This Game Allows You to Plant Trees Around the World Simply By Answering Trivia Questions Correctly
For every 10 questions that a player answers correctly, this environmental nonprofit is able to generate enough money to plant one tree.
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World's Largest Remaining Private Giant Sequoia Forest May Soon Be Protected if These Donors Get Their Way
These 530 acres of giant sequoias may soon be a protected national park thanks to a newly negotiated deal with its private owners.
UN Honors Chinese Company for Planting 122Mil Trees to Reward Customers for Their Eco-Friendly Habits
Since the Ant Forest program launched in 2016, it has helped to plant more than 122 million trees in the most arid parts of China.
Hundreds of Volunteers Have Prevented Violence By Helping 350,000 People in Sudan and Congo Make Personal Peace
In 2018 alone, World Relief recruited 750 volunteers to help de-escalate conflicts in villages in Sudan, Pakistan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Man Succeeds Where Government Fails: He Planted a Forest in the Middle of a Cold Desert
This intrepid old man retired from his career in bureaucracy so he could cultivate a lush green oasis in the middle of Himachal Pradesh.
Learn What 370 Schools Are Now Teaching in a Massive New Mental Health Research Trial
One of the world's largest mental health trials is underway in hundreds of UK schools—and WS has learned new details about the curriculum.
Scientists Confirm Victory in Ozone Layer Recovery
"It's a victory for diplomacy and for science," and for the fact that all the nations in the world worked together, said the Nobel Prize chemist who first forecasted the coming ozone depletion in 1974.
In World's First Telethon to Fight Climate Crisis, Denmark Raises Millions to Plant Trees
Over the course of just two and a half hours, the event raised enough money to plant 914,233 trees across the European country.
Struggling Bats Can Now Fly Freely Through Countryside Thanks to First-of-Their-Kind Street Lights
These street lamps have been modified with a specialized "light recipe" to help struggling bats in England—and they're the first of their kind in the UK.
Engineers Have Just Finished Drilling the First Geothermal Well in the UK to Use Renewable Energy
Measuring in at 3.1 miles deep, this geothermal energy well is now the deepest and hottest well in the world.
Philippine Village Simultaneously Cleans Up Its Streets and Feeds the Hungry By Trading Plastic for Free Rice
Not only has the program helped to keep the streets clean, it has also helped to fill the stomachs of financially strapped villagers.
Exciting New Study Says That Crops Thrive Underneath Solar Panels-and the Panels Produce More Energy
Not only does the new agricultural system help fruit and vegetables to thrive in arid regions, it could also improve the health of farmers.
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