Thank you for reading my blog.

I would like to thank all of you who have read this blog.  

I am signing off, and will be moving out of New York City.

                                             ~ Sister Kathleen

Reason to Hope

4 surprising reasons why clean energy is gaining on fossil fuels

(Click on the link above.) Future historians may look back on 2015 as the year that the renewable energy ascendancy began.

MICHAEL T. KLARE

 

Adaptation to Climate Change

The Alaskans Sharing Indigenous Knowledge (AKSIK.org) project - a science and advocacy project documenting the impacts of climate change in two Native communities in Alaska and communicating their adaptation needs - now has a new film  on its website.

The new video entitled Stay and Defend is the debut film by David Smith and documents how this village of 250 people is struggling to build a protective berm to guard against increasingly severe storms.  You can view the film at:  

http://aksik.org/content/stay-and-defend

Are We Aware Of What It Takes For Sustainability?

People need to change habits to stop damaging earth" – UN Radio Interview

"People need to start living in a way that is less damaging to our planet," said Nikhil Chandavarkar, Chief of the Outreach and Communications Branch in the Division for Sustainable Development, in a UN Radio interview on the occasion of International Mother Earth Day. He says the global community has been digging into what he called the earth's "savings account", which is unsustainable. You can find the interview here.

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"New sustainability agenda must harmonize humankind's relationship with planet" - UN General Assembly President

As United Nations Member States prepare to adopt and move toward implementing a new development agenda, the President of the General Assembly said it is critical to ensure that “a harmonious relationship with our planet underpins our quest to achieve sustainable development.” “This year's dialogue on Harmony with Nature is timely, as the formulation of an ambitious and transformative development agenda for the next 15 years is under way,” said General Assembly President Sam Kahamba Kutesa as he opened the Assembly's interactive dialogue on 'Harmony with Nature: Towards achieving sustainable development goals including addressing climate change in the post-2015 development agenda.' 

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