Environment Grants Awarded at November Board Meeting
The Environment Program awarded 17 grants this grant cycle. Of this group, four are for Latin American Biodiversity Conservation, six for Sustainable Consumption & Production, and one for...
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Clan of the Cave Peccaries
The below is an excerpt from a press release by Overbrook-supported Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which describes how cave paintings dating over 4,000 years ago were discovered while researching...
View ArticleMongabay selects Winner for its Special Reporting Initiative
After unveiling its inaugural “Special Reporting Initiative” competition this past August, Mongabay and its expert team of panelists officially selected a winner this past month. Wendee Nicole, a...
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Happy Valentine’s!
Dear Readers, We hope you are staying warm and out of the various polar vortexes, perhaps snuggling with a significant other, planning a fun night with friends, or simply enjoying TGIF. Whatever you do...
View ArticleThe Sole of Environmentalism
The oceans are perhaps the ultimate tragedy of the commons, and the fishing industry has defied effective regulation the world over. In part, that’s because you can’t stop the fish from, well,...
View ArticleSpring Environmental Update!
Even if it feels like Lady Spring is dragging her feet/gotten lost on the road to get-warmer-already-ville, the calendar tells us it is indeed spring (in the Northern Hemisphere, at least). And so, in...
View ArticleEarth Day also = Oceans Day
The nice thing about planting trees on Earth Day is that it’s something everyone can do, and has a result that everyone can appreciate. It’s a bit more difficult to, say, try and plant a coral reef, or...
View ArticleCan Communities un-Tragedy the Commons?
What do Albany, Albuquerque, and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park have in common (‘politics is an impenetrable jungle’ is not the answer)? All are communities grappling with how to balance economic...
View ArticleJune Environmental Grants Announced!
The Environment Program awarded 17 grants this grant cycle. Of this group: Five are for Latin American Biodiversity Conservation (Earthworks, Fundacion Cordillera Tropical, Mongabay, Rainforest Action...
View ArticleOverbrook grantee GESG wins prestigious award!
On World Environment Day, Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda (GESG) – an organization founded by community members to combat their region’s environmental degradation – was one of five recipients of the...
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