What is the planetary emergency?

What is the planetary emergency? The Museum has declared a planetary emergency, in recognition of humanity’s failure to combat our destructive impact on the planet’s survival systems. Climate change, biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, pollution and deforestation are just some of the crises caused by unsustainable human activity. What did Al Gore do for the environment? […]

What are the beliefs and practices of Buddhism?

What are the beliefs and practices of Buddhism? The basic doctrines of early Buddhism, which remain common to all Buddhism, include the four noble truths : existence is suffering (dukhka); suffering has a cause, namely craving and attachment (trishna); there is a cessation of suffering, which is nirvana; and there is a path to the […]

What groups supported the 19th Amendment?

What groups supported the 19th Amendment? Two organizations were formed in 1869: the National Woman Suffrage Association, which sought to achieve a federal constitutional amendment that would secure the ballot for women; and the American Woman Suffrage Association, which focused on obtaining amendments to that effect in the constitutions of the various states. Who voted […]

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