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Facing barriers in conservation, women are finding peer support networks to help them lead

'Conservation can achieve better results when there’s diversity of thought and lived experiences.'

Her sister was a force of nature. Berta Lopez is the tide.

Berta Lopez once thought she did not fit the mold of an environmentalist. Seven years into leading the ABS-CBN Foundation, she's stopped asking if she qualifies.

She built the town that throws away nothing—these are her notes for the Philippines

As the Philippines transitions to waste-to-energy, Akira Sakano offers hard-won lessons from Japan, the country that went down that path long ago.
A woman sets up a WASH station

How water draws the gender line

Women in the Philippines know their communities' water needs better than anyone. Francelline Jimenez wants them in the room where decisions are made.

Mangroves can’t speak, so she speaks for them

Camille Rivera on the challenges of being a young woman in environmental work, and why empathy is the key to saving ecosystems.