If you follow environmental news, every day it seems like the world is getting worse . One landmark study found that animals are going extinct 1,000 times faster than their natural rate because of human influence and habitat loss. To help fight back against these worrying trends, Swiss billionaire and conservationist Hansjörg Wyss will be donating $1 billion over the next 10 years through his Wyss Foundation . In a New York Times op-ed published Wednesday, Wyss wrote that the natural world is best conserved as public national parks , wildlife refuges and marine reserves, "forever open for everyone to experience and explore." "For the sake of all living things, let’s see to it that far more of our planet is protected by the people, for the… https://t.co/HX7OR8nNLV — Wyss Campaign for Nature (@WyssCampaign) 1540989437.0 Scientists have concluded that at least 50 percent of the planet needs to be protected in order to save a large majority of plant and wildlife species from extinction. However, as Wyss noted, only 15 percent of the planet’s lands and 7 percent of the oceans have been protected in a natural state . "Every one of us—citizens, philanthropists, business and government leaders—should be […]
$1 Billion Effort Launched to Protect 30% of the Planet by 2030

Latest Articles
In Boost for Renewables, Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is on the Rise
The twin smokestacks of the Moss Landing Power Plant tower over Monterey Bay. Visible for miles along this picturesque stretch of the Northern...
MAD unveils solar-powered “Train Station in the Forest”
This summer, the Chinese city of Jiaxing will welcome an innovative transportation hub that will be topped with a lush “borderless park” to...
World first: BBC completes broadcast powered by green hydrogen in the UK
An entire episode of BBC Studios Natural History Unit’s Winterwatch was powered by a hydrogen power unit and energy saving batteries last night (26th...
Circular business model lessons from IKEA, REI and Eileen Fisher
Ikea, REI and Eileen Fisher are banking on a circular model to propel them into the next era of commerce.//Images by Graeme Dawes,...
Thames Water hopes to harness human ‘poo power’ to heat homes
Thousands of homes in south-west London could soon be warmed by the waste from their local sewage works as part of England’s first...
Adorable goat playground raises awareness of upcycling waste
NOMAD architects and Karina Aramanda have transformed wood waste into GOT WASTE?, an educational pavilion and animal playground that raises awareness about the...