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Resilience. Nature shows us the ability to recover after being damaged or destroyed. We always see how it strives to survive: the small plants and flowers that emerge after devastating floods, the forests that regrow after fires, the trees that lift...

‘He who respects water will rise, He who neglects it will fall.’ Zhenizhock (Ötö) Kökö uulu (1860–1918), ‘Flowing Water’....

The beauty of growing seeds from the soil. It’s so amazing how plants grow. School hasn’t taught me to plant trees, vegetables, crops and make our planet green again.  ...

We need you to think less about building and developing land, and more about growing and protecting environment. We want to continue seeing the animals that you got to see when you were a child. We want to stroll around the garden, hand pick few...

We are guests on this planet. We come, live for several decades, and then leave. We are supposed to leave the things the way they are for our next generation. We can enjoy and revel in this beauty but we are not supposed to change and destroy it....

I keep this photo to remind me of what a tree leaf once taught me. Feeling exhausted after a hard mornings’ work, I sat in the grass to have lunch and picked up this fragile heart-shaped leaf. In that moment, the tree leaf taught me two things, sha...

I’m suffocating from all this plastic! Where are the glass bottles, the reusable mesh bags; the durable, high-quality goods that used to last our grandparents for years?...

The real threat to human existence is humans. Humans have a tendency to take more from nature than they offer and to take nature for granted. It is mankind’s deficiency in empathy and the inability to listen to and feel the world around us that sha...

I chose the snow leopard to highlight the importance of protecting rare animals and their ecosystems. This predator plays a crucial role in maintaining the health of mountain ecosystems: its disappearance could disrupt the natural balance....

It is through the development of spiritual values – not material ones – that we can truly preserve our planet: ‘In the traditions of nomadic culture, there has always been a deep reverence for Nature and its forces. Respectful and careful treat...

"Berat sama dipikul, ringan sama dijinjing" means working together through tough and easy times. The obligation to preserve the environment is not only the responsibility of one or two people, but is a shared responsibility of everyone because we liv...

How might common worlding pedagogies foster new ways of learning and living on our damaged earth? Common worlding pedagogies refuse to separate us humans off from our fellow earthlings. Instead of thinking about the world ‘out there’ as something...

If we borrow the Earth from future generations, then we must return it at least in the same condition. I don’t want my children to inherit an empty planet....

The TURN IT AROUND! Central Asia Climate and Ecology Flashcards are a message from the youth of Central Asia to their governments and educators: ‘We care about our planet. We want you to take climate and ecological action – and education â€...

Every living being teaches us something, we just have to pay attention and interpret it properly....

If Earth could choose its packaging, it certainly wouldn’t choose plastic....

Patriotism is shown through actions – not words....

The more trees are cut down in our cities in Uzbekistan, the more it hurts. Too often, they are removed just to build something – yet sometimes that ‘something’ is of no use to anyone....

In spring, we admire the flowers, mountain rivers, and beautiful landscapes – and we want them to last forever! Just as our parents care for us, we must care for Nature, which brings us joy today and will bring joy to our children tomorrow....