The Brazilian Amazon faces widespread illegal encroachment, devastating ancient trees for export and exploiting rare resources. This critical issue impacts us all.

Indigenous forest guardians Marçal Guajajara and Puyr Tembé tirelessly defend their home from deforestation. Their struggle contrasts with an illegal logger, desperate for survival, and a landowner striving to preserve his property's ecosystem, yet ignored by authorities.

These diverse perspectives highlight the global economic links connecting Amazonian goods to consumers worldwide.

Joanna Macy, a scholar, activist, and Buddhist thinker, profoundly shaped global movements. A documentary highlights her impact on activism, nuclear guardianship, and personal transformation. Naropa University's Joanna Macy Center advances her vision, inspiring hope and responsibility for future generations.

The Center empowers individuals to build a resilient world by fostering deep connections with self, others, and nature, inspiring collaborative action. As Dr. Macy taught, this interconnectedness is key to healing.

Naropa University hosts "Reconnecting for a Just and Regenerative Future," a three-day conference celebrating 50 years of Macy's "The Work that Reconnects." It unites leaders from diverse fields to address social and ecological crises, reimagining possibilities.

This speech, "The Hidden Promise of Our Dark Age," was delivered by Joanna Macy at the 2009 National Bioneers Conference and posted August 22, 2018. Introduced by Bioneers Co-Founder Nina Simons, Macy, a respected activist and spiritual teacher, offers a hopeful message. She posits that by freeing ourselves from the "industrial growth society's" delusions, we can discover our inherent wisdom, strength, and beauty, unlocking creativity and solidarity during times of crisis.

Since 1990, Bioneers has been a fertile hub for social and scientific innovators, providing practical and visionary solutions for the world's most pressing environmental and social challenges. Support their vital work: www.bioneers.org/donate.

This speech, titled "The Hidden Promise of Our Dark Age," was delivered by Joanna Macy at the 2009 National Bioneers Conference and posted on August 22, 2018. Macy, a renowned activist and spiritual teacher (1929-2025), offers a hopeful message: by freeing ourselves from the "industrial growth society's" delusions, we can discover our inherent creativity and solidarity amidst crisis, avoiding panic.

Introduced by Bioneers Co-Founder Nina Simons, the organization has served as a vital hub for social and scientific innovators since 1990, providing practical solutions for pressing environmental and social challenges. Support Bioneers today: www.bioneers.org/donate

Explore the power of storytelling to inspire action towards a circular economy. This episode features Poppy Mason-Watts (WaterBear) and Alex Cramwinckel (Heineken) discussing how to shift mindsets and promote positive change.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, an international charity, champions the circular economy – a design-driven approach that eliminates waste and pollution, circulates products and materials, and regenerates nature.

Subscribe to the Foundation's YouTube channel for more insights: Ellen MacArthur Foundation YouTube. Find out more and connect with us online via our website, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

This episode from The Well, a publication by the John Templeton Foundation, features astrobiologist Betül Kaçar. She challenges the idea of evolution as solely about competition, arguing that life thrives through cooperation. Kaçar, a UW-Madison professor and NASA-funded researcher, highlights how Black Sea microbes share energy, demonstrating that true evolution involves connection, collaboration, and living together.

The Well delves into life's biggest questions—from free will to love—encouraging learning from leading minds. Explore more: Subscribe to The Well on YouTube, watch other Kaçar interviews here, or read the transcript. Connect with The Well on Facebook and Instagram.

This episode explores the critical minerals challenge and how circular economy strategies can secure their supply. Essential for renewable energy products like EV batteries and wind turbines, these minerals face increasing demand. As e-waste grows and early renewable tech reaches end-of-life, a circular approach offers a vital opportunity to build a sustainable system. Find out more about critical minerals.

Join us in Episode 189 of our "Circling Back" series. We revisit insights from Ke Wang (World Resources Institute) on the circular economy's role in the energy transition, driven by economics and competitiveness. This conversation originally featured in Episode 174: Material security in a circular economy.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, an international charity, champions the circular economy model, which eliminates waste, circulates materials, and regenerates nature. Learn more about our work.

The circular economy is a powerful tool against the climate crisis, though its benefits are often unrecognized by current carbon accounting frameworks like the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. In this episode, João Murilo Silva Merico from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation explains how circular practices—such as reuse, remanufacturing, and sharing models—are not adequately rewarded for their emissions reductions.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is an international charity promoting a circular economy that eliminates waste, circulates materials, and regenerates nature. For more insightful videos, subscribe to their YouTube channel. Learn more about their work at ellenmacarthurfoundation.org, and follow them on Instagram and LinkedIn.

Dr. Simon Longstaff, executive director of The Ethics Centre, emphasizes that ethics is not merely a feeling but a discipline for developing practical skills to address critical global challenges, such as climate change.

Listen to the full "Values & Interests" podcast episode for more details: https://carnegiecouncil.co/values-interests-longstaff

Building circular business models—where products are rented, repaired, resold, and remade—is crucial for transforming our economy from a linear "take, make, waste" system. This episode of the Circular Economy Show demonstrates these practices in action with Canadian outdoor company Arc’teryx.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, an international charity, develops and promotes the circular economy. This design-driven approach eliminates waste and pollution, circulates products and materials, and regenerates nature.

Watch the full episode to learn more. Subscribe to the [Ellen MacArthur Foundation YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQAC2otE5_agzHZPnk3mE5w?sub_confirmation=1) for insightful videos. Discover our work and follow us on [Instagram](http://instagram.com/EllenMacArthurFoundation), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ellen-macarthur-foundation/), or our [website](https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/).

