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The SDGs are working! Sort of.

Dan Current Events, Environment, Sustainability October 11, 2019October 9, 2019#SDGs, drinking water, economic growth, education, empowering girls, Food Security, Gender Equality, general assembly, hunger, immunization, infant mortality, literacy, pollution, poverty, UN, unemployment, UNGA, water pollution

Blue sky, a few white clouds and green grass.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a call to action for all countries to promote prosperity, knowing that ending poverty will be deeply related to climate change. A total of 17 goals that couldn’t be loftier were

The Green New Deal

Ben Climate Science, Current Events, YouTube Channel October 10, 2019September 3, 2021Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Climate Change, Climate Science, President Roosevelt, Resolution 109, Sustainability, The Green New Deal, The New Deal

Can we expect action from the Climate Action Summit?

Dan Climate Change, Current Events, Global Warming October 4, 2019October 3, 2019#howdareyou, 1.5 celsius, 2 celsius, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Neutral, Climate Action, general assembly, Green Climate Fund, greta thunberg, net zero carbon, Paris Agreement, reduce emissions, Renewable Energy, UN Secretary General, UNGA, United Nations

The United Nations (UN) Climate Action Summit was held at the UN Headquarters in New York City on September 23rd. Being a part of the UN General Assembly, the summit’s mission was to motivate the active achievement

The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals: Part 4

Meghan Climate Change, Current Events, Emissions, Forests, Oceans, Sustainability September 27, 2019September 27, 2019#ClimateChange, #SDGs, Climate crisis, climate justice, Deforestation, earth, Global Warming, Goals for Sustainable Development, ocean plastic, Oceans, one planet, peace, Sustainability, UN SDG, United Nations

One hand passing a miniature Earth to another hand, green background.

The United Nations calls the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, “the plan of action for people, planet, and prosperity.” Together. For all of us. There’s no doubt this plan with its ambitious list of 17

The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals: Part 3

Meghan Current Events, Press, Recent, Recycling, Sustainability September 24, 2019September 24, 2019community, consumption, current affairs, decent work, economics, Energy Consumption, equality, fair wages, Gender Equality, Goals for Sustainable Development, growth, Recycling, Sustainability, sustainable city, UN SDG, United Nations

This week in New York City, the United Nations General Assembly is, even now, meeting to discuss the important issues facing our global community. Among the most important is how we go forward, together, into the future.

The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals: Part 2

Meghan Current Events, Health, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Waste Solutions September 20, 2019September 24, 2019clean drinking water, clean energy, education, Gender Equality, Goals for Sustainable Development, Hydroelectricity, sanitation, solar energy, Sustainability, sustainable ed, sustainable en, United Nations, Water, water shortage, Wind Energy

Multi-cultural faces in a globe vector map

On Tuesday, September 17th, 2019, the 74th United Nations General Assembly session opened at the U.N headquarters in NYC, and there is quite the docket for 2019. One of the important summits we’re watching for here at

The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals: Part 1

Meghan Current Events, Food, Health, Sustainability September 17, 2019September 24, 2019agriculture, current affairs, diversity, education, general assembly, Goals for Sustainable Development, Health, humanity, hunger, malnutrition, mortality, politics, poverty, Sustainability, U.N., United Nations

In 2015, the U.N. member states unanimously approved a road map to steer global development endeavors through 2030. These Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, comprise 17 objectives that range from eliminating poverty to ending hunger to creating

All Eyes on the Amazon

Meghan Biodiversity, Carbon Sequestration, Current Events September 3, 2019September 24, 2019#actfortheamazon, #prayforamazonia, #prayfortheamazon, Amazon fires, Brazil, Brazillian beef, Cattle ranching, Deforestation, Land clearing, The Amazon Rainforest

By now, we’ve all heard about the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest in South America. We’ve heard some pretty terrifying statistics, seen social media go wild, and watched the players on the world political stage enact

Amazon offers everything. Except their emissions data.

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Current Events, Emissions, Energy Usage July 12, 2019July 18, 2019Amazon, AWS, data centers, Jeff Bezos, online shopping, tech giant

If I said to you ‘online shopping’ I’m willing to wager a healthy sum that you’d immediately think ‘Amazon’. Although they weren’t the first online marketplace, 25 years after launch they’re surely the largest and most diversified.

How are you celebrating World Environment Day?

Chrystal Climate Change, Current Events, Health, Pollution June 4, 2019July 18, 2019#BeatAirPollution, #WorldEnvironmentDay, Air Pollution;, Greening the Blue, Hangzhou, United Nations

June 5th 2019 is World Environment Day. This is a UN-Environment led initiative which was established in 1972 and first celebrated in 1974. The day is used to shine a spotlight on the fragile environment around us,