Synchronicity Earth (SE) USA was created to support the work of Synchronicity Earth (a charity registered in England and Wales), which develops and funds programmes to address overlooked and underfunded conservation challenges for globally threatened species and ecosystems. The co-founder of Synchronicity Earth, Jessica Sweidan, is the founder of SE USA and Chair of [...]
Oliver Tickell meets a marine biologist with tales of woe and wonder from the sea Professor Alex Rogers It was in 2015 that oceans researcher and campaigner Alex Rogers first experienced the full visual impact of ocean plastic pollution. “I was diving in Honduras in 2015 at Utila in the Bay Islands [...]
An uncharitable view of the charitable sector is that it is unprofessional and ineffective. According to this perspective, if charities only acted like businesses, they would have a greater impact. In the latest issue of Philanthropy Impact magazine, Synchronicity Earth's Executive Director, Laura Miller, and Head of Due Diligence and Risk, Michele Sanders ask whether [...]
By Rudo Sanyanga A native of Zimbabwe, Rudo holds a PhD in Aquatic Systems Ecology from Stockholm University. She is the Africa Program Director of International Rivers and is based in Pretoria. This article was first published here. It’s been three years since the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Africa signed [...]
This article first appeared in Patterns of Meaning on the 22nd March 2016. Jeremy Lent is an author whose writings investigate the patterns of thought that have led our civilization to its current crisis of sustainability. His science fiction novel about genetic engineering, Requiem of the Human Soul, was published in 2009. His recent work, The [...]
By Jeremy Lent This article first appeared in Patterns of Meaning on the 16th February 2016. Jeremy Lent is an author whose writings investigate the patterns of thought that have led our civilization to its current crisis of sustainability. His science fiction novel about genetic engineering, Requiem of the Human Soul, was published in 2009. His [...]
By Jeremy Lent This article first appeared in Patterns of Meaning on the 29th January 2016. Jeremy Lent is an author whose writings investigate the patterns of thought that have led our civilization to its current crisis of sustainability. His science fiction novel about genetic engineering, Requiem of the Human Soul, was published in 2009. His recent [...]
By Robert Tumwesigye A guest blog by Robert Tumwesigye from Pro-Biodiversity Conservationists in Uganda (PROBICOU). One of the last refuges of the Mountain Gorilla, Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, is under threat from plans to clear fell ancient rain forest on the park’s perimeter to make way for tea plantations. Tea growers, backed by [...]
By Jeremy Lent This article first appeared in Patterns of Meaning on the 16th December 2015. There was a resounding tone of history being made over the weekend in Paris. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was close to tears as he declared: “We have entered a new era of global cooperation on one of the most complex issues [...]
Source: Wildlife Conservation Society Study finds fish biomass more important than habitat or other factors used to define biodiversity ‘hotspots’ Reefs containing more than 600 kilograms per hectare of fish biomass should be conservation priorities A new study by WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) has found that coral reef diversity ‘hotspots’ in the southwestern Indian [...]
