

Waving ‘Bon Voyage’ to Cruise Ships: Are These Luxury Trips Worth the Environmental Impact?
Whether on a honeymoon or family get-together, a cruise can be an idyllic way to spend a few days, a week, or longer enjoying a variety of cuisines, entertainment, informative lectures, and activities for young and old. While in port, one can enjoy excursions featuring picturesque sites, local culture, nature tours and unique shops.

Kate Pugnoli
Jun 15


Thermal Imaging from Space: New Ways of ‘Seeing’ the Environment
Space-based and other remote imaging technologies are a powerful, out-of-this-world tool in the fight to protect Earth’s ecosystems. Thanks to the latest developments in remote imaging, distance from an object on the planet’s surface is no longer a hindrance to monitoring its status.

Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe
Jun 14


UNESCO Ambassador Mauro Colagreco Links Food Choices to Biodiversity
World-renowned chef Mauro Colagreco is passionate about two things: great food and the environment.
And he doesn’t see why anyone should be forced to choose one over the other. As he puts it, it is all about “eating without eating the planet.”

Mark Smith
Apr 21


Space Jammed—What Goes Up Must Come Down … or Does it?
For decades, dozens of nations have been launching satellites into Earth’s orbit for everything from communication and navigation to weather forecasting and scientific research.

Robert R. Selle
Apr 20


Africa’s Fishers Band Together to Grow Sustainable Fishing
World hunger and malnutrition could be defeated with an abundant supply of protein-rich fish, which means there should be an explosion in fish farming around the globe.

Yasmin Prabhudas
Apr 19