by Katie Palmer –Canada– Like for many Canadian children, the 1993 Warner Brothers classic Free Willy fueled my love of orca whales, colloquially known as “killer whales.” I begged my parents to give me a “whale name.” They dubbed me…
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Refuse, Renew, and Precycle this World Oceans Day
by Katharine Daniels Executive Editor June 8 is World Oceans Day – a growing global celebration of the big blue body of life that covers 71 percent of the earth’s surface. “The ocean makes life on Earth possible,” reads the…
Tagged with: California, Conservation, Environment, Science, Wildlife
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The WIP Editorial
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The WIP Editorial
To Survive Humans Need Will to Change: Commit to Reducing Pollution and Waste this Earth Day
by Victoria Stirling –Canada– What legacy are we going to leave our descendants? Will human beings worldwide re-evaluate our actions, our politics, and our economics according to their effects on the whole network of life? Today the ethics of ecology…
Tagged with: Conservation, Environment, Natural Resources, Pollution, Science, Water
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Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
A Turbulent Year for California’s Cormorants
by Kimberly N. Chase – USA – Once one of the world’s most notorious prisons, Alcatraz is now home to a new type of visitor – nesting seabirds. On a bright May morning this year, the sun cast bold shadows…
Tagged with: Animals, California, Conservation, Environment, San Francisco, Science
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Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
The Story of Stuff’s Annie Leonard Says “It’s so solvable”: 2009 Bioneers Conference Focuses on Solutions
by Kimberly N. Chase – USA – Walking through any one of America’s big cities, the wind may brush a candy bar wrapper across the street and giant bags of trash might choke the sidewalk. Some people think nothing of…
Tagged with: Conservation, Enviornment, Films & Documentaries, NGO's, Politics, Waste
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Women Bear the Brunt of Climate Crisis: Their Stories from the UN Conference in Bali
by Imelda V. Abaño – Philippines – At the December UN conference in Bali, Indonesia, experts and concerned people alike discussed how poor women in developing countries bear the brunt of climate change in a wide range of ways. They…
Tagged with: Bali, Conservation, Enviornment, Philippines, Science
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Threatening Tides: Extinguishing Ecosystems and Communities in the Name of Hydroelectric Power
by Michelle Chen – USA – “Rich men dam the water Flooding the hill rice field, causing problems for Mother Rich men dam the river Flooding the roof and making Mother homeless” To the Karen people living along the Salween…
Are Biofuels Really the Answer? New Studies Blow the Lid Off Biofuel Production and the Price the Planet Will Pay
by Katharine Daniels Executive Editor, The WIP – USA – The issue of deforestation hasn’t been on my radar for some years. It is one of the problems on our planet that I’d assumed would be so obvious that surely…
Tagged with: Conservation, Energy, Environment, Technology
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The WIP Editorial
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The WIP Editorial
Climate Change: An Urgent Issue for Poor Countries Like the Philippines
by Imelda V. Abaño – Philippines – Nowhere will the impact of climate change be felt more than in the world’s poorest nations where people live on less than a dollar a day. The brutal reality is that impoverished countries…
Serve God Save The Planet: A Winning Combination
by Katharine Daniels Executive Editor, The WIP USA You must be the change you wish to see in the world. – Gandhi The earth was designed to sustain every generation’s needs, not to be plundered in an attempt to meet…
