Nov 02, 2020 Determining Historical Baselines in Ocean Ecosystems
Posted at 13:50hin Articles, Environment Well-being, Oceans, Sustainability/Biodiversity, WellBeing News
An earlier issue of WellBeing News explored the shifting historical baselines phenomenon. This phenomenon illustrates the tendency of ecologists to use recent wildlife population numbers as the baseline for their...
Oct 13, 2021 Aesop’s Animals: The Science behind the Fables By Jo Wimpenny
...(and rooks, ravens, jays, and magpies) belong. The findings are fascinating and open up an exciting new world of problem-solving and tool use by these birds that challenge the epithet,...
Jan 05, 2023 COP 15 – Can We Meet Biodiversity Goals & Targets?
Posted at 14:18hin Articles, Environment Well-being, Letter from the President, Public Awareness/Attitudes, Sustainability/Biodiversity, WellBeing News
...in-person conference from December 7-19, 2022, hosted by Canada in Montreal and chaired by China. The Conference of Parties (COP) is the governing body for the CBD(i) and comprises 195...
Mar 29, 2023 World Happiness Report 2023
...typically includes many factoids and detailed analyses and is impossible to summarize adequately in a short newsletter article. However, the report is freely available to download from the World Happiness...
Apr 04, 2024 The Food Waste Challenge
Posted at 20:12hin Human Well-being, Letter from the President, Public Awareness/Attitudes, Sustainability/Biodiversity
...UK, the Courtauld Commitment(CC) was launched in 2005 by WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme), a UK charity founded in 2000. The CC looked at new solutions to reduce waste...
Mar 31, 2020 The Context for the Coronavirus Pandemic
...of which is now running to $1 trillion or more, will hopefully accelerate new policies to prevent and mitigate the impact of new emerging pathogens and possibly give new impetus...
May 02, 2022 Land Use & Food Supply
Posted at 16:22hin Articles, Environment Well-being, Farm Animals, Land Management, Public Awareness/Attitudes, WellBeing News
...such corporations. FAIRR’s website claims that its members have a combined $52 trillion in assets under management (AUM) which is approximately half of the estimated global total of AUM. The...
Aug 02, 2023 Forests and Memory
Posted at 10:50hin Articles, Environment Well-being, Land Management, Sustainability/Biodiversity, WellBeing News
...land was for a little community of Russian Jews, largely Communist, as a buffer between them and a threatening world. They were like a flock of birds, blown off course...