"Other Worlds: The Photography of Edward Burtynsky," directed by Simon Brothers, highlights the work of Edward Burtynsky, a 2016 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts recipient.

The film is a co-production of the Canada Council for the Arts (Conseil des arts du Canada) & Powerline Films. It is presented by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Independent Media Arts Alliance.

The Canada Council for the Arts is a federal Crown corporation, established in 1957, dedicated to fostering and promoting the arts.

In his 2008 TED talk, Edward Burtynsky, recipient of the 2005 TED Prize, presented his "Manufactured Landscapes." He wished his stunning photographs, which document humanity's impact on the world, would inspire millions to join a global conversation on sustainability.

Burtynsky's riveting slideshow vividly illustrates how industrial development alters Earth's natural landscape. Featuring scenes from mountains of tires to rivers of bright orange mining waste, his images are both beautiful and horrifying, prompting reflection on our environmental footprint.

Barbara McClintock (1902-1992), an American geneticist, received the 1983 Nobel Prize for discovering genetic transposition. Her extensive papers (1927-1991), comprising notes, correspondence, and photographs, are preserved at the American Philosophical Society.

The National Library of Medicine, in collaboration with the APS, offers a digitized selection of McClintock's papers online through its Profiles in Science project. This site also includes related correspondence from other collections and provides an introduction to McClintock's scientific career. For access to the full collection, researchers should contact the American Philosophical Society.

The Women’s Earth and Climate Network (WECAN) hosted the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond from June 23-28, 2025. This virtual forum united over 125 grassroots and frontline women leaders, advocates, and policymakers from 50 countries, offering 25 panels with diverse strategies for a healthy, just world. Interpretation was provided in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. Learn more: wecaninternational.org/womens-assembly

Among the key sessions was "On Fire! Youth Leading the Way," held on June 26th. Moderated by Niria Alicia Garcia, the panel featured prominent youth climate and human rights activists: Mitzi Jonelle Tan, Maria Reyes, Samaï Malaïca Gualinga, and Xiye Bastida. Resources from this and other panels are available here: Assembly Resources

The panel “Women Parliamentarians for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty” convened on June 27, 2025, as part of the virtual Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice. Co-hosted by Parliamentarians for a Fossil Fuel Free Future, the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, and WECAN, the panel featured Senators Cecilia Requena (Bolivia) and Rosa Galvez (Canada), and MPs Nusrat Hanje (Tanzania) and Zali Steggall (Australia), moderated by Tzeporah Berman.

Organized by the Women’s Earth and Climate Network (WECAN) from June 23-28, 2025, the Assembly united over 125 women leaders and policymakers from 50 countries. Participants shared diverse strategies for a healthy and just world across 25 panels. Resources from the panel and Assembly are available here. Learn more about the Assembly here.

The Women’s Earth and Climate Network (WECAN) hosted the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond virtually from June 23-28, 2025. This forum united over 125 grassroots women leaders, advocates, and policymakers from 50 countries, offering interpretation in four languages. Across 25 panels, participants presented diverse visions and strategies for a healthy, just world.

One highlight was the "Regenerative and Just Energy For All" panel on June 26th, featuring experts like Karabo Mokgonyana, Wahleah Johns, Natalie Isaacs, and Bénédicte Larissa. Find Assembly resources here and learn more about the event here.

The "Just Transitions" panel took place on June 25, 2025, as part of the Global Women's Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond, hosted by the Women's Earth and Climate Network (WECAN) from June 23-28. Panelists included gina cortés valderrama (Colombia), Lorraine Chiponda (Zimbabwe), Serena Mendizábal (Canada), Ayshka Najib (UAE), and Margaret Kwateng (USA).

Organized by WECAN, the Assembly convened over 125 grassroots and frontline women leaders, global advocates, and policymakers from 50 countries. Across 25 unique panels, speakers presented diverse visions, projects, and strategies to accelerate a bold and transformative path toward a healthy and just world.

The panel, "Climate Finance for Climate Justice," was held on Monday, June 23, 2025, during the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond. Hosted by the Women’s Earth and Climate Network (WECAN) from June 23-28, 2025, the session featured experts from organizations including Third World Network, Oil Change International, Latindadd (Latin American and for the Caribbean Network for Social, Economic and Environmental Justice), and Tax Justice Network Africa.

Organized by WECAN, the Assembly brought together over 125 grassroots and frontline women leaders, global advocates, and policymakers representing 50 countries. Across 25 unique panels, speakers showcased diverse visions, projects, and strategies to accelerate a bold and transformative path towards a healthy and just world.

The Women's Earth and Climate Network (WECAN) hosted its Global Women's Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond from June 23-28, 2025. This event gathered over 125 grassroots and frontline women leaders, advocates, and policymakers from 50 countries to share diverse visions and strategies for a just and healthy world across 25 panels.

A significant panel, "Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry in North America," took place on June 25th. Featured speakers included Sharon Lavigne (RISE St. James), Tara Houska (Giniw Collective), Nalleli Cobo (People not Pozos, South Central Youth Leadership Coalition), and Dr. Laalitha Surapaneni, a physician.

"Grounding Principles For Climate Justice, Rights, and Democracy" was a key panel at the Global Women's Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond. Held on June 23, 2025, this session featured Osprey Orielle Lake (WECAN Executive Director), Casey Camp-Horinek (Ponca Nation, WECAN Board Member), and Zukiswa White (Social Justice Consultant).

The Women's Earth and Climate Network (WECAN) hosted the Assembly from June 23-28, 2025. It united over 125 grassroots and frontline women leaders, global advocates, and policymakers from 50 countries. Across 25 panels, participants presented diverse visions and strategies to accelerate a transformative path toward a healthy and just world.