Teaching Collections

Inside every refrigerator and air conditioning unit are chemical refrigerants that are harmful to...

Wind turbines are rapidly becoming cost competitive with electricity generated by coal-fired...

Approximately one-third of all food produced globally goes to waste. For many people, reducing...

Project Drawdown lists adopting a plant-rich diet to be one of the most powerful strategies for...

Eating a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains not only good for human health, it’s...

Absorbing carbon and filtering water are just two of the many ecosystem services that tropical...

"Education lays a foundation for vibrant lives for girls and women, their families, and their...

Effective family planning strategies that focus on well-being, education and empowerment not only...

Solar farms provide an unlimited and clean source of energy, that in many countries is now...

Installing rooftop solar has become an effective climate change mitigation strategy as well as a...

Silvopasture is a form of agroforestry which integrates raising livestock, planting trees and...

Installing rooftop solar has become an effective climate change mitigation strategy as well as a...

In the modern era, industrial monoculture has taken a huge toll on global biodiversity. Large...

Temperate forests lie mostly in the Northern Hemisphere and in total cover 1.9 billion acres,...

Project Drawdown considers planting and harvesting perennial staple crops to be a potential...

Conservation agriculture, when looking at a single acre, does not appear to do much in the way of...

Tree intercropping is growing trees and crops together in order to create a richer ecosystem and...

Beneath the surface of the earth is an energy source, geothermal, that could provide 39 countries...

According to Project Drawdown, increasing access to education for girls, providing resources and...

Although indigenous communities contribute the least to climate change, they are among those most...

Sustaining aboriginal forests has become a critical cog in the effort to fight climate change....

An average roof endures not only some of the harshest weather conditions in the winter, but it...

Bicycle use is on the rise as cities and their dwellers seek transportation solutions to clogged...

Walkable cities' aim is to minimize the need to have or use cars and to make car alternatives...

Urban transport is the single largest source of transportation-related emissions, and growing....

From a climate perspective, electric vehicles possess huge advantages over internal combustion...

According to Project Drawdown, transportation is one of the key areas for greenhouse gas...

Food waste has to potential to be turned into reusable material but unfortunately, especially in...

The power sector is the highest emitter of greenhouse gases each year, accounting for...

Using recovered items instead of virgin materials, recycling saves energy and reduces waste....

Power generated from wave and tidal energy systems have the potential capacity to provide 25% of...

Many rural and low income communities are disconnected from electrical networks that are...

Methane is 34 times more powerful as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, making it a...

By 2050, two-thirds of the world's population will be living in cities.  The energy required...

Although women make up 43 percent of the agricultural labor force and produce between 60 and 80...

Throughout the world, some 3 billion people prepare meals each day over an open flame or...

Every year, we produce 310 million tons of plastic globally. Much of it is single-use plastic,...

The fashion industry has global impacts far beyond the clothes in the local mall. From the fiber...

Nearly 30 countries generate electricity through nuclear plants, producing 11 percent of the...

Managed grazing techniques "improve soil health, carbon sequestration, water retention, and...

Biomass provides a stepping stone in the transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy,...

Agricultural production (crops and livestock), food preparation and consumption, and food waste...

According to Project Drawdown, 424 million acres -- or close to half of the deserted farmland...

Although women make up 43 percent of the agricultural labor force and produce between 60 and 80...