1st July 2016 By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World Honeybees have had a hard time over the last several decades — colony collapse disorder, habitat destruction...
Category - Sustainability
If You Care About Animals and the Earth, Here’s Why You Need to Boycott Palm Oil Immediately
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World Found in an astounding array of foods — like baked goods, cookies, chocolate, potato chips and milk — palm oil is in half...
How a “No-Till” Method Can Grow Vegetable and Fruit Gardens Without Irrigation, Fertilizer or Grueling Labor
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World Food self-sufficiency is a hot topic in the U.S. and beyond as our industrial agricultural system begins to crumble, poisonous...
Will Mushroom-Based Materials Replace Plastic With an Eco-Friendly Twist?
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World As we well know, plastic is a serious issue throughout the world today. It takes hundreds — sometimes thousands — of years...
A Beginner’s Guide to Regrowing Fruits and Vegetables from Kitchen Scraps
By Jenny Tabada Guest writer for Wake Up World Can food scraps be grown again? Turns out, the vegetables and fruits you’ve picked from the grocery stores or harvested from your own...
Tree Bombs: How Old Warplanes Can Plant Up to 900,000 Trees a Day
29th May 2016 By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World Imagine old military planes used to revitalize barren areas of the earth, instead of causing death and destruction to the...
The Most Eco-Friendly Nation on the Planet is Now Carbon Negative
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World “If the Government cannot create happiness for its people, there is no purpose for the Government to exist.” ~Legal code...
Why Education Must Come Back to Nature
By Will Stanton Guest writer for Wake Up World “Unless we are willing to encourage our children to reconnect with and appreciate the natural world, we can’t expect them to help protect...
Don’t Ask, Just Plant — Taking Back Our Food Sovereignty with Guerrilla Gardening
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World During both world wars, Victory Gardens were a staple throughout the United States, found everywhere from private residences to public...
Genetically Modified Crops: The Trouble Is In The Soil
By Vanessa Caldarelli Guest Writer for Wake Up World One of the most detrimental issues about GM agriculture is the effect it has on our environment, specifically our soil and water. The...
Plastic Waste in the Ocean Will Outnumber Fish by 2050
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World A dump truck full of plastic is unloaded into the sea every minute, and experts say the situation is growing worse, with plastic...
When I Dream of a Planet in Recovery…
By Derrick Jensen B.Sc Guest writer for Wake Up World In the time after, the buffalo come home. At first only a few, shaking snow off their shoulders as they pass from mountain to plain...