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Monarch Butterflies: Signifying Spring
Photo credit: Alex Guillaume via Unsplash Spring Is Here! As we approach the end of March, we can see signs of Spring popping up across North America. As Spring approaches, we can see trees and flowers starting to bud, birds beginning to sing, and bumblebees and butterflies returning to the...
Advancing Well-Being for All Beings
OneNature report cover. Photo by Douglas Bolt In recognition of the International Day of Happiness, March 20th, OneNature has released a new report, “Advancing Well-Being for All Beings.” As we take stock of the social, environmental, and economic state of the world today, it is clear that our...
International Women’s Day: Highlighting Influential Women in Conservation
Image Credit: Bernanken Francesco via Flickr In the United States, the conservation movement emerged during the Progressive Era from 1850-1920, in response to a boom in industrialization and urbanization and a subsequent increase in resource exploitation and species extinctions. The goal was to...
World Wildlife Day 2022: Recovering Key Species for Ecosystem Restoration
Image credit: Jeff Griffith via Unsplash Since 2013, when the United Nations (UN) General Assembly declared the 3rd of March UN World Wildlife Day, nations and organizations around the globe have marked it as a day to celebrate and bring awareness to our world’s diverse wild animal and...
National Biodiversity Strategy
OneNature is excited to join other leading conservation groups in the United States in a call for a National Biodiversity Strategy that appeared in the New York Times today. There is no doubt that our life-support system—nature—is collapsing. Wild animals and plants are disappearing at alarming...
The Impact of Social-Connectedness on Well-Being.
Image credit: Komal Gahir via Unsplash Wishing you all a happy Valentine’s Day from OneNature! Throughout our lives, our relationships with others play a significant role in our mood and well-being. Healthy relationships can help alleviate anxiety and depression, increase self-esteem, and...
The Importance of Preventing Future Pandemics for People, Wildlife, and the Planet
Image credit: Shubhangee Vyas via Unsplash A study was released last week, demonstrating the cost of preventing the next pandemic is "equal to just 2% of Covid-19 economic damage". The risk of future pandemics is increasing as we continue interacting with wildlife in our current manner....
What are U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service attachés and why are they so important?
Image credit: James Eades via Unsplash. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service- Office of Law Enforcement (USFWS/OLE) is a global leader in the efforts to stop wildlife trafficking. The USFWS/OLE attaché program, in which USFWS law enforcement experts work with nations around the world, coordinates...
The Importance of the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework
Image credit: David Troeger via Unsplash The Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework is a global plan to conserve, protect, and restore biodiversity and ecosystems over the next decade. The first draft was released back in July 2021, but this framework has been in the making since February...
Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and his inspiring vision of interconnection and justice
Photo credit: Unseen Histories via Unsplash This week, in the United States, we celebrated the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He is well known for his inspiring “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington in 1963 and played a large role in quite a few other historic events of...
Tethering Natural Capital and Cultural Capital for a More Sustainable Post-COVID-19 World
Photo credit: David Clode via Unsplash OneNature President, Beth Allgood, co-authored an article that has just been published in the International Journal of Community Well-being, “Tethering Natural Capital and Cultural Capital for a More Sustainable Post-COVID-19 World”. This article, written in...
Staring the New Year with a new vision
Photo credit: Lisa H via Unsplash As we take stock of the social, environmental, and economic crises in the world today, it is clear that our current way of life and the systems we have built to sustain it are inequitable, unsustainable, and economically precarious. We are in the midst of a global...
What a COVID-19 travel ban means for tourism-dependent countries
Photo credit: Ibrahim Rifath via Unsplash. With the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, we’re seeing countries across the world close their borders once again. After the initial closure of borders in 2020, we saw a collapse in international travel and tourism, which caused massive...
What are coral reefs and why is everyone talking about them?
Photo credit: Francesco Ungaro via Unsplash When we think of wildlife, corals are typically not the first thing we think of. Many believe corals are just plants, but actually, they are living animals. Coral reefs are some of the world’s most diverse ecosystems. Coral reefs are underwater...
Why Happiness is Good for the Planet
Photo Credit: Annie Spratt via Unsplash When scientists and activists encourage the public to protect the environment in any way they can, what does that mean to you? Perhaps it means bringing reusable bags to the grocery store, recycling plastic, or donating your unwanted clothes. But what if I...