Politics

Caring for the environment does not belong to any one political party — despite what much of the media tells us. The fate of humanity and the earth are inexorably intertwined and what unites us is much greater than what separates us.

UNITED EARTH AMAZONIA AWARD to Brazilian singer and songwriters Roberto Carlos & Erasmo Carlos

Today is a very important day for me and for the United Earth! I feel honored and blessed to be involved with this great project. My belief that music –which is unique in the Arts and Humanities–has the power to change the world by uniting people, is now coming to fruition in 2023 in Manaus […]

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Unprecedented Award ‘United Earth Amazônia’ is launched in Manaus Brazil

The initiative was announced by Mayor David Almeida and the president of United Earth, Marcus Nobel, a descendant of the creator of the Nobel Prize. The award, promoted by United Earth and LCTM Brandbuilders, will recognize the best of Manaus, the Amazon, and Brazil in the areas of Art, Music, and ESG (socio-environmental responsibility and

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The Amazon Rainforest is the Metaphor for Planet Earth  — it is both Beautiful and in Pain

The Amazon Rainforest is the metaphor for planet Earth  — it is both beautiful and in pain. The Amazon Rainforest is the largest and most biodiverse rainforest in the world, covering more than 2 million square mile of land, inhabited by more than 40,000 plant species,1,300 bird species, 3,000 fish species and approximately 430 species

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Building Cultures of Peace and Tolerance — Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan

Building Cultures of Peace and Tolerance — Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan by Marcus Nobel Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance UAE, is an example to all the world’s leaders. That by building Cultures of Peace and Tolerance we can create a United Earth. We can have Peace and we can have

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Claes Nobel: Celebrate Malala’s spirit of youth

Claes Nobel: Celebrate Malala’s Spirit of Youth USA Today December 10, 2014 Jan. 3, 2009, was a historic date for young people worldwide. It was the day that 11-year-old Malala Yousafzai’s first BBC blog post was published, under a pseudonym, exposing the daily struggles for the rights of girls in the Swat Valley in Pakistan.

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Designing Peace Through Transportation — The Context of Rio+20

By Marcus Nobel UnitedEarth.us Feb 2, 2012 Forum on Peace through Transportation A Joint Project of the WPI (Wholistic Peace Institute) and KOTI (Korea Transport Institute) So what exactly does Peace have to do with transportation?  (Fights on the Max Train? Road rage? Nukes on Freighters?) In context of Rio+20 the role of transportation is

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Green Solutions lead to “Peace” in the Middle East — Students lead the way

By Marcus Nobel UnitedEarth.us Jan 7, 2012 One of the main premises of Earth Ethics is that we need a new set of “values” to deal with our current set of problems… and some of these problems are ancient. Recently young student scholars from the Middle East partcipated in a US funded five-week program to

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RIO+20: Toward a new green economy—or a green-washed old economy?

By JIM THOMAS grist.org 24 MAR 2011 I’ve got good news and bad news about the future of the planet. Good news first. Next year, a honking big global Earth Summit is coming our way — one with a proud heritage. Formally titled the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, the meeting is known as RIO+20

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Victoria Park C.I. student gets an environmental learning experience

By FANNIE SUNSHINE www.insidetoronto.com Sep 02, 2011 Lea Leung’s mother was on Cathay Pacific’s website to buy a ticket to Shanghai for one of her kids when she came across the airline’s Green Explorer 2011 new youth program. Launched in May, the program aims to give young people a better understanding of environmental issues and

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Styrofoam ban: one side claims jobs; the other, the environment

By Nannette Miranda abclocal.go.com/kabc Monday, August 29, 2011 SACRAMENTO (KABC) — Styrofoam food take-out containers may become a thing of the past. California lawmakers are considering such a ban, the first-ever such ban in the country. Supporters say the containers create litter that’s not biodegradable. Opponents fear a ban could cost jobs. The state’s litter

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THE STICKY PROBLEMS WITH TAR SANDS

By Cristen Conger news.discovery.com Sep 2, 2011 Actress Darryl Hannah and NASA scientist James Hansen are just two of the more than 800 environmental protesters that have been arrested in front of the White House this week. The crowd has been demonstrating against the proposed Keystone Pipeline XL project, which involves building a 1,700-mile (2,735-kilometer)

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