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Tomorrow, on September 20, a global climate strike is scheduled to bring awareness about the need for transformative action against the growing climate crisis...

While enjoying an evening walk at Douglas Lake in East Tennessee, 11-year-old Ryleigh Taylor stumbled upon a magnificent discovery: the 475-million-year-old fossilized remains of an ancient sea creature called a trilobite...

Over 250 nature-based preschools have popped up across the United States, according to a recent survey cited by Public Radio International (PRI) - and that's two-thirds more than in 2017...

What's it like to live in a 204-square-foot space with a baby? Samantha and Robert Garlow of SHEDsistence know, and they're sharing their story. After designing and constructing their SHED tiny house in Yakima, Washington,...

Keeping children occupied and active is no easy feat, but a new company called Luckey Climbers is creating some seriously cool structures for budding adventurers...

There’s a food revolution brewing in over half of New York City’s public schools, and it's not slowing down. Thanks to the local nonprofit GrowNYC, The Mayor’s Fund to Advance NYC, and Grow to Learn, five boroughs have...

We may be one step closer to tackling our energy crisis if this 8th grader has anything to say about it. 13-year-old Laalitya Acharya from Ohio came up with TraffEnerate, an invention to use vehicular traffic to generate...

Children dying in overheated cars is one of those preventable tragedies that just shouldn't happen, and an 11-year-old boy in Texas decided to do something about it...

Who knew that the world's coolest kindergarten is located in Sydney, Australia? Designed by PAL Design, NUBO is a beautiful space strategically designed to give children the ultimate in "pure play" while managing to keep...

President Donald Trump apparently really doesn't want to face youth suing the United States government over climate change. His administration is seeking an appeal even before the lawsuit goes to trial. One plaintiff said...

Let's face it: no one wants to have to go to the hospital if they can avoid it. It's not just that being poked and prodded by doctors is uncomfortable: being stripped of your everyday wear and put into a drab hospital gown...

When the city of Flint, Michigan switched from the Detroit water system to its own river-drawn source in 2014, officials didn’t foresee that the change would lead to a public health emergency threatening the region’s...

Yep, the children are our future. And luckily, many of them are keyed in to the importance of protecting natural forests. After two decades of failures by adult environmentalists, a group of kids has successfully blocked...

'Tis the season for all pumpkin everything, and that doesn't stop with lattes and cookies. While carving jack-o-lanterns is a tried and true tradition for many families, your pumpkin decor doesn't have to stop with a glowing...

As a person that writes for a living, I can tell you that people are really not meant to sit around all day writing. My back, neck, and shoulders have been increasingly complaining, and I’ve detected an insidious creeping...