🦫🌿 Exciting news from Cornwall! Helman Tor nature reserve welcomes its first beaver kits, born to parents from an unexpected release. These little engineers are already shaping wetlands to fight climate change!

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#BeaverKits #CornwallWildlife #NatureRestoration #ClimateHeroes #GoodNews
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c14e3r20jnpo

Cornish nature reserve welcomes first beaver babies

Experts use camera trap footage to confirm the beaver kits were there.

🌳🙌 One man’s vision transforms a village! Armando López Pocol’s Chico Mendes Reforestation Project has planted thousands of trees in Guatemala’s highlands since 1999, fighting deforestation and boosting local economies. A green future awaits!

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#GoodNews #ChicoMendes #Reforestation #GuatemalaGreen #ClimateHeroes https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/19/green-planet-reforestation-chico-mendes-environmentalism-regeneration-guatemala

One man, thousands of trees and heaps of determination: how regreening Guatemala transformed a village

Since 1999, Armando López Pocol and his team of volunteers have bucked the trend for deforestation, regenerating the landscape of the highlands with their Chico Mendes project

The Guardian
Elderly activist to spend Christmas in prison because tag does not fit

Woman jailed for M25 protest not allowed to continue home detention because electronic tags are too big

The Guardian
Climate Heroes app has helped 60 communities across Ireland take climate action

Game Changers: The app ‘is very good at showing people the stuff that is most worth doing from a carbon-saving point of view’

The Irish Times

Excellent article in the Irish Times about our recent #ClimateHeroes competition.

Our all-Ireland community climate competition, supported by Irish Aid, empowered local groups to reduce Ireland's carbon footprint:

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2024/07/16/climate-heroes-app-has-helped-60-communities-across-ireland-take-climate-action

Climate Heroes app has helped 60 communities across Ireland take climate action

Game Changers: The app ‘is very good at showing people the stuff that is most worth doing from a carbon-saving point of view’

The Irish Times

“Our #ClimateHeroes have reduced their carbon footprints significantly, and more importantly have built a sense of collective engagement, community and empowerment."

https://globalactionplan.ie/blogs/climate-heroes-take-down-emissions-one-action-at-a-time/

The 2024 #ClimateHeroes challenge is nearing its conclusion.

Keep logging your climate smart micro actions!

Have a look at the current leaderboard: https://widgets.ducky.eco/en/challenge/cluil2qf0000bs6014i3tmyfb

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#ClimateHeroes:

- Real life impact
- Energising and empowering
- Informative
- Supporting behaviour change

The top 3 teams in our #ClimateHeroes competition are from #Dublin, closely followed by a team from #Donegal.

How will the leaderboard change in the coming days?

In the first 5 days, the teams have saved 19 tonnes of CO2 emissions!

Log your actions today, and join the search for Ireland’s most climate conscious community!

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