On Saturday, March 21, advocates, organizers and community leaders from across the northeast gathered in Philadelphia for the Beyond Plastics Regional Conference, under the theme, Radical Optimism for a World
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming society, influencing everything from governance, business and education, to personal interactions and decision-making. There are now more than one billion people around the world
Over the last century, industrial capitalism has left behind man-made substances that endure in the environment, often with harmful impacts. Plastics, radioactive waste and industrial chemicals like PFAS and PCBs
From August 5–15, 2025, government delegates, scientists and civil society representatives reconvened in Geneva to resume the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2), tasked with developing the world’s
This summer, the future of the deep ocean took center stage. In June, global leaders, scientists and civil society convened at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France, and at
We are living through a moment of intersecting crises: climate change, ecological collapse, geopolitical turmoil and a growing sense of disconnection from nature. In 2024, global temperatures rose to about