Zoning for People and Fish: Tools for Marine Spatial Planning - Spatial planning is gaining momentum as the most effective means to protect sensitive marine ecosystems around the world. Since 2001, Ecotrust has worked with state agencies, nonprofit organizations, and fishing communities to offer integrated ecological and economic assessments of fishery policy and marine conservation. Learn more: http://www.ecotrust.org/ocean/.

China Program Manager at the Worldwatch Institute, Yingling Liu discusses Chinese energy and environmental issues.

This National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) documentary explores the startling phenomenon of ocean acidification, which may soon challenge marine life on a scale not seen for tens of millions of years. The film, featuring Sigourney Weaver, originally aired on Discovery Planet Green. 

Additonal videos on NRDC YouTube channel. 

The University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment is discovering solutions to Earth's biggest problems, including the big question: how are we going to feed a growing world without destroying it? This slide show focuses on cross-issues of agriculture and population. More info at environment.umn.edu.

If you have heard about Cap & Trade, but are not sure how it works (or who benefits), this is an alternative viewpoint to the idea that it is a solution to climate change.  From activist Annie Leonard who gave us the Story of Stuff.  http://storyofcapandtrade.org

Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) mission is to safeguard the world's seafood supply by promoting the best environmental choice. An overview of sustainable fisheries with comments from supply side such as CEO Terry Gardiner of NorQuest Seafoods, Chef Alan Bird, Head Chef, the Ivy in London and consumer Michael Altherr of Switzerland who always buys MCS labeled fish products.

We live on a finite planet and sometimes our impact on it is greater than we realize. The seemingly isolated actions we take every day, from our choice of morning beverage to our choice of business practices, are often links in a chain of unusual connections we would never have imagined.

The bottom line: The health of business is directly connected to the health of the natural world. And both can grow and flourish—together.

From the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Then President-elect Barack Obama in a speech (video) to the Global Climate Summit, November 18-19, 2008 Beverly Hills, California, promising "a new chapter of American leadership on climate change."

See also, Climate Change Talks, President Obama, 2009, here.  He speaks on Climate Change, 2013, here. President on Carbon Pollution and Power Plants here, May 2014.

Dr. Steve Palumbi of Stanford University presents a series of short micro-documentaries that explain ecological sustainability. This microdoc, Big Fish, explains how prohibiting fishing in certain areas can actually improve the quality of fish and ensure a sustainable supply of seafood. See more microdocs at microdocs.stanford.edu