In this ongoing series, I talk with thought leaders about ideas in my book Nature's Fortune and trends in the environmental movement.

Next in the series is my conversation with Matt Arnold, Managing Director and Head of the Office of Environmental Affairs,...

In this ongoing series, I talk with thought leaders about ideas in my book Nature's Fortune and trends in the environmental movement.

Next in the series is my conversation with Helene Gayle, president and CEO of CARE, a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. Under Helene's...

Since joining The Nature Conservancy, and over the course of writing Nature's Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature, I've been fortunate to benefit from the perspectives and advice of many leaders of the environmental community. To continue the conversation on the ideas in Nature's...

This week, I was asked an interesting question as part of the Q&A session following a talk I gave at the Fortune Brainstorm Green conference in California.

To paraphrase journalist Marc Gunther, who moderated the evening: "You are a vegan. You also lead the world's largest conservation...

Since joining The Nature Conservancy, and over the course of writing Nature's Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature, I've been fortunate to benefit from the perspectives and advice of many leaders of the environmental community. To continue the conversation on the ideas in Nature's Fortune, I...

Since joining The Nature Conservancy, and over the course of writing Nature's Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature, I've been fortunate to benefit from the perspectives and advice of many leaders of the environmental community. To continue the conversation on the ideas in Nature's Fortune, I...

Since joining The Nature Conservancy, and over the course of writing Nature's Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature, I've been fortunate to benefit from the perspectives and advice of many leaders of the environmental community. To continue the conversation on the ideas in Nature's...

A few days ago, a massive water main break just outside the Washington, D.C., city limits released 60 million gallons of water in a 30-foot geyser over the Maryland suburbs. This amounts to around one-eighth the average amount of water withdrawn each day from the Potomac River to provide drinking...

As the searing images of the devastation caused by Sandy finally begin to lose their painful edge, two things are becoming clear. The first is the scale, in both time and money, of the rebuilding effort, particularly in New York and New Jersey. The second is the equally enormous opportunity...

Until a few days ago, the name Mark Lynas was little known outside the environmental community. An effective campaigner, Lynas has also written several well-received books, including Six Degrees and The God Species. He also has a knack for the dramatic, such as throwing a pie in the face of...

William Faulkner wrote, "History is not was, but is."

Ken Burns' new documentary, The Dust Bowl, is a timely reminder of Faulkner's point. The film's moving interviews with Dust Bowl survivors, photos of decimated landscapes and footage of desperate farmers and struggling communities bring to mind today's images of cornfields...

As we look ahead to the next four years, President Obama and Congress have an opportunity to show their leadership on an issue that will greatly benefit all Americans: the preservation of our country's natural heritage. Now is the time for our political leaders to take action to protect the...

There has been much discussion of Sandy, both of the storm's causes and its devastating impacts on people's lives, our communities, and the economy.

If there is a silver lining to the storm, it is the discussion it has sparked around the vulnerability of our infrastructure and the need to...

These days, it's sometimes hard to remember what bipartisanship looks like.

Look hard enough, however, and you'll see glimmers of hope -- sometimes in unexpected places.

Take Alabama, for example, which is on the front lines of the biggest untold story this election season. On the ballot there,...

To some, farmers and conservationists may seem like unlikely allies. But last week, hundreds of representatives from farm and conservation organizations rallied together on Capitol Hill. They were there to send a unified message to Congress: re-authorization of the Farm Bill is critical to the health and well-being of our...

Lately, there's been a lot of buzz in the nonprofit world around impact investing. Organizations should welcome this opportunity to tap into new sources of funding for their missions.

Take conservation. Over the past half century, conservationists have had great success buying land to protect it....

I first visited the Emiquon Preserve in Illinois a few years ago -- not long after The Nature Conservancy and its partners had begun restoring nearly 7,000 acres of wetlands here. As I drove to the site, I remember passing one farm field after another. Then, topping a hill, I...

It's a good day when the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, the Chair of the President's Council on Environmental Quality, an Assistant Secretary of the Army and a top official from the Department of the Interior convene on a Nature Conservancy Preserve. It's an even better day when they are there...

I am writing this from the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Northern Kenya. In just a few days, I will be joining a group of Nature Conservancy supporters, including endurance running champion Scott Jurek, to run a race on a nature reserve located within Kenya's northern rangelands.
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Rio+20 just came to a close. Tens of thousands of leaders from governments, businesses and NGOs gathered to find solutions for supporting the planet's seven billion people and creating a healthy, prosperous world.

Twenty years ago, the first Rio Earth Summit created important momentum around the idea that economic...