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    A two-year study of 18 Ohio urban farms found that pollinator conservation comes down to one practice that outperforms beehives, bee hotels, reduced mowing, and pesticide cuts combined: planting native flowers.
    North America
    08.10.26

    Simple Pollinator Conservation Steps are Transforming City Farms  

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    The Arcadia Ecohome Microforest combines a rewilded canopy that cools the ground and conserves water, a backyard food forest feeding both pollinators and people, and low-hanging fruit protected by repurposed household waste, turning everyday materials into tools that extend product life cycles and cut food waste.
    Contributed Articles
    07.10.26

    California Microforest Turns Everyday Conservation Into Community Action

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    Gray wolf reintroduction in Colorado marked its third straight year of successful pup production.
    North America
    06.10.26

    Gray Wolf Reintroduction in Colorado Reaches New Milestone With Fifth Pack    

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    The Center for Rural Livelihoods in Oregon combines agroforestry, forest restoration, and cooperative economics to strengthen rural communities and promote sustainable land management.
    Community
    05.10.26

    Socially Just Rural Communities Grow Through Agroforestry in Oregon

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    Three Canadian classrooms are proving that green building starts with fixing what already exists, as student-led net-zero retrofits of their own schools moved from flickering fluorescent lights and drafty walls to school board meetings, local radio, and conversations with elected officials.
    Contributed Articles
    02.10.26

    Youth are Retrofitting their Schools and Taking the Receipts Straight to Power

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    A Kemp's ridley sea turtle rescue two years in the making brought Rhossi from a Welsh beach to Houston Zoo, where he underwent a comprehensive medical exam led by Dr. Joe Flanagan after tripling his weight to 46 pounds during rehabilitation in Wales.
    North America
    01.10.26

    Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Rescue Brings Rhossi Home After 5,000-Mile Journey and Two Years in Wales

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    California's farm-to-school program has grown to reach 500 school districts since 2021 and is now a permanent state policy, transforming school cafeterias from frozen pizza to fresh local produce while connecting students to the farmers, ranchers, and food producers in their own communities.
    Food
    01.10.26

    California’s Farm-to-School Program Brings Fresh Food to Cafeterias   

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    The Song of the Whale research vessel, purpose-built in 2004 to Lloyd's Special Service Craft standards, conducts passive acoustic monitoring and visual surveys of whales, continuing a mission IFAW launched in 1987 to prove lethal whaling unnecessary for scientific research.
    Ecology
    29.09.26

    Song of the Whale Research Vessel Proved Whales Don’t Need to Die for Science

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    Freeing an entangled humpback whale off Monterey Bay took coordinated teamwork between whale watch crews and trained responders after the animal had dragged commercial crab fishing gear for more than a month.
    Community
    29.09.26

    Whale Watchers Play Key Role in Freeing an Entangled Humpback Whale  

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    Beaver restoration in the Colorado wetlands is reversing decades of erosion at West Rifle Creek and Garfield Creek state wildlife areas, transforming fast, straight drainage ditches back into the slow, meandering habitat that elk, turkeys, and fish depend on.
    North America
    28.09.26

    Beaver restoration in the Colorado wetlands brings two struggling creeks back to life       

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    Charles River restoration and climate resilience began in 1965 when concerned citizens founded CRWA to address a river fouled by industrial pollution and raw sewage, building a Volunteer Monthly Monitoring Program that now spans 35 locations with over 80 dedicated volunteers.
    Ecology
    28.09.26

    Six Decades of Charles River Restoration and Climate Resilience Turned “Dirty Water” into America’s Cleanest Urban River

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    Project Planet Earth’s team comes together for a group beach cleanup on the Jurassic Coast, where the organization began its work to protect the ocean and reduce plastic pollution.
    Contributed Articles
    25.09.26

    How a Bag of Rubbish on a Dorset Beach Turned into a 261-Mile Swim for the Ocean

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    Researchers found that marigold flowers as a plant-based protein match quinoa in nutritional value.
    Food
    25.09.26

    How Marigold Flowers as a Plant-Based Protein Could Cut Food Waste  

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    Grassroots Ecology's California restoration projects are nurturing two futures at once: healthier native ecosystems and the next generation of environmental leaders, with volunteers who began by planting wildflowers now pursuing PhDs, marine research careers, and leading habitat restoration at major universities.
    Contributed Articles
    23.09.26

    How Restoring Nature Helped Shape Three Future Conservationists

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    Canadian students in rural Saskatchewan, remote Labrador, and a Mi'kmaw community in Nova Scotia are using school hydroponic systems to grow fresh food on-site, tackling food insecurity in communities where the nearest grocery store can be a 45-minute drive away and wilted trucked-in produce is the norm.
    Contributed Articles
    18.09.26

    Growing Without Soil and Without Limits: How Canadian Schools are Using Hydroponics to Fight Food Insecurity

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    An orphaned grizzly cub rescue near Pink Mountain in British Columbia gave a frightened, underweight bear cub a second chance at life after the Northern Lights Wildlife Society was alerted to her presence at a remote camp roughly two hours north of Fort St. John on July 13.
    North America
    15.09.26

    Orphaned Grizzly Cub Rescue Ends Weeks of Danger Near Pink Mountain  

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    The Okefenokee Swamp UNESCO designation places Georgia's 700-square-mile wetland alongside the Galápagos Islands and Great Barrier Reef, recognizing a landscape supporting more than 400 vertebrate species, including American alligators and the endangered eastern indigo snake.
    Ecology
    11.09.26

    Okefenokee Swamp UNESCO Designation Caps Campaign That Beat Back a Mining Threat

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    New research shows that obeying posted speed limits nationwide could cut US carbon emissions by 57,000 metric tons daily, while adding less than a minute to the average trip.
    Climate
    07.09.26

    Driving at the Speed Limit Saves Carbon, New Study Finds

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    In three New Brunswick schools, students are climbing onto rooftops, running cable, and installing solar panels themselves, making a loud and clear case that young people belong at the center of the energy transition rather than waiting for adults to act.
    Contributed Articles
    04.09.26

    New Brunswick Students are Putting Solar Power Where it Belongs, in their Own Hands

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    The Bristol Bay Pebble Mine victory earned Yup'ik leader Alannah Acaq Hurley the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize, recognizing her role in securing a landmark 2023 EPA veto that blocked what would have been North America's largest open-pit mine from destroying one of the world's most productive wild salmon ecosystems.
    Indigenous Knowledge
    31.08.26

    Bristol Bay Pebble Mine Victory Wins Goldman Prize for Yup’ik Leader

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