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Room 11 - People and Their Stories

People tackling the climate and environmental emergency in many different ways.

Stunning film about a scientist's journey after one of his research papers sparks a global movement addressing the challenges facing our planet. Bill Ripple decides it's finally time for scientists to step out and take a stand as the planet tips perilously close to disaster.

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Climate Action Network
Statement on the arrest of Harjeet Singh
By Attila Kulcsar, 2026-01-08

Conservation news
‘It’s not safe to live here.’ Colombia is deadliest country for environmental defenders
By Associated Press Mongabay Editor, 2025-12-08

Can we create new inland seas to lower sea level rise? Interview with researcher Amir AghaKouchak
By Jeremy Hance Rebecca Kessler, 2025-12-09

UN honors five climate ‘Champions of the Earth’
By Mongabay.com Shreya Dasgupta, 2025-12-10

‘My mother would not be happy with the state of the planet’: Interview with Wanjira Mathai
By David Akana Terna Gyuse, 2025-12-11

Kenyan woman hugs tree for 72 hours in protest against loss of beloved trees
By Lynet Otieno Karen Coates, 2025-12-18

Environmental defenders & conservationists who died in 2025
By Rhett Ayers Butler Rhett Butler, 2025-12-22

How ‘Adventure Scientists’ provide pioneering data for conservation
By Mike DiGirolamo Erik Hoffner, 2025-12-23

Environmentalist hugs tree for 72 hours for Kenya’s native forests
By Shanna Hanbury Shreya Dasgupta, 2025-12-25

Kristina Gjerde, defender of the deep ocean, has died
By Rhett Ayers Butler Rhett Butler, 2025-12-26

George Teariki-Mataki Mateariki, the Birdman of Atiu, has died, aged 67
By Rhett Ayers Butler Rhett Butler, 2025-12-29

Emma Johnston, a marine ecologist with institutional reach, has died at 52
By Rhett Ayers Butler Rhett Butler, 2025-12-31

Elizabeth Erasito, custodian of Fiji’s parks and places
By Rhett Ayers Butler Rhett Butler, 2025-12-30

Andy Mahler, advocate for public forests in America
By Rhett Ayers Butler Rhett Butler, 2025-12-30

Tatiana Schlossberg, environmental journalist, has died, aged 35
By Rhett Ayers Butler Rhett Butler, 2025-12-30

‘I’m proud to be the first published Asháninka researcher’: Richar Antonio Demetrio on bees
By Xilena Pinedo Latoya Abulu, 2026-01-02

Biologist kidnapped in Mexico
By Rhett Ayers Butler Rhett Butler, 2026-01-04

Cultural changes shift an Indigenous community’s relationship with the Amazon forest
By Aimee Gabay Latoya Abulu, 2026-01-05

Amazon entrepreneur spreads seeds of growth with recycled paper
By Rafael Spuldar Alexandre de Santi, 2026-01-06

Indigenous women lead a firefighting brigade in Brazil’s Cerrado
By Mongabay.com Bobbybascomb, 2026-01-07

Madhav Gadgil, advocate of democratic conservation, has died at 83
By Rhett Ayers Butler Rhett Butler, 2026-01-08

Bob Weir, a musician who took the environment seriously
By Rhett Ayers Butler Rhett Butler, 2026-01-11

Francis Hallé, the botanist who took a raft into the rainforest canopy
By Rhett Ayers Butler Rhett Butler, 2026-01-22

Environment | The Guardian
‘It was calm … and then just hectic’: David Rigby couldn’t escape the Longwood bushfire so faced the inferno
By Cait Kelly in Yarck, 2026-01-11

As a climate scientist, I know heatwaves in Australia will only get worse. We need to start preparing now | Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
By Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, 2026-01-08

Why am I a vegan? I do it for my mental health | Emma Beddington
By Emma Beddington, 2026-01-18

As Adelaide rolls out the welcome mat to cycling world for Tour Down Under, I feel ashamed | Maeve Plouffe
By Maeve Plouffe, 2026-01-16

Happy Eco News
Where Healing Takes Root: Roots for Resilience and the Power of Youth Gardening
By Jamie D Souza", 2025-12-05

Thai Community Forest Restoration Led by Women Brings Clean Air and Wildlife Back
By Cyrene Oraya Reyes, 2026-01-08

A Conversation with Dr Matt Winning –  An Actual Stand-Up Comedian and Climate Scientist
By Sharon Michelle, 2026-01-21

Inside Climate News
The Real Pain of Climate Change Is Easy to Feel, but Increasingly Difficult to Study
By Chad Small, 2026-01-04

How Trump Derailed a NOAA Pioneer’s Move From Climate Impacts to Solutions
By Marianne Lavelle, 2026-01-06

Lonely Conservationists
HIMA (The Weight of a Wrapper: When Personal Responsibility Feels Like a Lonely Burden)
By Jessie Panazzolo, 2025-12-07

Hari (Pay respect to all creatures: Let plants and wildlife thrive where they can and move yourself for their survival on this shared planet)
By Jessie Panazzolo, 2025-12-12

Natural Building Blog
Earth Art Village in Crestone, Colorado
By Kelly Hart, 2025-12-30

Building an Earthbag House in Rural India
By Kelly Hart, 2026-01-04

Renovating a Decrepit Farm in Wales
By Kelly Hart, 2026-01-08

A Food Forest in Denmark
By Kelly Hart, 2026-01-15

Planet Forward
Essay | What was saved: Reflections from a fire
By Francesca LoPresti, 2026-01-09

Listening to Antarctica: Seismic thunder beneath Thwaites Glacier reveal clues to potential collapse
By Medill News Service, 2026-01-15

Essay | Growing an Indigenous gardening curriculum
By LaCher Bobbie Pacheco, 2026-01-21

REVOLVE
Glaciers Above a Village
By admin_r3volv3, 2026-01-05

State of the Planet
Science for the Planet: Engineering a Cooler Future Through Smarter Buildings
By Francesco Fiondella, 2025-12-22

The Angry Army
The town on the banks of the Nile that turned floods into fortune | Global development
By angryarmy, 2025-12-11

The CLEO Institute
Shaping a Sustainable Tomorrow: Landscape Architecture Student Amaia Morgan Aims to Advance Resilient Design
By CLEO, 2025-12-17

Yale Climate Connections
You don’t need a fancy title to be a climate leader at work
By YCC Team, 2025-12-11

Sanket Jain wins gold medal from the United Nations Correspondents Association
By Pearl Marvell, 2025-12-18

Extreme heat turns work deadly
By Sanket Jain, 2025-12-18

How one rancher beat drought, debt, and low cotton prices
By YCC Team, 2026-01-07

My brush with dengue was excruciating. What’s even scarier is how fast it’s spreading.
By Tree Meinch, 2026-01-08

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