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Gucci Goes Green at Paris Fashion Week

 |  Mar 5, 2013

This post was written by Nathalie Walker, Manager of National Wildlife Federation’s Tropical Agriculture, Forests and Climate Project For decades, fashion designers have looked to wildlife and the natural world for inspiration. … Read more

Sustainable Development key at APEC Symposium on Human Capital Policies for Green Growth & Employment

,  |  Mar 22, 2012

The U.S. Department of Education this week hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Human Capital Policies for Green Growth and Employment Project Symposium. I had the pleasure to participate as an observer … Read more

Here Be Dragons, Hopefully: Sydney Joins Effort to Save Komodo Dragons in 2012

 |  Feb 1, 2012

We’ve gone a full week without Komodo dragon news on Wildlife Promise (see Megan Blevins’s timely ‘Year of the Dragon’ post here). That’s as intolerable as eating less than 80% … Read more

Building Bridges: Can Eco-Schools Help Build a Stronger Sustainability Bridge Between Portland and Hong Kong?

,  |  Jan 20, 2012

This week  I had the pleasure of attending a meeting hosted by the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Assistant Administrator and Chief Information Officer, Malcolm Jackson, for Portland, Oregon, Mayor … Read more

New Documentary on Deforestation’s Threat to Lemurs

,  |  Sep 13, 2011

Humans may have only one planet, but imagine if we had only one island? That’s the reality for lemurs, primates that live only on Madagascar. And as a new documentary … Read more

Progress in Cancun Climate Talks, Much Left To Do

 |  Dec 11, 2010

In the wee hours of the morning, international negotiators announced we had an agreement in Cancun on some forward steps, building blocks toward a binding treaty we hope. There’s still a … Read more

In Cancun and Congress, Pressing for Clean Energy Jobs ASAP

 |  Dec 9, 2010

  As the Cancun climate talks proceed in balmy 75 degrees weather, the U.S. Senate stands on the precipice of a vote on a controversial new tax bill. Unfortunately, key … Read more

VIDEO – BP Disaster Looms Over Climate Talks in Cancun

 |  Dec 7, 2010

The well is capped but NWF President and CEO Larry Schweiger is pressing the case at the climate treaty talks in Cancun that fossil fuel extraction remains an inherently dangerous business.  … Read more

Stopping Massive Deforestation – A Bright Spot at Climate Talks

 |  Dec 7, 2010

As we’ve discussed in previous posts, expectations are pretty modest for climate progress at the international talks here in Cancun. There are some places where we can and must act, … Read more

VIDEO – Update from the International Climate Talks

 |  Dec 6, 2010

The international climate talks can be complex to summarize and are certainly massive in scope. Hans Verolme, NWF climate negotiations adviser, helps cut through the clutter and in this video talks about … Read more