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Talking Trash: Five Easy Steps to Reduce Food Waste

Food waste squanders the water, energy, land, and labor that went into producing, processing, and transporting those ingredients—and it’s a huge contributor to climate change, too. Here are five easy ways to reduce food waste and protect nature. ... Continue Reading

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A Practical Guide to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

While it’s critical that governments and corporate leaders take action, we can’t wait for them to do the right thing. Our individual efforts can create a cascade of positive change that sends a powerful signal to these institutions. Here are some ways to make a difference. 

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What Type of Tea Are You?

If you’re taking this, it’s probably because you like drinking tea. But have you ever wondered... which tea you would be yourself? Take this quiz to find out!

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What’s Your Climate Superpower?

We all have a role to play in creating a better world. Take the quiz to find your focus—and identify which skills set you apart!

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Why Do We Need Rainforests?

No matter where you live, you need rainforests. Why? They help purify the air we breathe. They send vapor into the air, making it rain—not just locally but thousands of miles away. Rainforests are great allies in the fight to slow climate change, too, as they absorb vast quantities of human-made carbon emissions. Rainforest plants provide the basis for medicines that treat everything from toothaches to childhood leukemia. Rainforests are also home to millions of Indigenous and local peoples who live in harmony with nature.

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Who Are the Best Guardians of the Forest?

Indigenous and local communities manage almost a quarter of the world’s lands, which means they care for an astonishing 80 percent of Earth’s biodiversity.

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Can We Grow Food in Harmony with Nature?

What if farming not only fed people, it also nourished the land? With regenerative agriculture practices, farming can do just that. Planting native trees and shrubs, for example, improves soil fertility; improving soil fertility makes crops more productive and resistant to pests; eventually, pesticides can be eliminated.