Many of us in the United States have grown accustomed to the typical lifestyle of the 21st century, which includes daily activities such as purchasing food at the grocery store, having indoor plumbing, consistently throwing away trash and using oil for transportation and electricity. Unaware of the impacts of these actions, we often fail to… Continue reading The Unspoken Truth: Environmental Injustice
Ideas for Us: Strengthening Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions through SDG 16 Initiatives United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 aims to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all, and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels. Ideas for Us, an environmental non-profit organization, plays an… Continue reading From Conflict to Harmony: SDG 16’s Role in Promoting Peace and Justice
The wonderful state of Florida is teeming with biodiversity from coast to coast, whether that be in it’s thousands of acres of swamp in the Everglades, the winding freshwater springs sprawled around central Florida, the great Ocala forest allowing for wildlife to thrive, or even the protected coastlines where thousands of sea turtles migrate to… Continue reading Implementing Global Environmental Solutions to Local Issues
Environmental Leadership: Kenya Inspired Me Environmental Leadership: How Growing Up in Kenya Inspired Me. Retreating glaciers, drought, increased CO2 levels in the atmosphere, COVID 19, poverty, petropolitics, biodiversity loss; far too many disasters prove we have a debt to pay to our planet and our people, a duty to evolve society around sustainable ways of… Continue reading Environmental Leadership: Kenya Inspired Me
Environmentalists are changing the world whether it be conservation of natural lands, environmental justice for at-risk communities, scientific research, or climate action. Visionaries are leading the way in the environmental activist movement. Here are five environmentalists you should know: Vandana Shiva (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/25/seeds-of-doubt) Vandana Shiva, based in Delhi, India; began her journey into sustainability… Continue reading Top Five Environmentalists You Should Know
Environmental Solutions Project Archive IDEAS for Us has spread to communities around the world, engaging communities and sharing best practices for a better world. View our Environmental Solutions Project Archive. Changing The World Through Local Action IDEAS For Us (IDEAS) is active in both developed and developing nations. Every project and program we launch shares the… Continue reading Environmental Solutions Archive
Environmental activists and scientists alike often experience bouts of overwhelming climate anxiety. These feelings can be both paralyzing and difficult to deal with. Luckily, the field of psychology which examines climate anxiety is growing, giving it greater legitimacy and introducing new tools for coping. Books like Sarah Jacquette Ray’s A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety… Continue reading Coping With Climate Anxiety
Create A Team-Building Project! Mobilize your group in a hands-on environmental action event to improve our planet, and team connection! What is an IDEAS For Us Team-Building Event? IDEAS For Us is an environmental solutions incubator with a mission of developing, funding, and scaling solutions to the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. We do this by… Continue reading Employee Engagement
What is New York Climate Week? Organized by the Climate Group, an international non-profit, Climate Week NYC 2022 hosts the largest global climate event for the fourteenth year. This week serves to bring together leaders and communities to discuss climate action and explore new possibilities. The overall message this year is Getting It Done, and… Continue reading Climate Week 2022: Follow IDEAS For Us’ Journey
The characters in Carl Hiaasen’s books aren’t real, but the issues they face are. If you are not familiar with his work, Carl Hiaasen is a Miami reporter turned author. Covering Floridian news inspired and informed his work.1 His novels are primarily set in Florida. If you are from the state, you might feel right… Continue reading Carl Hiaasen: 5 Books About Florida
