Tag: WWF

“We’re Eating Microplastics Every Day,” Actor Daniel Dae Kim Warns in WWF Video

Stuart Mitchell

Recently WWF released a new video that uses wry humor to demonstrate the pervasiveness of plastic pollution, especially in the food we eat, ahead of the crucial final round of negotiations for a legally-binding global plastic pollution treaty, otherwise known as INC-5.  In the video titled “Daniel’s Kitchen”, Korean-American actor Daniel Dae Kim initially seems to be teaching viewers how to make gimbap, a popular Korean dish. But as the scenes unfold, we see that the gimbap’s key ingredients, which include seaweed, rice, carrots and eggs, have been replaced with…

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New WWF global study reveals most impactful actions for each country

Stuart Mitchell

The Great Food Puzzle, a new tool and research published by WWF, helps identify the most appropriate actions on a national basis. The report highlights that food systems – the complex network of activities that involves the production, processing, transportation, and consumption of food – have major global impacts on nature and climate change, but they can only be made sustainable with local solutions. In the first global study of its kind, WWF has analyzed more than 100 countries and classified them into six different Food System Types, based on…

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Efforts to Restore Buffalo and Re-Establish Indigenous Lifeways Expands in Unprecedented Alliance Between Indigenous Leaders, Environmental Nonprofits, the U.S. Department of the Interior

Stuart Mitchell

The Tribal Buffalo Lifeways Collaboration was announced recently by the InterTribal Buffalo Council, Native Americans in Philanthropy, The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund. This new, historic alliance was created to stabilize, establish, and expand Tribal-led buffalo (bison) restoration, and foster cultural, spiritual, ecological, and economic revitalization within Native communities. Together, the groups have committed to work with the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to build on the momentum created by Indigenous leaders to bring lasting structural change and return buffalo to Tribal lands at…

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Heather Dawn Thompson Joins WWF as Vice President of Native Nations Conservation and Food Systems

Stuart Mitchell

Heather Dawn Thompson will join World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as Vice President, Native Nations Conservation and Food Systems, on September 9, where she will work across the organization to guide and advance WWF’s support for and partnerships with Native Nations and Native-led organizations. An initial focus will be Tribally-led buffalo restoration efforts. Most recently, she served as Director of Tribal Relations at the United States Department of Agriculture, where she led the Secretary of Agriculture’s work on Native Nations policies and oversaw the Department’s Indian trust and treaty responsibilities. While…

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LIDL And WWF Launch Ambitious International Partnership

Stuart Mitchell

Lidl, one of the largest retailers, and WWF, one of the world’s largest independent conservation organisations, announced the start of a new five-year international and strategic partnership active in 31 countries. The long-term cooperation with WWF will focus on working along Lidl’s value chain, thereby helping to address the global ecological challenges of our time, ensuring that more households have access to more sustainable choices and encouraging business models that work in harmony with nature and within planetary boundaries. The partnership is a new cornerstone in the commitment to sustainability…

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