Climate Change: Averting Catastrophe
Mountaineering, once a source of awe and beauty, is facing an uncertain future. Danny Arnold and his friend, extreme mountaineers, seek the ultimate thrill scaling the Piz Palü at...
Environment
How Corporate Greed Destroyed East Palestine
On February 3rd, 2023, a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, causing a massive fire and prompting the evacuation of the town. The...
Eating Our Way to Extinction
Narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet, "Eating Our Way to Extinction" is a powerful documentary that explores the impact of industrial animal agriculture on the environment, human health, and animal welfare....
The Letter: A Message for Our Earth
In 2015, Pope Francis wrote an encyclical letter entitled "Laudato si', mi' Signore" (Italian for "Praised be, my Lord") which addresses the relationship between human beings and the...
The Last Resources
Water is now becoming a scarce resource. Throughout man's history, stretching back to prehistoric times, no one would have thought that water would disappear and dry up. It was a resource that no one ever really worried about....
Man vs. Nature
The decreasing amount of groundwater worldwide, especially in places with traditionally high levels, is a significant cause for concern. Winters are also becoming shorter and summers longer, and more water that the ground would...
The Battle for Water
Today, some parts of the world are literally drying up, affecting communities, both rich and poor. Natural water wells have run dry at a rate never before seen, and a growing number of people are worried that increased water...
It Blows Both Ways
Man has always been affected by the wind mainly because its presence and absence drive the weather. "Wind" is what you call the air when it moves across the planet's surface, over the oceans and seas and in and around different...
The Scale of Hope
We are living through a climate change crisis, and many parts of the world already feel its adverse effects. The future holds increased competition for scarce resources, which will undoubtedly displace and disenfranchise many....
The Green Revolution
Climate change and the global environmental crisis are humanity's most pressing challenges. It currently affects millions of people and will continue to affect many more over the foreseeable future. Climate change disrupts...
Newtok: The Water is Rising
The town of Newtok, Alaska, is well on its way to completely disappearing off the map. Sitting on a delta off the coast of the Bering Sea, Newtok, home to the Yup'ik, an indigenous Arctic people, is being erased by water. They...
MILKED: White Lies In Dairy Land
When we think of the current environmental crisis, particularly pollution and climate change, we immediately start thinking about the usual suspects: plastics and the fossil fuel industry. We don't think about meat and dairy at...
Our Drinking Water: Is the Earth Drying Up?
As we all know, the planet Earth would cease to exist if it ran out of water. Every living thing, including us humans, will not be able to survive without it. Historically, water has...
Parched: Global Water Wars
Water scarcity is an issue because of natural geological and hydrological factors. Humans use the commodity for a wide range of activities and one would be hard pressed to find a necessary daily human activity that does not...