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...world-renowned conservationist and iconic friend of the chimpanzees talks about her past in the field and her future spreading the message of coexistence with our planet...
...people are bickering about who does what and it’s a squabble for money and sometimes the animals become pawns and almost forgotten. So I like to bring that voice right into the space to help us understand that we’re not alone on this planet...
...that doesn’t really change peoples opinions. But if you can get into their hearts, that’s what’s so important. Make people think about this question: if we’re the most intellectual animals that have ever walked on this planet, which we are, why are we destroying our only home? I think we’ve lost wisdom, the kind of wisdom where people say, “How will this decision affect people generations ahead?” Now we make decisions based on, “How will...
Arguably the most tangible of Harvard’s environmental initiatives, the garden’s mere presence will serve to raise awareness about how the food we eat relates to the planet we inhabit. But, more than that, the garden will also provide students with the opportunity to engage with sustainable farming and gardening firsthand. Two interns have already been selected to tend to and promote the garden this summer—an excellent learning experience that goes beyond Harvard’s previous offerings. We appreciate that the garden now provides Harvard with a resource for students interested...
Bill McKibben may be the world's best green journalist, but even he wishes the climate-change skeptics were right. That would mean we weren't headed for a warmer planet--one that McKibben calls Eaarth (the extra a is for extra awful)--that will be profoundly more difficult to live on. But our fate is sealed: "Global warming is no longer a philosophical threat, no longer a future threat, no longer a threat at all. It's our reality." McKibben backs up his claim with page after page detailing the impact that global warming has already had, from...