Entries from The WIP Contributors tagged with 'Climate change'
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...
Geotherapy: Artist Mara Haseltine's Blueprints to Save the Planet
by Nora Maccoby - USA - "The question for me has always been: How can I help the world?" Mara Haseltine smiles - her large aquatic blue eyes bright and passionate. "Because it's a race against time. We have to...
Climate Refugees: The Human Toll of a Changing Planet
by Jessica Mosby - USA - The world’s weather is changing and millions of people will be displaced. This tragic reality is captured in the new documentary film, Climate Refugees. Without engaging in the divisive global warming debate, director and...
Interview with Howl film directors Epstein and Friedman: “Allen Ginsberg’s Poetic Prophecy”
by Vera von Kreutzbruck - Germany - Howl, a biopic centered on beatnik Allen Ginsberg’s seminal poem and the resulting obscenity trial, was the most moving and intellectually engaging film presented at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival....
Kashmir’s Economy Feels the Effects of Climate Change
by Nusrat Ara - Indian-administered Kashmir - After the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) admitted to a major mistake in its 2007 report, which asserted the Himalayan glaciers would melt by 2035, skeptics and opponents alike went on...
Grassroots Climate Justice Groups Work for Results in Copenhagen
by Brittany Shoot - Denmark - Copenhagen is an odd mix of frustrating inertia and vigilant protest as week two of the COP15 UN climate conference at the city’s Bella Center continues in tandem with Klimaforum09, the people’s summit, and...
There’s Something In The Air: Copenhagen Prepares for COP15
by Brittany Shoot - Denmark - Copenhagen has been buzzing with activity the last two months. After the Olympics committee met here in October with a slough of American cameos from Oprah and the Obamas, the city quickly switched gears...
Save the Cities: Sustainable Travel Goes Urban
by Janelle Weiner - USA - In the Galapagos germs hitchhike with eager travelers, threatening the survival of native species. Camera flashes, voices, and human touch have cracked ancient Egyptian pyramid walls. The very breath of people viewing the Lascaux...
Colin Beavan on Life Post-No Impact Man: "No American is living a sustainable life"
by Jessica Mosby - USA - The title of Colin Beavan’s book, No Impact Man – not to be confused with the documentary or blog – has a mildly self-deprecating tone that sums things up nicely, No Impact Man: The...
Limiting Emissions: India Capitalizes on Natural Strengths and Community
by Lesley D. Biswas - India - Situated in the coastal regions of West Bengal and parts of Bangladesh, Sundarbans is the largest deltaic mangrove forest in the world and home to the endangered Royal Bengal Tiger. According to a...
The Harsh Economics of the Global Water Crisis: “water is the oil of this century”
by Julie Chowdhury - Sweden - Every morning when you wake up and perform what you may perceive as insignificant chores, you might not realize that for 2.6 billion people around the world, your morning shower or just one flush...
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...
NASA Confirms This Year’s Arctic Ice Is the Lowest Ever Recorded: To Nobel Nominee the Consequences Are Real
by Sarah Wyatt USA “The Arctic is not a wilderness or a frontier. It is our home. It is our homeland…Our entire way of life as we know it may end in my grandson's lifetime." • The unprecedented melting of...
Climate Change: An Urgent Issue for Poor Countries Like the Philippines
by Imelda V. Abaño Philippines • A child living in poverty on the island of Boracay, Philippines. Photograph by Jenny Webber •Nowhere will the impact of climate change be felt more than in the world's poorest nations where people live...
Saving the Grain of Culture: Historic Rice Terraces In Danger
by Imelda V. Abaño Philippines • A native farmer atop the Ifugao Rice Terraces. Photograph by Imelda V. Abaño •For centuries, rice has sculpted the culture of Asia. In fact, more than 2,000 years ago in the Philippines, tribal farmers...
The Role and Influence of the US President in Germany
by Vera von Kreutzbruck Germany The next president of the United States of America will undoubtedly play a major role in the international arena – as all US presidents have in past decades. But the important question is how much...
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