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A Food Waste Mission: Rescue That Ingredient

This eco-mission, should you choose to accept it, involves recruiting your kids. 

Open the fridge. Find one ingredient that’s about to go bad. Then challenge your kids to invent a creative way to use it in a snack or a meal.

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Maybe it will be become a smoothie. Maybe a soup. Maybe something entirely new. Whatever it is, you won’t just be preventing food waste. You’ll be giving your kids ownership over a small but important planet-positive action. 

Who knows? They might even feel extra adventurous about trying new foods.

Good Eco-News: Giant Clams Are Making a Comeback!

In the Philippines, giant clams were disappearing because their homes were being harmed. But scientists and local communities worked together to help bring them back.

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The Orcar: Art that Makes a Splash to Make a Change 

What if an orca could visit human communities, share the story of her ocean home, and tell us exactly what we can do to help her thrive there? Meet the “Orcar”, a glowing orca sculpture so big that twenty people can stand inside it. It was built from a rusty, old diesel truck, transforming a […]

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“Don’t Look Away”: Montreal Students Use Music to Inspire Change

These students are proving that raising your voice works best with a catchy chorus.   Every year, grade-six students at Carlyle Elementary School in Montreal team up with music teacher Christine Crawford to write, compose, and record an original song about an important theme. This year’s song, “Don’t Look Away,” is about choosing to build a […]

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