an excellent...
Ten ways you can include nature in your Halloween festivities!
Image credit: Johannes Plenio via Unsplash Halloween is quickly approaching, giving us a great chance to spend some time in nature by ourselves or with loved ones. There are lots of activities you can do this season that can help you get out in nature. Here is a list of ten activities you...