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Yahoo LifeHow undrinkable water in Indigenous Canadian communities pushed this 17-year-old activist to confront Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
"In our beliefs, water is very sacred and it's one of the main elements in our culture," says Autumn Peltier.
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Activist gets candid about pollution fears: 'Climate anxiety is real, especially for a young Indigenous woman'
"There are lots of days when I feel totally hopeless," admits Ruth Miller, who has been advocating for environmental and climate justice for a decade now, since she was 15.
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Disposable masks can take up to 450 years to decompose. Here’s how to help the environment while remaining safe from COVID.
From double masking to recycling, here's how you can stay safe from COVID while keeping our planet in mind, too.
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Here’s why you might want to stop washing your jeans: ‘It’s about reducing our impact’
According to Levi's, one pair of jeans — from the cotton field to the department store — consumes more than 900 gallons of water during its lifetime. But the water waste doesn't stop when that denim hits the store shelves.
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Meet the young Black farmers fighting environmental food injustice: 'Sustainability is about longevity'
"If we are to create a society that values Black life, we cannot ignore the role of food and land."