Today, we’re discussing the undeniable link between the gender equality movement and that of climate change action or, in fact, the fight for climate justice. Climate action truly is climate justice because it represents the fight for justice for every living thing on the planet, and indeed the planet itself.
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Environmental & Sustainability Good News You May Have Missed in 2020
Welcome back to the Hive for our last video installment of 2020. From kicking off the year with unprecedented wildfires in Australia to a global pandemic to fights for racial equality, contentious elections, worsening effects of climate change around the world, and now closing it out as the COVID19 pandemic continues to take lives and hold our lives hostage, we won’t be sorry to see the last of 2020. And while there’s no doubt it hasn’t been easy to look on the bright side, we wanted to share with you just a few of the environmental and sustainability successes of a year that might seem anything but successful.
Read moreRBG: Sustainability Warrior
While the core of her legacy is centered on women’s rights and gender equality, Ruth Bader Ginsburg also supported environmental protections, and helped establish the Supreme Court precedent that empowered the EPA to regulate the greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change.
Read moreThe SDGs are working! Sort of.
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
Read moreThe U.N. Sustainable Development Goals: Part 3
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.
Read moreThe U.N. Sustainable Development Goals: Part 2
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
Read moreCan empowering women* help solve climate change?
There are two things close to my heart, from a moral and social perspective: climate change and gender equality. I am reticent to say ‘feminism’ due to the sometimes negative connotations that word brings. But let’s be
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A recent survey that evaluates our progress on the sustainable development goals gives us both good and bad news. While most experts feel that our progress has been poor, they have become less critical since 2005. The
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