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Environment

Farmers' battle to cope with climate change could spark rural renewal

Shifting world agriculture to a "climate-smart" approach will not only help prevent future food security crises but holds the promise of sparking economic and agricultural ...

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Environment

Global Warming, Planting Trees

Scientists around the world are predicting several weather changes in 21st century that will affect many geographic areas, these changes include higher maximum and minimum ...

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Sustainable Development

First Nations Development Institute Awards $400K To 12 Native Food-System Projects

First Nations Development Institute announced June 3 that it is divying up $400,000 in grant awards to 12 Native organizations. The grants, made possible by the W.K. Kellog...

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Hollywood

Celebrities Launch Video Messages In Support Of World Refugee Day

A number of UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors and supporters have released video messages in support of refugee families and asked the public to show solidarity by sharing their s...

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Hollywood

ASPCA Kicks Off 2014 Rachael Ray $100K Challenge

The ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) is gearing up for Sunday’s start of the 2014 ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge, where a tota...

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Hollywood

Steve Thomas To Join Habitat For Humanity’s Home Builders Blitz

Steve Thomas, the Emmy Award-winning former host of “This Old House” and “Renovation Nation,” will join professional homebuilders and construction e...

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Health

When Mothers Have Healthy Pregnancies, The Positive Benefits Last A Lifetime

The United States has shown courageous leadership over the last decade on global health. Earlier this year, Congress once again voted to protect the budget for those critic...

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Environment

Experts to study climate change effects on people in deltas

Researchers from five countries, including India, Egypt and Ghana, will study the effects of climate change on inhabitants of the Ganga-Brahmaputra deltas in Bangladesh and...

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Sustainable Development

India rising to Sustainable Energy challenge

Three very different sustainable energy projects from India are among the finalists in this year’s Ashden Awards, writes Chhavi Sharma – all of them inspiring a...

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Sustainable Development

UN Global Compact unveils principles for sustainable food

The UN’s sustainable development arm has unveiled six principles for sustainable food production, aimed at ensuring that food produced worldwide is healthy, good for ...

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