Directed by Oliver Stone, World Trade Center tells the story of the September 11, 2001 terror attack upon NYC's World Trade Center. It portrays these fateful events from the viewpoint of two policemen. Both John McLaughlin and William Jimeno [played by Nicholas Cage and Michael Peña] survived. It is a powerful motion picture about a pivotal moment in recent American history.

Today, planet Earth is in a new era, the Anthroprocene. Humankind has harnessed and exploited Earth’s resources, changing its surface, devastating populations of wild animals, cutting down trillions of trees and leaving very little of what was “wild.” The enormous loss of biodiversity is not sustainable. How can we create a future in which both people and nature can thrive?

Can planet Earth survive? Can we survive as a species? Changes in population growth could be a key factor to allowing us to prosper and live in harmony with nature once again.

Not all rhino news out of South Africa is dire. In October 2011, WWF helped to successfully establish a new black rhino population in a safer, more spacious location. This video gives you a glimpse into the powerful process of relocating rhinos to new territory where they have a greater opportunity to increase in number and flourish.

A video by the World Wildlife Fund: The more energy we use, the more we have to generate. We could live in a word of “enough” if we’d start to make smarter decisions about energy use.

A video by the World Wildlife Fund WWF: Climate change is one of the greatest threats to wildlife and nature. Call your Senators at 1-800-217-7379 and ask them to support climate legislation on behalf of those who cannot call themselves.

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