The first contact I had with the concept of planting trees to compensate the emissions produced by air travel was at the first FAWCO Conference
I attended in Stockholm in 2003. Environment Committee Chair Valerie Garforth, had a chart with distances from various cities to Stockholm and the number of trees one needed to...
Fly means “to soar through air; move through the air with wings,” the Old English fleogan: “to fly, take flight, rise into the air.” Migratory 
birds connect people, ecosystems, cultures, development and nations, offering an extraordinary opportunity for international collaboration. “They are symbols of peace and of an interconnected planet,” says Secretary-General António Guterres of the...
Many hearts were warmed by photos like this from Davos 2019. How could they not be? Looking at each other with mutual respect and admiration, young climate change activist Greta Thunberg and scientist and conservation advocate Jane Goodall spoke to the ongoing struggle to care for our planet.
The picture was also gratifying because it...
Who could have imagined six months ago, that I and more than 150 other FAWCO members would NOT be in Luxembourg from March 20–22? Certainly not me!! It is ironic that just as Health has become our Target issue, the entire world is being shown just how drastically health problems can affect lives.
Much can be learned about living an environmentally considerate life by looking back to our younger days, growing up in the pre-consumer age. Young people today are rediscovering how to live that way, and we have much to learn from each other!
Last month in Lessons from the Pre-Consumer Age – Part 1, I shared information about life...
Zero Waste Home is the story of one family’s transition from conspicuous consumption to a zero-waste lifestyle. In this book, Bea Johnson relates how her family simplified their lives by reducing their possessions, their waste and their spending by 40 percent per year, while finding more time to enjoy family life. For anyone starting out...
We of the Baby Boomer generation have much to answer for when it comes to environmental impact, but we know how to live an environmentally considerate life – we just have to look back to our younger days,
