EARTH University's unique Entrepreneurial Program empowers students to create and run businesses. It emphasizes a balance of social, economic, and environmental perspectives.

This

EARTH University's unique Entrepreneurial Program empowers students to create and run businesses. It emphasizes a balance of social, economic, and environmental perspectives.

This initiative provides real-world business experience, aiming to develop job creators rather than just job seekers.

EARTH University President, Dr. José Zaglul, elaborates on this innovative program.

Upcycle the Gyres Society (UpGyres) is a British Columbia-based non-profit organization dedicated to preventing plastic pollution in our oceans.

They achieve this by promoting comprehensive

Upcycle the Gyres Society (UpGyres) is a British Columbia-based non-profit organization dedicated to preventing plastic pollution in our oceans.

They achieve this by promoting comprehensive land-based plastic waste management, including reducing, reusing, recycling, recovering, rethinking, and upcycling. Learn more at UpGyres.

The Global Ocean Commission, an independent body of international leaders, launched in London on February 12. Its aim is to

The Global Ocean Commission, an independent body of international leaders, launched in London on February 12. Its aim is to reverse ocean degradation and restore its full health and productivity.

Chaired by former Costa Rican President José María Figueres, South African minister Trevor Manuel, and former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband, the Commission brings together senior political figures, business leaders, and development specialists from around the world.

Sustainability Pioneers is a documentary series exploring the transition to sustainable energy. It investigates 2014 energy

Sustainability Pioneers is a documentary series exploring the transition to sustainable energy. It investigates 2014 energy production in Pennsylvania and its impact on air, climate, and public health.

Support the series by making a tax-deductible donation at sustainabilitypioneers.com.

Please join The Commonwealth Club of California and UC Berkeley’s Townsend Center for the Humanities for the second in a series of dialogues on catastrophe, storytelling and the present

Please join The Commonwealth Club of California and UC Berkeley’s Townsend Center for the Humanities for the second in a series of dialogues on catastrophe, storytelling and the present moment. In “Climate Change and Sacred Groves,” Townsend Center scholar Sugata Ray will meet with visual artist Ranu Mukherjee to investigate the relationship between the natural world and the sacred realm, especially as it has developed in India over the last several centuries of civilization and the rise of the Anthropocene era.

In his most recent book, Climate Change and the Art of Devotion, Sugata shows how a site-specific and ecologically grounded theology emerged in northern India in the wake of the Little Ice Age (ca. 1550–1850), an epoch marked by climatic catastrophes across the globe. His interests dovetail in unexpected and compelling ways with Ranu’s visionary and captivating recent work, which positions the banyan tree as a meeting point between ecology and culture. Their conversation will be an opportunity for viewers to contemplate and rethink the role of art as it relates to contemporary concerns around climate, disease, human flourishing and the sacred.

Sugata Ray is associate professor of South and Southeast Asian art in the History of Art Department at the University of California, Berkeley. His research and writing focus on climate change and the visual arts from the 1500s onward. Ray is the author of Climate Change and the Art of Devotion: Geoaesthetics in the Land of Krishna, 1550–1850 (2019); Water Histories of South Asia: The Materiality of Liquescence (2019; coedited); and Ecologies, Aesthetics, and Histories of Art (forthcoming; coedited).

Ranu Mukherjee is a visual artist who makes paintings, animations and large-scale installations. Her current work focuses on shifting senses of ecology, non-human agency, diaspora, migration and transnational feminist experience. Her most recent installation was presented at the ecologically focused 2019 Karachi Biennale; she has exhibited solo at the San Jose Museum of Art, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, the Asian Art Museum, and the de Young Museum. She is an associate professor in graduate fine art at the California College of the Arts. Mukherjee is represented by Gallery Wendi Norris.

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Artwork from The Met (in public domain): "Krishna and Balarama by a River: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of Lord Vishnu)"

Part one in this series, “The Book of Exodus,” can be viewed here


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Clara Rowe, CEO of Restor, discusses ecological restoration's vital role in protecting Earth's biodiversity and achieving climate goals, with potential to reduce 30% of global carbon emissions.

Clara Rowe, CEO of Restor, discusses ecological restoration's vital role in protecting Earth's biodiversity and achieving climate goals, with potential to reduce 30% of global carbon emissions. Drawing on a decade of experience in natural resource management and a passion for sustainable development, she advocates for open data platforms to accelerate this global movement.

Supported by a $1.2M Google.org grant and powered by Google Earth Engine, Restor is a science-based open data platform accelerating global restoration. It connects projects worldwide to scientific data, supply chains, and funding, increasing their impact and sustainability. The platform enables users to analyze restoration potential, exchange information, and make projects visible, empowering individuals to become practitioners. Restor is an Earthshot Prize 2021 Finalist and a UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration partner.

On September 12, 2024, WECAN launched its "Gendered and Racial Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry in North America" report. This fourth edition details how fossil fuel extraction

On September 12, 2024, WECAN launched its "Gendered and Racial Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry in North America" report. This fourth edition details how fossil fuel extraction disproportionately harms women, particularly in Black, Brown, Indigenous, and low-income communities, leading to increased health risks, violence, and human rights violations. It also identifies complicit financial institutions and recommends steps for accountability and a just transition.

The virtual launch featured frontline women leaders, health experts, and advocates. Speakers like Roishetta Sibley Ozane, Rene Ann Goodrich, Sharon Lavigne, and Casey Camp Horinek demanded that financial institutions take action to protect communities, ecosystems, and the climate.

Chetan Singh Solanki, dubbed the "Solar Man of India," champions sustainability through his "Energy Swaraj" lifestyle. He is currently on a 10-year "Energy Swaraj Yatra," living on a solar bus to

Chetan Singh Solanki, dubbed the "Solar Man of India," champions sustainability through his "Energy Swaraj" lifestyle. He is currently on a 10-year "Energy Swaraj Yatra," living on a solar bus to inspire a public movement towards 100% solar energy adoption. His book, "Energy Swaraj—My Experiments with SOLAR Truth," details his approach to combating climate change.

An educator and innovator, Solanki founded the Energy Swaraj Foundation and led IIT Bombay's SoULS project, providing clean energy to 7.5 million families. He has earned numerous accolades, including the Prime Minister's Innovation Award and three Guinness World Records, and is a prolific author and researcher.

For more information, visit energyswaraj.org. Get his book here. Moderated by Johnson Jose.

Tonje Frydenlund is Snøhetta's Director of Acquisition and Business Development for the Nordics. With over 25 years in architecture, she passionately champions sustainability within the building

Tonje Frydenlund is Snøhetta's Director of Acquisition and Business Development for the Nordics. With over 25 years in architecture, she passionately champions sustainability within the building industry. She chairs both the Research Center on Zero Emission Neighborhoods in Smart Cities and the Norwegian Green Building Council.

A landscape architect by training, Tonje joined Snøhetta in 2001 and has been part of its management since 2004, including serving as Managing Director for Snøhetta Oslo. In this talk, she explains how the industry is adopting advanced technologies and modern solutions for sustainable living.

This talk was given at a TEDx event. Learn more at ted.com/tedx.