With the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) now behind us, it is clear: the world is grappling with unprecedented challenges, and the only way to address them is through more global cooperation — not less.In many ways, COVID-19 has reflected what’s possible when the world works together — and...
As United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged on World Environment Day 2020,”To care for humanity, we must care for nature.” Here in the Portland-Vancouver region, we know that the resiliency of communities is closely linked to our parks and open spaces. Safe and equitable...
Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on September 21. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire. This year’s International Day of Peace theme is...
The Lloyd EcoDistrict announces their new awardees! Congrats to our first two awardees! Model the Way awards celebrate practical sustainability by recognizing institutions, firms, and individuals who have come up with creative, ambitious, radical, and resilient solutions to some of our biggest...
By Abrahm Lustgarten | Photographs by Meridith Kohut Millions will be displaced. Where will they go? August besieged California with a heat unseen in generations. A surge in air-conditioning broke the state’s electrical grid, leaving a population already ravaged by the coronavirus to work remotely...
As bush fires were raging across Australia in December 2019, players of Space Ape video games reached out to the company and asked what they could do to help. The London-based firm quickly put an in-game purchase into several of its mobile titles, with all proceeds going to either a wildlife or...
“Live Locally” explores the idea that living locally can actually be an effective action plan for reducing the threat of both a pandemic and climate change. Focusing on our local businesses, neighbors, and our local issues, we build stronger communities that are safer and more...
The Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) is excited to announce the funding of 42 local nonprofit organizations to help build their capacity to engage in upcoming grant opportunities addressing climate change and social equity. The PCEF Application Support Grant program is...
Rob Hopkins August 26, 2020 One of the few rays of hopeful sunshine in the UK’s currently bleak political landscape is the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill. In fact, I feel like it is such a vitally important development that I want to use this article to urge you to get behind it, while also...
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