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On Monday, July 29th, President Trump signed a bill to care for the surviving first responders of the 9/11 terror attacks and their families. The bill, which passed 97–2, ensures that victims, first responders, and their families will receive benefits from…Read More

Poaching, the illegal trade in wildlife that is a highly organized, sophisticated criminal activity on an industrial scale, has become the 4th largest criminal enterprise worldwide followed only by drug smuggling, human trafficking and counterfeiting. Statistics show the illegal trade…Read More

This article was updated on April 18th, 2021. Native New Yorker and pillar of the food justice community, Kathy Soll began a Students for Service project that turned into Teens for Food Justice (TFFJ), an organization of local youth that helps to bring…Read More

Climate change is impacting almost every aspect of our lives from the food we eat and the air we breathe to how often we need raincoats and the flora and fauna we see. The climate crisis has evolved beyond increasing…Read More

In honor of Eco18’s eight-year anniversary, we are taking a look back at the eighteen resolutions we adopted during our first year to see how far we have come (and where we need to make more progress) to become an…Read More

Zach Wolf is a true agriculture Renaissance man. From championing Biodynamic® agriculture to directing farm operations for the School of Social Change and serving as a Research Fellow at the Nature Institute — if it has to do with the…Read More

Fatbergs are the perfect name to convey the huge collections of waste which congeal into destructive globs that wreak havoc on our sewer systems. We are talking about massive levels of destruction here. In the UK in 2017, a 143-ton…Read More

Happy World Population Day from Eco18! At this very moment, the Earth holds about 7.7 billion people, distributed in clusters across the globe. If you want to be overwhelmed by the number of people being born each day, just click…Read More

1. What is your name? Adrienne Adar 2. Where are you based? I am Los Angeles based. 3. What is your occupation? I am an artist working in photography, sound, and interactive installations. 4. Is there a ‘green’ memory from…Read More

Green sea turtles could possibly have their extinction risk level officially changed from “endangered” to “threatened” after two extensive surveys have shown that the gentle marine creatures are beginning to bounce back from near extinction. The photogenic green sea turtles…Read More