Earth Day: Facts, history and ways to celebrate our planet
Daisy Dobrijevic & Elzabeth Howell Earth Day is an annual event that started in 1970 when 20 million Americans — 10% of the population of the U.S. at the time…
We are heading towards stagflation; hunger is just around the corner; even if the war ends, the shock will continue…
Levent Gürses The economic crisis that has persisted since 2018, the lockdowns and economic standstill experienced during the pandemic, the hardships brought about by the war in Ukraine, and now…
Is artificial intelligence the Neanderthals of our time?
Osman Şenkul As the science of history shows us, Neanderthals were the closest relatives of modern humans, who are descended from Homo sapiens, and the two human species lived in…
The war is dragging on, global energy, raw materials and food markets are in turmoil, and pessimism is growing
Levent Gürses As the war—which began with US and Israeli attacks on Iran and has gradually spread across the Middle East—enters its second week, it has started to take its…
EARTH.ORG / 16 Biggest environmental problems of 2026 – 2
Deena Robinson & Martina Igini / Global Commons The world is grappling with a host of pressing environmental challenges that demand immediate attention and action. From climate change-induced disasters, biodiversity…
Revealing “La Torada (1914)” by Pablo Picasso
Venizelos G. Gavrilakis In an extraordinary example of early modernist art conservation, La Torada—a rare panel painting attributed to Pablo Picasso and dated 1914—has been meticulously conserved and restored by…
EARTH.ORG / 16 Biggest environmental problems of 2026-1
Deena Robinson & Martina Igini / Global Commons The world is grappling with a host of pressing environmental challenges that demand immediate attention and action. From climate change-induced disasters, biodiversity…
“The Significent Story of a $450 Million Painting by Leonardo da Vinci”
By Venizelos G. Gavrilakis Salvator Mundi, a mysterious record-breaking of $450 million painting by Leonardo da Vinci. A famous painting with a long history Date back to late 1490’s, and…
How – and where – to channel our energy?
John Elkington As I have been working on an end-of-year essay, I have also been working my way through a stack of books accumulated in recent months—and through social media…
