‘I Am Here’ — Lessons from a Holocaust Survivor
What difference does survival make if you didn’t learn a lesson about humanity?”
Category: Spotlight
Drought, Conservation, and Our Children
Scientists underscored that human activity had made the adverse effects of the drought 72% worse.
Voting Rights and Environmental Justice Are Intertwined
It’s an overwhelming time. Seeing elected representatives trying to turn back the clock to when individual state statutes severely impeded the ability to vote is unimaginable. But it’s happening.
“Blue Box” — Documentary Probes the Actions of Yosef Weitz
In 1908, an 18-year-old Weitz left his birthplace of Russia to follow the Zionist dream in the Holy Land. He was appointed the Director of Department of Lands at the Jewish National Fund, known as the “Blue Box fund to buy land,” in 1932.
The Climate Museum: Culture for Action
The museum implements new approaches for examining the challenges of the climate crisis. The advisory board encompasses scientists, creatives, activists, business and museum professionals, guaranteeing that innovation is at the core of engagement philosophy.
UNICEF: “Every Child Deserves a Livable Planet.”
Children are less physically able to withstand and survive severe weather occurrences. Ironically, they contribute the least to factors creating the climate crisis while suffering the most significant impacts.
Tree Equity for Climate, Health and Social Justice
I think that I shall never seeA poem as lovely as a tree. When American poet Joyce Kilmer wrote these words in 1913 as a tribute to nature, he didn’t presume that over a century later...
‘The Human Factor’ Documentary: American Negotiators and the Search for a Mideast Solution
Gamal Helad summed it up more plainly. “It’s always easy to have an enemy out there. Unless you plan to accept the other side, there is zero hope for a solution.”
Dr. Robert Bullard: “Let’s Make 2021 the Year for Justice”
The First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit took place in 1991. Dr. Bullard stated, “These principles are now all over the globe.”
Mino Lora: Governing Through a Social Justice Lens
The political landscape has changed dramatically in New York since Trump was elected. Many voters realized that they had not only become complacent but asleep at the switch.
