By Ruaurí McKiernan — 2014
In this interview, the founder of the Bioneers conference talks about what he’s learned in 25 years of bringing thinkers together.
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Why bother? That really is the big question facing us as individuals hoping to do something about climate change, and it’s not an easy one to answer.
Thirteen matriarchs from indigenous cultures are currently touring the world, promoting peace, unity, and a respect for nature. nicola Graydon meets one of them, Mona Polacca.
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In my upbringing, I was taught that everyone is my relative. That we are all relatives. My parents and grandparents instilled this value since I was a child and I notice that, without question, it helps me to see the value in each person and living thing.
Pope Francis has declared a global “climate emergency,” warning of the dangers of global heating and that a failure to act urgently to reduce greenhouse gases would be “a brutal act of injustice toward the poor and future generations.”