The 2016 Olympics kicked off in Rio, Brazil with the opening ceremony on August 5th. During the event there was acknowledgement of climate change with images that illustrated rising temperatures, melting polar ice caps, and rising sea levels. Following these images there… Read More

Brighter Green Associate Wanqing Zhou traveled to China in June and attended the 5th ChinaFit Convention and Trade Show in Beijing. She was one of the lead panelists at the Health Nutrition & Vegan Forum. Wanqing reported that around 10,000 came… Read More

Imagine waking up every morning to fresh event reports on climate change, livestock, and dietary shifts, and contributing to the hot discussion with researchers, practitioners, and activists after dinner. During the 21st Convention of Parties (COP21) in Paris,… Read More

Brighter Green and Lantern Books co-hosted a discussion on the future of conservation in Central and East Africa on Tuesday, November 17 in Brooklyn, NY. The three speakers had just arrived from Kenya the night before: Josphat Ngonyo,… Read More

Caroline Wimberly traveled to Durban, South Africa in late August 2015 to attend three conferences on behalf of Brighter Green. Afterwards, she traveled extensively around the country. This blog is the third in a four-part series on her experiences and observations… Read More

Louie Psihoyos, Academy Award-winning director of The Cove has created another successful film—Racing Extinction—that exposes the threat of mass extinction for various endangered species. After attending a screening in New York and interviewing different audience members, it seemed… Read More

Here are the comments Brighter Green submitted to the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) in May 2015 in support of including sustainability criteria in the revised “Dietary Guidelines for Americans.” The Guidelines… Read More

Mia MacDonald was recently on the season 2 premiere of Our Hen House TV. The 23rd episode featured Mia, along with well-known animal activists Josphat Ngonyo (founder and executive director of The Africa Network for Animal Welfare) and… Read More

This article originally appeared in The Huffington Post on September 23, 2014. Co-authored by Wanjira Mathai, director of the wPOWER Project at the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace & Environmental Studies at the University of Nairobi and Chair,… Read More

This blog originally appeared on the Our Hen House website on July 23, 2014. Today, I’m excited to tell you about a screening tour across China of the 30-minute documentary WHAT’S FOR DINNER? Providing a unique look into… Read More