Originally published on CNN.com, October 22nd By Lydia Strohl (Opinion Contributer) When I first learned that October 22 marks Half-Earth Day, I thought it was because the date is six months to Earth Day. (True.) But it’s got a message all its own. Half-Earth is the notion that for hu
On Half-Earth Day 2022, the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation gathered leaders in Washington, DC for two days of events to offer a hopeful solution to the global biodiversity extinction threat. Just ahead of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in November, and
Planet Earth benefits us every day. Food, medicine, security, wellbeing. These fundamentals are only possible because of the countless other species with whom we share our planet—and the places they call home. Biodiversity, or the complex web of life in our planet’s ecosystems, is cri
The Smithsonian Institution and E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation present Our Shared Future–a conversation in celebration of Half-Earth Day 2022 October 13, Washington, DC Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Baird Auditorium a live event featuring Ani Dasgupta, Qu