The Bunong people represent one of Cambodia's few indigenous communities and they mostly inhabit the highlands of the country. Traditionally, the Bunong people have had a strong relationship with their surrounding forests; however, things are changing today and their traditions and livelihood are threatened.

Have you ever heard of the deep ecology environmental movement? In 1973, Arne Naess, a Norwegian philosopher first introduced the word to the science literature. Deep Ecology describes an important movement and concept that seeks to place nature and man at an equal stance.

Have you ever considered ecotourism as a possible career? Check out this ecotourism success story about Cambodian women who are making a living from an invasive water plant species.

As interesting as discussing global definitions and questionings may be, the field of conversation also has high demand for action. Today we will be exploring a specific example of a non-governmental organization (NGO) struggling with global governance challenges, economical pressures and ethical behaviors.

The term dead zone has been tossed around quite a bit in the scientific literature lately, especially to refer to nonviable water bodies, but what exactly is a “dead zone”, what are the causes behind this massive ecosystem loss in our oceans?

Currently about 70% of the world’s freshwater goes to agriculture and 16% towards energy production. Moreover, animal production, and especially beef production, has a larger water footprint than a great majority of other crop products. Do we really need to eat as much meat as we do?

What makes our connection to water so important, so elemental? How will the degradation of our bodies of water affect our societies, near and far?