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    The Big Butt Hunt turns an often-overlooked form of litter into something communities can see and measure.
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    11.09.26

    From Filtering Sand to Seeking a Filter-Free Future

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    South Africa's Arbor Month and Heritage Month share September, a fitting overlap in a country where ancient trees like the Sagole Baobab in Limpopo store memory and history as much as they store carbon.
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    09.09.26

    Trees, Heritage, and the Art of Planting Well

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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.
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    04.09.26

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

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    A neglected Victorian walled garden in rural Ireland became a wildlife haven—and the ideas behind it are now spreading to schools, community groups, and readers across the world.
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    02.09.26

    When a Small Garden Starts to Travel

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    The Coral Reef and Rainforest Conservation Project in the Philippines uses experiential learning to help people from all backgrounds see themselves as part of nature rather than separate from it, believing that seeing ecosystems up close is far more powerful than being told why they matter.
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    28.08.26

    Teaching Conservation Like a Life Skill: How We Help People See Nature Differently

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    Climate literacy alone is not enough. Turning knowledge into skills, hands-on experience, and green career pathways is the missing link between what young people learn about climate change and what they are empowered to do about it.
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    26.08.26

    From Climate Literacy to Climate Action: Building Education and Green Career Pathways

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    Zero-waste refill store Tingi Station in Baguio City offers pantry staples, personal care items, and household essentials in refillable quantities, helping customers reduce single-use plastic dependence while saving 10,000 containers from landfills since opening in January 2022.
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    21.08.26

    Zero-Waste Refill Store Tingi Station Saves 10,000 Containers from Landfills

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    Now in its fourth year, Pivot Green's Canadian Youth Climate Action Award drew 124 applications from youth-led groups across the country, with this year's top prize going to Sundance Commons in southwestern Ontario, a replicable model that empowers marginalized youth to launch sustainable, regenerative farm enterprises.
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    19.08.26

    The Kids are All Right

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    Cooling justice means shaded neighborhoods, climate-responsive buildings, and protected natural cooling systems for everyone, not just air-conditioned rooms for those who can afford them, a standard that Pakistan's growing heat crisis is making increasingly impossible to ignore.
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    14.08.26

    How Pakistan’s Air Conditioning Crisis is Deepening Cooling Injustice

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    La Maraña's Servicio Forestal Comunitario is uniting diverse stakeholders across Caguas, Puerto Rico, around a single goal: planting 400 trees to cool neighborhoods, improve public health, and build a more climate-resilient city through participatory urban reforestation that gives everyone a role to play.
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    12.08.26

    Reducing Urban Heat is Green and Collective

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    Indoor garden projects are seeing a rise in Canadian schools and educational communities, with students leading the way in combining agricultural knowledge with food security significance. They’re also getting creative with the produce they grow, all thanks to some sprouting ideas.
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    07.08.26

    When Students Grow Their Own Food, Something Bigger Takes Root

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    Moving beyond climate doom narratives, one organization is combining travel with hands-on conservation experiences like mangrove planting and coral reef restoration, betting that joyful, active encounters with nature can inspire the kind of action that headlines and documentaries alone cannot.
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    05.08.26

    Why Experiencing Nature May Be the Missing Piece in Climate Action

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    For autistic and neurodivergent people, eco-anxiety can hit harder than for most, but understanding how to regulate the nervous system and support emotional wellbeing makes it possible to stay engaged with environmental issues without burning out.
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    31.07.26

    Finding Calm in a World That Feels Overwhelming When You Have Autism and Eco-Anxiety

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    Locals use baskets and hand nets in the waters of Panzath Nag to catch fish and remove weeds.
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    29.07.26

    In the Cold Waters Panzath, Kashmir Keeps an Old Tradition Alive

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    The Matlahuayl State Marine Reserve at low tide marks the terminal point of the Environmental Center of San Diego's Princess Street Coastal Access Project, a public trail that has been closed for more than 35 years and is now moving through the City of San Diego permitting process.
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    24.07.26

    Investing in the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders: Educate, Advocate, Activate

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    A community of 30 in Squamish, BC, transformed a decommissioned diesel truck into Orcar, a 20-foot glowing orca sculpture named after Southern Resident whale Granny, turning a symbol of fossil fuel consumption into a traveling work of environmental art.
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    22.07.26

    From Car to Orca: A Community Transforms Emissions into Art

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    Built in a single weekend in June 2022, the Good Dirt Community Garden transformed a patch of lawn on the edge of a small Southern Illinois town into a flourishing space for vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers, and tallgrass prairie plants, tended by a tight-knit community of volunteers.
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    17.07.26

    Many Hands Make a Garden Grow

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    Kiss the Ground is building mainstream momentum for regenerative agriculture by connecting consumers to the farmers and soil health practices behind the food they eat, proving that informed purchasing decisions can drive meaningful environmental change.
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    15.07.26

    Regeneration for Human and Planetary Health: One Nonprofit’s Mission to Move the Movement Past the Tipping Point

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    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.
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    10.07.26

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

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    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.
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    08.07.26

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

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