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Environmentally Friendly Reusable Ice Cube Being Held By a Glove

Researchers Created Sustainable Jelly Ice Cubes That Don't Melt

A new type of cooling cube could revolutionize how food is kept cold and shipped fresh without relying on ice or traditional cooling packs — free from waste and mold.
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A boatman steers his canoe down a mist-shrouded river in Chitwan National Park.

Nepal's Conservation Efforts Have Nearly Doubled Their Tiger Population

Nepal is the only country on track to meet a 2022 pledge to double its wild tiger population from a 2010 baseline.‍ Key to the growing tiger population is the combination of a tough anti-poaching approach and close engagement with communities living near tiger habitats.
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Horses running in a rewilding field

Rewilding Projects Are Multiplying Across the U.K. – Seeking to Boost Biodiversity

One of the most innovative projects now underway may be WildEast, which ambitiously hopes to rewild an area more than three times the size of New York City, creating interconnecting wild corridors across East Anglia, the country’s most intensely farmed region.
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Two women stand in front of colorful fabric and a Fab Scrap logo

This Nonprofit Is Helping the East Coast Recycle Clothing Waste

Brooklyn-based Fabscrap hopes to sign up 20 to 25 brands to recycle textile waste in the Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC, and southern New Jersey areas over the next year.
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Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo

Many Public Lands Still Have Derogatory Names — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Is Changing That

Deb Haaland, an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo, said she is 'proud to be in a position' to start with a term offensive to Indigenous women on 650 different places on federal land.
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Unloading a truck full of food to ensure zero waste in Milan, Italy

Milan Is Helping People and the Planet With Its Mission To Cut Food Waste in Half

Milan launched a new Food Policy aimed at creating a more sustainable food system, involving local players such as the city’s research centers, institutions, private sector and NGOs as much as possible.
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Rescue teams from the local disaster management committee in Majdolopa village use rafts made of banana stalks to help stranded villagers during flooding in northeast India

In Response to Fierce Floods Ravaging India, Local Helpers Come to the Rescue

With homemade rafts and plastic-bottle life jackets, teams of young villagers save stranded locals when the Brahmaputra River bursts its banks.
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A team of green sea turtle monitors from Canhabaque Island rides out to the islands where they will complete 12-day shifts. One group will go to the island of Meio and the other to Poilão.

Technology and Tradition Team Up To Watch Over a Sacred Island’s Sea Turtles

Uninhabited Poilão Island in Guinea-Bissau is Africa’s most important nesting ground for green sea turtles. Researchers and local people now work together to study the turtles with the aim of better protecting them.
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5 women stand near the water, with smiles - wearing shirts showcasing sea creatures and the words Respect Locals

An All-Women Coral Conservation Group is Reviving Coral Reefs

Coral Catch Gili Air recently received a grant to fund an all-women conservation team to train women from all over Indonesia how to plant, breed, graft, and garden corals.
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A group of Indigenous leaders march carrying banners that say things like "Stop Line 3"

Indigenous Activists Are Fighting Against the Line 3 Pipeline — And They Need Your Help

Indigenous activists have fought time and time again for the sacred nature of both land and water: we’ve seen them fight against the implementation of The Dakota Access Pipeline, the Trans Mountain pipeline, and at the forefront of the anti-Line 3 movement.
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A red tick on a green leaf

A New mRNA Vaccine Targeting Ticks May Offer Protection Against Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases

A new laboratory-stage mRNA vaccine that teaches the immune system to recognize the saliva from tick bites could prevent these bugs from feeding on and transmitting tick-borne diseases to people, according to a recent study.
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Person standing in a public forest

The Woods Next Door' — U.S. Community Forests Take Root

The country is seeing a growing trend in green spaces governed by local residents, bringing conservation, educational benefits, and income to urban and rural communities.
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