Each week find a round-up of selected resources, news stories, and commentary related to humane living, global ethical issues, and positive solutions.
Here’s some news to know for this week:
- Via The NY Times: An opinion piece that discusses the need to prepare American students to live in a globalized world and offers examples of how some teachers are helping their students globalize their worldview.
- CNBC reports on a new study that says that “Air pollution is the leading environmental cause of death on the planet and 92 percent of the global population is living in areas where the air is unhealthy.”
- The Guardian highlights a new report assessing the impact of human activity on the earth and discovering that “people are causing the climate to change 170 times faster than natural forces.”
- Via National Geographic: A photographer highlights studies and her experiences about the impact of walls and barriers on wildlife.
- Via Colorlines: A new study highlights continued disparities in the “racial wealth gap” and reveals that “individual choices are not sufficient to erase a century of accumulated wealth: structural racism trumps personal responsibility.”
New books we’ve added to IHE’s online Resource Center include:
- Blood and Earth: Modern Slavery, Ecocide, and the Secret to Saving the World by Kevin Bales
- Fannie Never Flinched: One Woman’s Courage in the Struggle for American Labor Union Rights by Mary Cronk Farrell
- I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer
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