Follow Maggie's short stories of climate change and conservation. In northeast Cambodia, the two are inextricably intwined.
30 Days of Eco Tips and Climate Stories
Re-posted from my Instagram on April 1, 2021: Happy Earth Month! For the next 30 days, I’m gonna post daily #EcoTips, #ClimateStories, and fun #EarthFacts [on my instagram, @mmdewane].Saving the planet isn’t on most people’s agendas and that’s cool (it’s hard enough to think about dinner tomorrow night, let alone think about the planet’s future), but the even …
A Conservationist’s Reaction to ‘Seaspiracy’
A conservationist with connections to groups referenced in the Netflix documentary "Seaspiracy" responds to the film.
Why It Matters – Pollinators
Protecting pollinators is critical to maintaining healthy ecosystems and human food supply. Bees, for example, pollinate 70 out of the top 100 crops globally. And roughly 1 in 3 bites of food we eat is derived from plants pollinated by bees. Unfortunately, modern pesticides are killing bees. In 1947 there were 6 million honeybee hives …
Why It Matters – Biodiversity
Biodiversity is a word thrown around by a lot of environmental groups as something really important. What is it, exactly? It’s short for biological diversity, and it refers to the entire variety of life on earth that comprise of all the ecosystems and elements that make the planet “work.” From mushrooms to minke whales, corals …
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