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How Do You Teach Kids to Live Sustainably on an Island?

What’s being done to teach environmental education to kids like these? Photo credit: maveric2003 via Flickr/Creative Commons Environmental education is playing a bigger role around the globe as we all learn more about our environmental surroundings. As with all environmental solutions, there’s no one-size-fits-all recipe for effective environmental education around the world; there are just too many cultural, social, and environmental variances to make it work effectively. Add in some wrinkles like … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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How Do You Teach Kids to Live Sustainably on an Island?

Russian Scientist Creating a Backyard Ice Age Ecosystem to Slow Global Warming

Photo via debbie_sonberg Some people put up bird feeders to expand their backyard wildlife, while others add native plants and flowers to attract insects and animals. But Sergey Zimov has decided to recreate a habitat from 10,000 years ago. Over the last 20 years, he’s added wild horses, musk oxen, reindeer, and is even planning to add Siberian tigers and wolves to create an ecosystem lost after the last ice age. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Russian Scientist Creating a Backyard Ice Age Ecosystem to Slow Global Warming