Stories
How does colonialism impact the modern environmental justice movement?
Image credit: The Boston Public Library via Unsplash I recently read a book called As Long As Grass Grows by Dina Gilio-Whitaker. In the book, she sets out to help her readers gain a deeper understanding of the various forms of environmental injustice and Indigenous injustice. She...
Holding Space for Contradiction in Conservation
Image credit: Steve Ausmus, USDA/ARS I saw my first spotted lanternfly recently. The insect flew onto another woman’s leg where I saw it alive on her bare skin. Then she knocked it to the ground as her child asked, “Can I squash it?” I heard the stomp. Spotted lanternflies...
The U.S. Diplomat for Wildlife and Nature: Monica Medina
Image credit: Photos By Beks via Unsplash. Monica Medina was recently appointed as the United States Special Envoy for Biodiversity and Water Resources. Medina will aid the Biden-Harris administration in upholding its commitment to repairing the global biodiversity and water crises. This is...
Working For Well-being For All Beings
Image credit: Irina Iriser via Unsplash. OneNature President Beth Allgood recently guest starred on the Forces for Nature podcast hosted by Crystal DiMiceli! In this episode, Beth and Crystal discuss a few ways nature and wildlife impact our well-being. In the podcast, Beth and Crystal aim...
World Tourism Day
Image credit: Ammie Ngo via Unsplash. September 27th marksed World Tourism Day. This year’s theme is “Rethinking Tourism” and celebrates the shift toward tourism being recognized as a key component of economic growth and progress. The levels of international tourism at the beginning of 2022...
International Day of Peace 2022
Image credit: Simon Godfrey via Unsplash. Today marks the 41st annual International Day of Peace, otherwise known as World Peace Day. World Peace Day was established in 1981 to amplify the pursuits of peace by observing 24 hours of nonviolence. This year’s International Day of Peace theme...
Valuing Nature’s Impact on our Health
Image credit: David Rupert via Unsplash. We have been drafting OneNature’s comments on the draft strategy, as we mentioned in last week’s blog post, Valuing Nature in U.S. Policy. We have also just launched an exciting capstone project with Columbia University that focuses on valuing...
Valuing Nature in U.S. Policy
Image credit: KAL VISUALS via Unsplash In April, we shared the Executive Order issued on Earth Day 2020, focusing on valuing nature in US policy which addressed: Safeguarding mature and old-growth forests on federal lands in the U.S; Strengthening reforestation partnerships across the...
New Paper: Reconciling Culture and Conservation
Image Credit: Ellicia via Unsplash. I am happy to share that a new, peer-reviewed research article, “Reconciling culture and conservation of wildlife: Field insights regarding sustainable community development projects and stakeholder well-being,” was published in the journal “Community...
Our Connection with Nature
Image Credit: niko photos via Unsplash I recently re-read “EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think to Create The World We Want,” by Frances Moore Lappe. I remember reading it when it came out in 2011, and I find myself drawn back to it now. In the book, she identifies eight “thought traps” contributing...
IPBES’ Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature
Image Credit: Ales Krivec via Unsplash. On July 11th, 2022, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) released a summary of their new Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature. This summary for policy-makers...
Monkeypox– an update
Image credit: Alex Burley via Unsplash Is there any new information? As of July 23rd, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General declared the current monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. According to the Center for Disease Control and...
Wildlife and Community Wellbeing at the International Society for Quality of Life Studies Conference “Quality-of-Life for Resilient Futures: Sustainability, Equity, and Wellbeing”
OneNature is excited to attend the International Society for Quality of Life Studies Conference ISQOLS 2022 CONFERENCE "Quality-of-Life for Resilient Futures: Sustainability, Equity, and Wellbeing." OneNature President Beth Allgood will present with Craig Talmage, Assistant Professor of...
Monkeypox– What is it and should we be worried?
Image credit: Eric Stevens via Unsplash As our world is still grappling with the two-and-a-half-year global pandemic caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, we now face a new outbreak of a deadly zoonotic disease. As of June 27th, 66 countries have reported confirmed or suspected cases of...
The Peace of Wild Things
This week, OneNature would like to showcase a poem called The Peace of Wild Things written by Wendell Berry, an American novelist, poet, and environmental activist. "When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives...