Lindsay Clinton, 06/24/12

Writer and Sustainability Strategist, SustainAbility

Many have decried the final Rio 20 outcome document as weak and watered down, but the news is not all bad. Amidst the negative sentiments, there are new areas of commitment that foster hope that we are making meaningful progress in moving the needle on the sustainability agenda.

David A. Dana, 06/25/12

Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law

At least one thing is indisputable: fracking is going to continue to expand in the United States. There is simply too much money to be made -- and too strong a desire for a new domestic energy source -- for the federal or state governments to stop fracking.

Claire Tomkins, 06/25/12

Fellow, Advanced Energy and Sustainability Program, The Center for the Next Generation

It's in the context of changing attitudes in China that we can examine what we in the U.S. perhaps now take for granted: clean air and its importance for our health.

Bill Chameides, 06/25/12

Dean, Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment

North Carolina's now infamous bill, House Bill 819 -- designed to outlaw accelerated rates of sea-level rise in North Carolina has hit a snag... at least for now.

Luke Hunter, 06/25/12

President, Panthera

People and lions have been living together for millennia and, until quite recently, managed to co-exist without devastating consequences for the cats. The relationship was never easy, but both species did a better job of avoiding conflict.

Michael Trainer, 06/25/12

U.S. country director, Global Poverty Project

As the Rio 20 summit came to a close there was a mixture of sentiment in the air, none of which is excitement.

Karin Kloosterman, 06/25/12

greenprophet.com founder & editor

While Israel has answers to drought such as desalinating water, researchers in Israel's Negev Desert look for more sustainable solutions that have been in use on the land since time immemorial.

Reporters Uncensored, 06/25/12

Web TV/Podcasts on Global Issues

Hundreds of thousands of Burmese exist in refugee-like circumstances throughout Thailand, with at least a quarter of a million of them said to have fled human rights violations, though most if not all are treated as illegal immigrants by the Thai government.

Steven Cohen, 06/25/12

Executive Director, Columbia University's Earth Institute

Economic consumption will change in the sustainable and renewable resource-based economy, but it will not be reduced. In fact, the size of the sustainable but high throughput economy that we must develop will be larger than today's economy.

Lachie McKenzie, 06/24/12

International Relations Masters student and a contributor at Speak Your Mind

Will lawyers save the planet? As far as making ecocide an international crime, the case seems rather compelling.

Debra Duneier, 06/24/12

Master Feng Shui Practitioner, LEED® Green Associate

Get your hands dirty and plant, trim, fertilize and reacquaint yourself with Mother Nature. Feng Shui teaches us that sheng chi or good energy can easily flow in places that are pleasing to look at, clean and maintained with care.

Robert Alvarez, 06/25/12

Senior Scholar, Institute for Policy Studies

Given this well-documented history of deception, why is the government reducing nuclear emergency preparedness and claiming no harm from radiation exposure, right after a major nuclear power disaster?

Alexia Parks, 06/25/12

HARDWIRED, 10 Major Traits of Women that Can Save the World; Author, Speaker; Entrepreneur.

For those politicians running for political office this year who value the vote of this new swing voter, the anti-fracking voter, now might be time to put everything aside and take a look at the latest documentary by Josh Fox.

Bob Keefe, 06/25/12

Senior press secretary, NRDC

No, the document that government officials produced after months of negotiation doesn't contain much that will make the planet a better place for me or my daughters. It lacks teeth. It ignores pressing issues like the need to expand renewable energy and protect ocean life on the high seas.

Peter Yeo, 06/25/12

Vice President, UN Foundation

As we sit in our cool homes and offices this week, it's a good time to tune into what's going on in Rio, and be mindful of the work our leaders are doing.

Francesca Koe, 06/25/12

Director of Special Projects, NRDC

Our oceans are the heart of this planet. They provide all of humanity with the very essentials necessary for life. Ranging from the food we eat to the air we breathe, we all depend on the oceans to generate what we need to simply survive.

Reverend Billy, 06/25/12

Spiritual Leader of the Church of Earthalujah

So you have two activist groups both opposing natural gas pipelines and they don't seem to know about each other. Ships passing in the night. Why?