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Celebrating Native American Heritage Month

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...

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Holding Space for Contradiction in Conservation

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...

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Working For Well-being For All Beings

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...

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World Tourism Day

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...

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International Day of Peace 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...

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Valuing Nature’s Impact on our Health

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...

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Valuing Nature in U.S. Policy

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...

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New Paper: Reconciling Culture and Conservation

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...

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Our Connection with Nature

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...

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Monkeypox– an update

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...

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Wildlife and Community Wellbeing at the International Society for Quality of Life Studies Conference “Quality-of-Life for Resilient Futures: Sustainability, Equity, and Wellbeing”

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...

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Buckminster Fuller

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”