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Rewilding backyards with native plants gained momentum through a free national challenge that inspired more than 27,000 participants across America to transform conventional lawns into wildlife habitats that support local ecosystems.

Community

13.07.26

Rewilding Backyards with Native Plants Gains Momentum Across America

Clean, free-flowing rivers are essential for freshwater mussels and the many species that depend on healthy aquatic ecosystems. Conservationists hope expanded freshwater mussel habitat protection will improve conditions for wildlife throughout affected watersheds.

North America

13.07.26

Freshwater Mussel Habitat Protection Expands Across 17 States to Safeguard Endangered Species

From the Yukon to New Brunswick, three Canadian schools are proving that lasting climate action begins not with solar panels or bike racks, but with young people who understand why their choices matter and believe they have the power to make a difference.

Contributed Articles

10.07.26

Learning by Doing: From the Arctic to the Atlantic, These Students are Rewriting the Climate Classroom

Climate fiction explores the human dimensions of environmental change, helping readers imagine how climate impacts may shape communities, landscapes, and everyday life. Author Julie Carrick Dalton uses storytelling to connect ecological issues with deeply personal experiences.

Eco Amplifier

09.07.26

Climate Fiction Author Julie Carrick Dalton Uses Storytelling to Explore Humanity’s Relationship with Nature

Barefoot trails and nature connection are drawing visitors from around the world to immersive sensory experiences like Germany's Park mit allen Sinnen, where a two-kilometer shoeless walk through the Black Forest over mud, pine needles, wet stones, and cool grass transforms an ordinary stroll into a deliberate and grounding encounter with the natural world.

Society

09.07.26

Why Barefoot Trails and Nature Connection Go Hand in Hand

Churchill Northern Studies Centre's Rocket Greens program uses hydroponic growing in a repurposed sea container to deliver fresh food year-round to one of Canada's most remote subarctic communities, alongside composting and community education programs.

Contributed Articles

08.07.26

Churchill Grows Fresh Food Year-Round in Canada’s Subarctic Region

Moringa seeds for microplastic removal achieved 98% filtration of PVC particles, matching aluminum sulfate, while the drought-resistant tree acts as a carbon sink, thrives in degraded soils, and eliminates toxic sludge and bauxite mining associated with chemical coagulant production.

Science

08.07.26

Moringa Seeds for Microplastic Removal Match Chemical Alternatives While Offering Greener Water Treatment

Conservation efforts around the world are increasingly combining scientific research, habitat restoration, and community leadership to protect biodiversity. New approaches are helping scale up species conservation to a reality across multiple ecosystems.

Wildlife

08.07.26

Species Conservation is Scaling Up as Five Global Trends Transform Wildlife Recovery

Cornell University researchers found that replacing antibiotics with grape pomace in poultry nearly matches conventional antibiotic performance while transforming a winemaking byproduct into sustainable agricultural use, offering the poultry industry a natural alternative that reduces antibiotic dependence.

Food

07.07.26

Replacing Antibiotics with Grape Pomace in Poultry Could Turn Wine Waste into a Farming Solution

Seabed recovery after bottom trawling bans reveals that protected muddy ocean floors support thriving communities of worms, shellfish, and invertebrates that anchor the entire marine food chain.

Northern Europe

07.07.26

Seabed Recovery after Bottom Trawling Bans Shows Nature’s Resilience

Coral Vita pioneered the world's first commercial coral farming for reef restoration in Freeport, Grand Bahama, cultivating over 100,000 corals across 52 species using microfragmentation and assisted evolution techniques, growing climate-resilient corals up to 50 times faster than nature.

North America

06.07.26

How Commercial Coral Farming for Reef Restoration is Outpacing Nature 50 to One

Elephant conservation in Kenya relies on decades of research as scientists used nearly 30 years of data to reunite a lost four-month-old calf with her family across a vast northern Kenya landscape where dozens of herds roam, accomplishing what might otherwise have been impossible.

Eastern Africa

06.07.26

Elephant Conservation in Kenya Helps Reunite Lost Calf with Her Family

One of the garden beds at the boys’ orphanage was built with found materials such as cardboard and string.

Contributed Articles

03.07.26

Beyond Beautification: Lessons from Mumbai’s Informal Food Gardens

Ecowise developed a plastic-free, dissolvable cleaning tablet using biodegradable formulations supervised by licensed chemists, packaged in compostable cornstarch materials that replace single-use sachets, contributing to 164 million daily uses nationwide across the Philippines.

Circular Economy

03.07.26

Filipino Startup Ecowise Develops Plastic-Free Dissolvable Cleaning Tablet Replacing Sachets and Bottles

Giant clams help support healthy coral reef ecosystems by filtering seawater, hosting beneficial algae, and creating habitat for marine life. Community-led restoration projects in Palau are helping return these important animals to damaged coastal reefs.

Community

02.07.26

Giant Clam Farming Project for Reef Restoration Revives Palau’s Coastal Waters

Jersey's marine protected areas will expand beginning September 2026 to protect kelp forests, seagrass meadows, rocky reefs, and rare maerl beds supporting some of Northern Europe's most diverse marine ecosystems in the waters surrounding the self-governing English Channel island.

Northern Europe

02.07.26

Jersey’s Marine Protected Areas Expand to Safeguard More Than One-Fifth of Island Waters

Excessive plastic packaging in a retail shop reflects the widespread reliance on single-use plastics across consumer supply chains, where nearly every product is wrapped, sealed, or stored in plastic.

Contributed Articles

01.07.26

Plastic-free life in a Plastic world: Is real change possible?

Coastal habitat restoration in the UK is reaching a new scale with the Solent Seascape Project, the country's first seascape-scale conservation initiative, working to recover seagrass meadows, saltmarshes, oyster reefs, and seabird habitats across more than 52,000 hectares of one of Europe's busiest waterways.

Northern Europe

01.07.26

Coastal Habitat Restoration in the UK Gets a Seascape-Scale Upgrade

Gold and copper recovery technology developed by University of Edinburgh Professors Jason Love and Carole Morrison enables clean circular-economy extraction from electronic waste, which is projected to reach 93.5 million tonnes by 2030, containing gold worth over US$46,000 per tonne plus US$2,000 copper.

Europe

01.07.26

Gold and Copper Recovery Technology Extracts Precious Metals from E-Waste without Smelting or Toxic Chemicals

Migratory species protection took a significant step forward at CMS COP15 in Brazil, where 132 nations agreed to extend safeguards to 40 additional species, even as new data warned that nearly half of all animals already listed under the treaty continue to decline.

Policy

30.06.26

Migratory Species Protection Expanded as Nearly Half of Protected Species Decline

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