By Alex ‘Earthie Mama’ Du Toit Guest Writer for Wake Up World Do you know that every minute a truck full of plastic is dumped into our oceans? Do you know that plastic wreaks...
Category - Environment
Wake Up World’s articles on environmental issues and humanity’s relationship with our Mother Earth.
How You Can Cut Carbon From Your Diet
January 7th, 2021 By Jane Marsh Guest Writer for Wake Up World Do you ever think about your food’s carbon footprint — or foodprint? It’s crucial to consider how your diet...
The Megamachine and the Roots of the Planetary Crisis
December 16th, 2020 By Fabian Scheidler Via Common Dreams After Donald Trump has been unseated, things seem to go back to what is considered “normal.” But this normality is indeed an...
Yerba Mate: The Ethical and Healthier Alternative to Coffee
By Paul Lenda Staff Writer for Wake Up World For a quick and easy pick-me-up, many in the West turn to coffee. Yes, that brown liquid that comes from roasted coffee beans. With around 100 mg of...
10 Ways to Reduce Your Waste This Holiday Season
December 7th, 2020 By Jane Marsh Guest Writer for Wake Up World The holiday season is a significant contributor to waste. Americans produce 25 million tons of garbage between Thanksgiving and New...
The Superfood Garden – FREE 3-Day Online Event
Do you want a life-style of simply getting by or do you want to THRIVE, worry-free? Sometimes life’s day to day activities can be overwhelming… especially if one of your goals is to be...
‘Seismic Shift’ in World’s Approach to Land Use, Wildlife, and Climate Action Needed to Avoid New ‘Era of Pandemics,’ Study Says
November 4th, 2020 By Julia Conley, Via Common Dreams Warning that without a “seismic shift” in how world governments approach the treatment of wildlife, land conservation, and...
How to Reduce Plastic Use: 9 Easy Ideas
By Dr. Edward F. Group Guest Writer for Wake Up World Did you know that every year, in 2018 alone, volunteers collected more than 23 million pounds of trash during the International Coastal...
Islamic Environmentalism
October 14th, 2020 By Santoshan (Stephen Wollaston) Guest Writer for Wake Up World For all Muslims the whole of Earth, which has been entrusted to humans by God to protect and preserve, is seen as a...
Awakening to Creative Life
By Santoshan (Stephen Wollaston) Guest Writer for Wake Up World We stand in a unique position where we are all called to be involved in the making of a New Earth. Our current times require us to...
We Need to Feel to Heal
September 17th, 2020 By Lissa Rankin, MD Guest writer for Wake Up World As I’m trapped in my house because the air quality where I live in the Bay Area is incompatible with life, as...
The Need to GROW – Sustainability Solutions – FREE Online Documentary Screening
Can we feed the world without destroying the planet? That depends – on what we do NOW. Soil scientists estimate that at the rate we are developing our farmland, we could have fewer than 60...