News from the Earth

The “new normal.” It is an expression that we’ve heard frequently as people and communities around the world have confronted and adapted to a viral...

Earth's living systems as a whole are being compromised. And the more humanity exploits nature in unsustainable ways and undermines its contributions to people, the more we undermine our own wellbeing, security and prosperity.

To turn one of the greatest tragedies in the memory of the country into an opportunity. This is the philosophy that is leading a group of Lebanese citizens in an upcycling project that starts from the rubble of the violent explosions in Beirut on 4 August and ends in the homes of the population.

Only through the efforts of all can we make the commitment to change our societies, our business models, our habits shared by all. This way we will be able to "normalize sustainability".

As Henry David Thoreau once wrote, “In wildness is the preservation of the world.” Those of us fortunate enough to live close to the "wildness" th...

From savannah to tundra, no ecosystem is immune to fire. Analysis of the data collected between 2000 and 2015 shows that 85% of the surface area bu...

Ocean plastic pollution originates mostly from land-based sources, such as landfills and manufacturing plants. One recent study estimates that win...

"Everything possible must be done to limit global average temperature growth below the 1.5°C threshold, as stated in the Paris Climate Agreement: g...

Much plastic waste comes from the clothes we wear and is dispersed during washing in the washing machine, poisoning rivers and oceans and ending up...

While the world is rightly preoccupied with tackling COVID-19, oil companies are pushing to produce more single-use plastic than ever before. So wh...

Africa is moving forward, nothing can stop it from becoming a plastic-free continent! The Mozambican government just announced that it will ban ...

The Overshoot Day is the day that indicates the official exhaustion of renewable resources that the Earth is able to regenerate within 365 days.  The Overshoot day 2020 corresponds to August 22, three weeks later than 2019, when it fell on July 29.