How do you draw attention to the scourge of plastics polluting our oceans? If you're an artist at the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, bein...
As government leaders from 100+ countries gather in Rio 20 years after the original Earth Summit, it is encouraging that water has emerged as one of the priorities.
A renewed global commitment to sustainability at Rio+20 will miss the mark if it does not explicitly address the needs and opportunities in agriculture.
Rio+20 is a historic chance to move away from business-as-usual and end environmental destruction, reduce poverty, jumpstart the green economy and chart a course to a sustainable future. But the outlook is bleak.
For most of my life, I've specialized in working really hard without getting paid. This specialty seems inherent to many young people who seek to crea...
With the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development -- also known as Rio+20 -- quickly approaching, world leaders are preparing to meet in R...
Unconstrained by diplomacy, I would put it this way: If we insist on ruining the planet, we can no longer call ourselves the most intelligence species. We have the tools, but we're not fully using them. We know what to do, but we're not doing it.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The largest-ever United Nations conference, a summit billed as a historic opportunity to build a greener future, appears to be...
The Earth Summit is about protecting our planet -- and preserving our future. Now, we are joining our colleagues at Green Cross International and other environmental nonprofits in asking everyone, but particularly younger generations, to become engaged and speak up for a brighter and greener future.
A document signed by more than 50 civil society organizations (CSOs) is asking the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development scheduled to take place in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012, to ban the use of genetically modified foods.
