Kuki Gallmann, fighting for Kenya’s nature and her life

Kuki Gallmann, fighting for Kenya’s nature and her life

Kuki Gallmann is an Italian born Kenyan who established the Laikipia Nature Conservancy in Ol Ari Nyiro – which means the “place of great springs” in the local Maa language – an area on the edge of the Great Rift Valley, in the north Kenyan region of Laikipia: what used to be a ranch is now a protected

Seeds of Freedom, Manu Chao’s new song against Monsanto

Seeds of Freedom, Manu Chao’s new song against Monsanto

Seeds of Freedom is the new song of French musician and singer-songwriter of Spanish origin Manu Chao, dedicated to the fight that farmers and peasants are carrying out against agrochemical giant Monsanto, and in support to the International Monstanto Tribunal. On 18 April the Monsanto Tribunal, an international civil society initiative to hold Monsanto accountable for

Photographer Paul Nicklen opens a gallery devoted to environmental protection

Photographer Paul Nicklen opens a gallery devoted to environmental protection

National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen has opened his first gallery in the city of New York, United States. It focuses on animals, the environment and the risks they both face due to climate change through images shot in diverse areas of the world including the Arctic and Antarctica. I’m taking over the @pewenvironment account this week, starting today on

India, holy rivers Ganga and Yamuna granted same legal rights as a person

India, holy rivers Ganga and Yamuna granted same legal rights as a person

Days after New Zealand granted the Whangui River the status of legal personhood, the culmination of a 140 year legal struggle by the Maori people, a court in India has declared the rivers Ganga and its main tributary Yamuna a legal “person” in a fresh effort to save it from pollution. The river Ganga Originating in