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Volunteers in India Do it Again–Planting 250 Million Saplings in Single Day and Seeing 80% Survival Rate
In just a single day, Indians have planted an impressive quarter-billion tree saplings in their quest to clean the air.
Whereas mass tree planting operations...
Stunning Train Station Being Built in Mexico Uses Mayan Design to Bring Sea Air in and Keep Rain Out
The ancient Maya civilization was enshrining its legacy in stone more than a thousand years ago, and the ingenious designs from that time are...
New Australian Marine Parks Will Protect an Area Twice the Size of the Great Barrier Reef
This article has been re-printed with permission from Mongabay.
The Australian government has moved to create two new marine protected areas that cover an...
The World Achieves its Target to Protect More Land, Adding 42%—the Size of Russia—in Last Decade
Since 2010, over 8.1 million square miles have been added to the world’s network of national parks and conservation areas, an area greater than...
Leonardo DiCaprio Announces a $43 Million Pledge to Save the Galápagos Islands
A coalition of groups, including a newly formed organization backed by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, have mobilized $43 million for efforts to restore degraded habitats...
Seaweed is the Food –and Fuel– of a Sustainable World, And it May Start in Australia
Australian scientists have been uncovering a near-unending list of ways kelp and other kinds of seaweed can help in the fight against climate change.
It's...
Sustainable Seagrass High in Omega-6 and Protein is Better Than Rice For This Master Chef
A three-Michelin-star chef in Spain has discovered that sea grass, a diminutive and little-loved marine plant, produces what is in effect, rice.
His adoption of...
Top 20 Things We Want to Do on a Post-Covid Vacation – And Airline Change Fees Are Crucial
Lounging on the beach may have been the No.1 destination in the past, but after a year of much sitting around, it is set...
Millionaire Turned Quadriplegic Jon Ayers is Giving it All to Save Wild Cats, After Finding a New Purpose
As a quadriplegic, Jon Ayers can't move his limbs, but his voice is filled with excitement. His eyes dart around his office, projecting the...
In World First, English Museum Successfully Breeds Endangered Harlequin Toad
Herpetologists at the Manchester Museum have successfully bred a critically-endangered harlequin toad for the first time ever.
The scientists successfully recreated the habitat in which...
Nigerian Villagers Score ‘Victory for Humanity’ When a Court Verdict Slams Shell Oil For Liability After Years of Spills
Four Nigerian famers have won a 13-year legal battle against Shell Oil after a spill allegedly contaminated their lands.
The David vs Goliath story went...
Tribe in Panama Wins Landmark Case Granting Them Stewardship of 400,000 Acres of Pristine Ancestral Forests
A landmark ruling from Panama's Supreme Court has ceded much of the largest nature reserve in Central America to Indigenous land claims.
The Naso tribe...
These African Nations Used Satellite Monitoring to Cut Deforestation by 18 Percent
Deforestation dropped by 18 percent in two years in African countries where organizations subscribed to receive warnings from a new service using satellites to...
14 Years Ago the Amazon Was Being Bulldozed for Soy – Then Everything Changed As Corporations Joined Activists
Over the last 14 years, a unique public-private initiative has reduced soy farming deforestation in the Amazon, so much so, that almost no soy...
This Week’s Inspiring Horoscopes From Rob Brezsny’s ‘Free Will Astrology’
We’ve partnered with our friend Rob Brezsny to provide his weekly wisdom which can enlighten your thinking and motivate your mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology,...
Canadian Scientists Develop Eco-Friendly Substitute for Palm Oil That’s Good for Human Health
Providing a potential solution everybody was looking for, two Canadian food scientists have created a replacement for palm oil.
Their invention replicates how the body...
Ancient Mayan City Built A Sophisticated Water Filtration System With Materials We Still Use Today
Archaeologists working at the site of the ancient Maya city of Tikal in northern Guatemala have found a sophisticated water filtration system that would...
World’s Largest Seagrass Restoration Project is a Virginia Success, Planting 600 Acres That Grow to Become 9,000
In what started as an experiment and became the largest success of its kind, a seagrass restoration project in Southeast Virginia is demonstrating the...
Singapore’s Plan to Plant 1 Million Native Trees Will Protect Species and Put a Park 10 Minutes From Every Citizen
In an effort to restore Singapore's once-rich mangrove forest ecosystems, the nation is embarking on a 1 million tree planting spree in hopes that...
One Way To Help Endangered Chimpanzees? Uganda is Planting 3 Million Trees
Over the next few years, three million local trees–from fig to mahogany–will be planted in Uganda, benefitting people, the planet, and our closest wildlife...