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It will take personal sustainability to meet the global challenges we face

GreenBiz

Earth Day, when we remember the planet’s fragility and resilience, was when I finally understood that I had nothing left to give. My boss, former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, had entrusted me with orchestrating the company’s annual Earth Day celebration. Chris Gaither. Mon, 07/06/2020 - 02:15. It was April 2017.

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Online Event - Collective Resilience Summit

Green Market Oracle

The Collective Resilience Summit will take place May 12 - 17, 2020. This free, online and highly interactive summit will explore how to develop and sustain the individual and collective resilience we need to meet our increasingly complex global challenges with wisdom, skill and compassion.

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Episode 219: Water, workplaces and well-being

GreenBiz

This year on Earth Day, the company said it had reached a milestone of 1 billion gallons restored. We'll debate "Reusable Packaging in the Age of Contagion," "Can Recycled Plastic Survive Low Oil Prices" and "Repair, Resilience and Customer Engagement." Register here for our half-day event starting at 1 p.m. EDT May 18.

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Promote your eco-events in Greenability

Greenability Magazine

Greenability offers a free, online calendar listing to promote events that are environmentally sustainable, resilient and restorative. Calendar listings can be related to organic food, energy-efficiency, recycling, renewable energy, zero-waste, native plant gardening, nature, resilient living and many other environmental topics.

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Covid-19 is a test run for when we need to act on climate change - that time is now

Business Green

The global health emergency caused by the Covid-19 outbreak has been a very unsettling situation for all of us. Our community's health, economy and way of life is under threat, with tragic consequences that governments, businesses, and individual citizens are facing with courage. Sadly, those streets will now be empty.

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Roundup: Centering Communities

Defend Our Future

and is working with Our Climate to expand their youth ambassador program and organize Earth Day events. The EJ for All Act is a significant step towards ensuring health equity, a fair and just transition to clean energy and empowered and resilient communities. Maliyah Womack is based in Washington, D.C. on April 19!

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Alok Sharma: 'We must also follow the best scientific advice on climate change'

Business Green

COP26 President steps up calls for 'clean, inclusive and resilient recovery' that delivers on the goals of the Paris Agreement, as polling reveals huge support for accelerate climate action. We will work together to ensure that the linked challenges of public health, climate change and biodiversity are addressed.".