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With increased human impact on the environment has come a loss of many bug species and a threat to remaining ones. We spoke to Buglife about what this could mean for us and how to stop it.

Want to support Buglige? https://www.buglife.org.uk/

When you walk into a restaurant you don’t expect to get sick from the food. When you swim in a pool you trust the chemicals in the water won’t damage your skin; Why is this the case? Environmental health organisations focus and take care of such things in the background for us. We talk about this with Tanya Morrison, president of the New Zealand Institute of Environmental Health.

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What do online casinos, charity, coronavirus, and climate change all have in common?

To answer that question, we need to dive into one of Great.com’s biggest milestones to date – a $100,000 donation to Founders Pledge, a thriving community of entrepreneurs finding and funding solutions to some of the world’s most pressing global challenges.

Want to support Founders Pledge? https://founderspledge.com/

Today, Emil Ekvardt from Great.com talks with Pei Su from Actasia.org. In this episode, we explore how we can make sure children keep their empathy for the environment and other sentient beings.

Want to support Actasia? https://www.actasia.org/support-us/

Have you ever stopped and thought about the values behind sustainability? Have you ever stopped and thought about what values are behind global warming?

In today’s episode, Great.com Talks With… Mirian Vilela who works as the Executive Director at Earth Charter. Earth Charter is a map of 16 principles that allows teachers around the world to help students find their inner compass of sustainability.

Want to support Earth Charter? https://earthcharter.org/

Today, Emil Ekvardt from Great.com talks with Cyndi Rook from Animal Ethics. We explore why humans view animals the way we do, specieism and wild-life suffering. Many organizations try to change human behaviors. Animal-ethics.org wants to change human attitudes. They want to create a world where every sentient beings’ best interest is taken into account. How can we get there?

Want to support Animal Ethics? https://www.animal-ethics.org

What happens every year on April 22? In today’s interview, Great.com Talks With… Vice President, Susan Bass at Earth Day Network. Susan explains that Earth Day is like a Climate New Year where every human gets to make a climate resolution for Earth.

But what happens after the climate new year is over?

Want to support Earth Day Network? https://www.earthday.org

To reduce animal suffering, should we focus on changing laws and subsidies, or inspiring people to eat a more plant-based diet? For Anima International, these two approaches complement each other.

Today Emil Ekvardt from Great.com talks with Dobrosława Gogłoza from animainternational.org about how to make lives better for animals.

Want to support Anima International? https://animainternational.org

Why are you eating meat? Are you still flying? Did you not climate compensate for your personal carbon emissions last year?

In today’s episode, Great.com Talks With… Laurel Sutherlin, who works at Rainforest Action Network as a communication strategist.

Listen to the full interview to hear Laurel’s fascinating story of how successful this strategy has been to deal with climate change.

Want to support RAN? https://www.ran.org

In this episode, Emil Ekvardt from Great.com talks with the Non-Human Rights project. We discuss how to secure fundamental rights for animals through litigation, legislation, and education. We also look back in time - why don’t animals have any rights in the first place?

Want to support the Non-human rights project? https://www.nonhumanrights.org/donate/