As we celebrate Earth Day 2020, we take a moment to reflect on our place in the natural world, and how our individual choices can ultimately affect our future & the future of the one place we all call home, planet Earth.

Ed Winters
Al Gore 
Katherine Wilkinson 
Zaria Forman  
Kris Tompkins 
Plastic Ocean 
Duncan Stewart 

Most of us know the Arctic exists, but how many have had the chance to see it for ourselves? In our new series Frozen Islands, Arctic Seas, conservation biologist Joshua Powell gives us a glimpse of the remote Russian High Arctic and discusses issues vital to biodiversity in the region. This week, he talks about the threat of plastic waste, which seabirds often mistake for bits of fish. New episodes every Wednesday - subscribe now so you don’t miss out!

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You don't have to be a scientist to help protect the world's oceans, says underwater drone expert and TED Fellow David Lang -- in fact, ordinary citizens have pulled together to save the planet's natural treasures many times in history. Lang asks us to take a lesson from the story of the US National Parks Service, offering a three-point plan for conserving underwater wonders.

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Nate Liebenberg, the co-founder of idiveblue.com, is passionate about bringing awareness to the problems we have created with throwaway plastics. They harm so many ocean species. They pollute these precious waters. And ultimately they harm us.  Join us for a deep blue discussion about our oceans and what we can do to help.

Julia Butterfly Hill "Disconnection"

"I call separation syndrome when you rip a plant's roots out of its connection to life it begins to die as we ripped the roots of our connected consciousness out..we too are dying our planet system isdying our human families are dying thewhole global family is dying..."

Ludovico Einaudi performs an original piece "Elegy for the Arctic", on the Arctic Ocean to call for its protection, on June 17th, 2016

With a grand piano on a floating platform in front of the Wahlenbergbreen glacier (in Svalbard, Norway) Einaudi played an original piece composed for the cause and turning into music the voices of the eight million people that asks for Arctic protection

With this action, Greenpeace is urging the OSPAR Commission not to miss the opportunity to protect international Arctic waters under its mandate at this week's meeting in Tenerife

Through his music, acclaimed Italian composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi has added his voice to those of eight million people from across the world demanding protection for the Arctic. 

Sign the petition to save the Arctic here.

Annie Leonard is the Executive Director of Greenpeace U.S.A. and creator and board member of the Story of Stuff Project. Annie addresses being biased in favor of Mother Earth and her peoples and why being biased is not a bad thing unless it is primarily for financial gain. S

She was interviewed at the 2014 Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) in Portland, Oregon on October 28, 2014. Produced by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv with Barry Heidt of GeoSpirit.tv.

To order her book from Amazon, The Story of Stuff, click on the image or contact your local bookstore. Thank you.