Weekly Update: 2025-02-22

  • Reintroducing wolves to the Scottish Highlands could restore ecosystems and help fight climate change. A research team from the University of Leeds explains their findings in depth, but the gist is that the wolves would naturally control booming red deer populations, allowing native forests to regrow and sequester around one million metric tons of CO₂ annually. 
  • Breaking News from our friends at the Devon Wildlife Trust! The British government has moved to allow beavers to live wild across English rivers for the first time in centuries. Hear directly from Devon Beaver Project Lead Matt Holden below! 
  • We don’t wade into politics very often. But every so often, a piece of legislation comes along that strikes right at the heart of everything we know to be true about the power of biodiversity in nature. 

    Now making its ways through the U.S. Senate, the so-called “Fix Our Forests Act” (H.R. 471) is a logging bill disguised as wildfire “management,” enabling industrial deforestation in the name of fire prevention by giving loggers a hall pass to bypass critical environmental protections.

    Help defend our forests by signing and sharing our petition to put your support on the record. 
  • Remote | Calling all Climate Educators and Communicators! Do you use games and simulations to educate your students about climate change, solutions and justice? 

    Join Solve Climate 2030 on Tuesday March 4 at 9 am or 8 pm to learn how to participate in the first Worldwide Climate and Justice Games Day April 11, 2025 during Worldwide Climate and Justice Education Week 2025
  • Long Island | The North Fork Environmental Council  will host a special three-part screening of Regenerating Life on March 13, 20, and 27 from 5:00-6:30 PM in Southold. Each session includes a film segment and a conversational exploration of tangential topics like Zero Waste, Circular Economy, and Systems Thinking. Light refreshments provided. Contact NFEC to register.