Helping Forest Firefighters Battle a Different Kind of Burnout
A new preventative form of peer support is helping Canadian crews address the cumulative stress of their jobs before they get to the point of mental burnout or breakdown.
Read MoreOwnership of a California Redwood Forest Is Being Returned To Indigenous Guardianship
The InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council is working with Save the Redwoods League, which donated the land, to protect California’s remaining oil-growth forest, along with endangered species such as the northern spotted owl and marbled murrelet.
Read MoreWomen Activists in El Salvador Are Organizing To Prevent Deforestation and Loss of Access To Water
A group of women in rural El Salvador is standing up against a major infrastructure project that threatens to clear hundreds of hectares of forest and cut off access to rivers that provide the community with clean drinking water.
Read MoreTucson Is Planting a Million Trees To Combat Climate Change
Reflecting on her childhood, Tucson, Arizona Mayor Regina Romero points to her father as the figure who lit an environmentalist fire within her.
Read MoreFemale 'Firies' Are Fighting Flames and Stereotypes in Australia
Her mother, grandma, and sister-in-law all fight fires, and she expects her baby daughter will become a firefighter, too.
Read MoreIn Burundi, Former Combatants Who Razed Forests Now Raise Seedlings
The formerly warring factions are working together on the reforestation project that has been hailed as a fantastic initiative.
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