There are many different principles on which to draw in moral reasoning about specific environmental problems. This lesson reviews three basic pairs of principles: justice and sustainability; ...

Environmental leaders need strength of character, grounded in virtue, to sustain them over a lifetime of service in urging others to care for the Earth as well. This lesson introduces virtue ethics, ...

Imagine a world where everyone is required to wear protective masks, people are dying of lung disease, businesses are closing and millions of people are out of work. Three months ago, this setting for ...

Rivers were catching on fire. Smog hung over cities like a thick fog. That year, Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) launched a bipartisan effort on environmental issues by organizing a day of teach-ins in ...

Q: Would you say that his presidency and the actions that he took present any sort of political lessons for the environmental movement or for environmental politics today? A: That’s a good question.

“What does Martin Luther King Jr. Day have to do with environmental attitudes?” Its message remains applicable today. Some of Dr. King’s lessons about race relations work equally well for ecolog ...

In 100-degree heat Monday, Waco High School biology teacher Kathryn Hopkins was on her hands and knees at the Lake Waco Wetlands, wrist deep in murky waters. Her task for the day: collecting water ...

He’s right on all those scores. But kids aren’t the only ones who need a lesson in preserving our environment and treating our natural resources with respect in Florida. Adults apparently need ...

The places we visited offered more than environmental lessons – they provided insights into how nature can serve as a powerful tool for healing communities affected by trauma. The Jewish ...

ENVIRONMENTAL LESSONS FROM THE LATE PROF. WANGARI MAATHAI. It was the first time it was happening to an African woman: the honor of receiving the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for ‘contribution to ...