Family Sells Their London Home to Move to the Smallest African Country and Save Its Coral Reefs
The Seath family plans to repopulate coral reefs in the Seychelles through "micro-fragmentation" farming and a new nonprofit, Coral Reef Conservation UK.
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This Woman and Her Pet Otters Have Spent the Last 40 Years Protecting the Species From Extinction in England
Daphne Neville and her otters have worked alongside the likes of Sir David Attenborough to protect these critters from river pollution—and it has worked.
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.
Teen Spent Saturday Registering People to Vote As They Waited in Line to Try New Popeyes Sandwich
With people vying to try the new Popeyes chicken sandwich, a high school senior took advantage of the long lines by registering customers as voters.
Leonardo DiCaprio Launches $5 Million Emergency Fund to Help Combat Amazon Rainforest Fires
The Oscar award-winning actor is not the only one helping to combat the Amazon rainforest fires, either.
City Gets First Ever 'Turtle Crossing' Signs After Concerned Second Grader Writes Letter to the Mayor
This 8-year-old boy has helped to protect dozens of turtles in his community after he wrote a letter to the mayor asking for the town to take action.
Two Little Girls Have a Petition and Powerful Video for McDonald's-It May Signal the End of Wasteful Plastic Toys
Since these determined young activists started campaigning for the end of free plastic toys in kids meals, their mission has gotten a massive response.
Rather Than Pay $150K in Ransom, Radiohead Publishes Stolen Music and Donates Sales to Environmental Group
Instead of forking over $150,000 to a hacker who stole their unreleased content, Radiohead is selling the album on Bandcamp and donating the proceeds.
After Nuns and Millennials Discover They're 'Soul Mates', They Work and Live Together to Change the World
Catholic women and spiritually-oriented millennials from all over the US are looking to each other as an unlikely new source of community and inspiration.
After Five-Year Campaign, Woman Successfully Rallies a Nation to Protect 763,000 Square Miles of Ocean
Despite how Polynesian culture may have depended on commercial fishing, this woman successfully rallied a nation to protect their ocean waters.
On Her 86th Birthday, Check Out the Jane Goodall Documentary Trailer We Can All Use Right Now: 'The Hope'
The Nat Geo trailer for Jane Goodall's new documentary "The Hope" is a message of encouragement for people around the world.
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.
7-Year-Old Gathers 70K Signatures On Her Petition to Make Crayola's Coloring Pens Recyclable
Despite how the company tried to placate Jessie by saying they would consider her proposal, the young eco-warrior is not giving up that easily.
Hope on Horizon for Escaped 'Russian Spy Whale' After Video of Its Rugby Skills Goes Viral
Since this video of Hvaldimir the beluga whale went viral last week, people are now rallying to help relocate the lonely cetacean to safer waters.
107 Teens Awarded for Launching Their Own Projects to Save Oceans From Plastic Pollution
More than 250 teenagers participated in the program by launching their own unique initiative to combat plastic waste in the oceans. Here are the winners.
Boy Donates 22,000 Diapers to Single Moms Using Funds From His Lemonade Stand
11-year-old Cartier Carey from Hampton, Virginia has donated 22,000 diapers to single moms this summer. The money came from selling lemonade.
Two South African Women Take On Mission to Tackle Plastic Along One of Worst Rivers For Ocean-Bound Pollution
Two South African women and their Sunshine Cleaning volunteer group are cleaning up river banks in Blue Downs near Cape Town, to keep plastic out of oceans.
Black Protestor is a Hero After Carrying Injured White Counter-Protestor to Safety: 'It's not black vs white'
Patrick Hutchinson is being hailed as a hero across the political spectrum after he rescued an injured counter-protestor at a BLM rally in London.
13-Year-old Recycles Cooking Grease into Heating Oil for Needy Families
After reading an article in the local newspaper, Cassandra Lin discovered that many residents could not afford to heat their homes. Inspired to do something, she formed a team of seventh graders to recycle waste cooking oil and turn it into biofuel for distribution to needy families. They collected 36,000 gallons in one year.
Fed Up by Complex Waste Rules, Couple Built Their Own Free 'Recycling Center' in Their Driveway
Since the couple built their little DIY recycling station last month, they have saved almost 2,000 pounds of waste from ending up in a landfill.
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