Brazilians Get Juicy Tax Breaks When They Adopt Animals, Plant Trees, or Hail Historic Roots
Brazilian cities like Belo Horizonte are offering tax breaks for citizens who adopt stray dogs, plant jabuticaba trees, or decorate their storefronts.
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Cherokee Nation First U.S. Tribe to be Invited to Preserve Their Heirloom Species in Global Seed Vault
The Cherokee Nation has become the first American tribe to be invited to preserve their heirloom seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway.
Australian Soldiers Are Using Their Time Off to Care for Koalas Displaced by the Fires
Rather than using their rest periods for recuperation, these Australian soldiers have been using their time off to help care for recovering koalas.
Australia Rejoices As Rainfall Extinguishes One-Third of All Bushfires in a Single Day
Since the rain began falling across eastern Australia this week, 20 of the region's active bushfires were extinguished in a single day.
Want to Help Bees? Leave the Dandelions Alone This Spring
The British Ecological Society is encouraging people to mow around dandelions, buttercups, and other flowering weeds to help pollinators.
Scientists Find Half the World's Fish Stocks Are Recovered-or Increasing-in Oceans That Used to Be Overfished
In a review of half the world's fisheries, scientists found that fish stocks were stable or increasing in most countries that managed their fishing.
As Fur is Phased Out of Fashion, More Than 200 Donated Fur Coats Are Handed Out to Afghanis in Need
More than 200 unwanted fur coats have been handed out to Afghani families living in poverty in the capital city of Kabul.
Girls in War Zone Find Their Power On Skateboards; Documentary About Them Takes Home the Oscar (Watch)
Thousands of at-risk youth—particularly girls—around the world have been introduced to skateboarding as a means of teaching them leadership and education.
Finland is Making Their 6-Week Crash Course on AI Available to the World as a Free Christmas Gift
"The Elements of AI" is currently available in English, Swedish, Estonian, Finnish, and German through the University of Helsinki website.
Dozens of Countries Are Working Together to Plant 'Great Green Wall' Across Africa - and It is Holding Back Poverty
The wall is only 15% complete and it's already brought a renewed source of food, water, income, and resources into arid rural areas.
5 Years After Turning Disused Military Bases into Nature Reserves, Wolves Return and Use Bases as Havens
Wolves have returned to Germany after 62 military bases were closed down and turned into nature reserves along the former Iron Curtain.
If You Buy a Sapling For This Rainforest, Money Also Helps Turn Illegal Loggers into Forest Guardians
Trailblazing charity Health In Harmony lets you offset your carbon footprint while also ending deforestation in areas most impacted by illegal logging.
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