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Red Alert on Climate Change in United Nations Climate Report

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Red Alert on Climate Change in United Nations Climate Report

The very first finding in the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UNIPCC, or simply, IPCC) August 9 report is this:

“It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred.”

I strongly suspect that this is the first time the word “unequivocal” has appeared in an IPCC report, given the IPPC’s “calibrated language” and the fact that these reports require both scientific and political consensus. Artist Alisa Singer illustrated one thread of the evidence for human-caused climate change.

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Filmmaker Q&A with Clement Guerra of 'The Condor and The Eagle'

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Filmmaker Q&A with Clement Guerra of 'The Condor and The Eagle'

Most people who get married and decide to have children build a nest and settle in. Clement and Sophie Guerra did the opposite: they cashed in their savings and flew to South America. The result of their deep commitment to listening and learning is the revealing documentary “The Condor and the Eagle,” a film that profiles women leaders of communities most impacted by the fossil fuel industry. It will be screening on Tuesday, April 20, at 6:30 p.m. CDT.

Julie Howe interviewed Clement Guerra to learn more about why they made the film and what they learned.

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14 Honorable Mention Winning Youth Films Will Screen April 24

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14 Honorable Mention Winning Youth Films Will Screen April 24

See an environmental superhero fly through the sky, a time-traveling climate change reporter, and animals saved from Western wildfires.

As part of the Earth Day Mini Film Fest 2021, the One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest will feature 14 Honorable Mention short films in two one-hour events on Saturday, April 24, at 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Online discussion with young filmmakers from California to Texas to New York will be facilitated by Young Filmmakers Contest Founding Director Sue Crothers.

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Young Filmmakers Contest: 10 Winning Films for One Earth’s 10th Season

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Young Filmmakers Contest: 10 Winning Films for One Earth’s 10th Season

Despite the confinement and anxieties surrounding this past year, 149 students age 8 to 25 managed to make and submit films to the One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest. Of those, 10 will receive top prizes at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 13, in the Awards Celebration, while 15 Honorable Mention films will be screened during the Earth Day Festival in April.

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Two Secrets in a Chrysalis: Butterfly Guardians Remembered

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Two Secrets in a Chrysalis: Butterfly Guardians Remembered

The art show “Third Coast Disrupted: Artists + Scientists on Climate” was scheduled to close on Friday, Oct. 30, but will reopen Monday, Jan. 11, and continue through Friday, Feb. 19, at Columbia College Chicago’s Glass Curtain Gallery, 1104 S. Wabash.

After seeing the show recently, one of its artworks continues to haunt me.

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This Land Was Their Land: Forest Preserves Honor Native Americans

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This Land Was Their Land: Forest Preserves Honor Native Americans

Begin with this: Today, nearly 65,000 Native Americans, representing more than 100 tribal nations, live in Chicagoland—making this one of the largest urban Native American populations in the country.

Move on to this: I have lived in Chicagoland for over 30 years, and I only recently learned what I’ve just told you. For this new awareness, I credit the Forest Preserve Foundation’s October symposium, called “Racial Equity and Access to Nature.”