Meet the Gang
Kirsty
The E.A.R.T.H Gang have a BIG mission. We want to change the climate crisis story to one of HOPE and imagination.
So much of the media focusses on what we must fight, avoid or fear.
But what if ….. we ALL had a climate positive mindset and made simple lifestyle changes? The result would be HUGE for our home planet.
Our blog highlights regeneration on a global scale. Prepare to be astonished by the evolutionary projects and inventions created by young people to restore the Earth.
Flora, Finn, Bryn and myself have things we want to change. Mine is single-use plastic. There is no need for it. So join me as a member of Kids Against Plastic to put an end to it.
Kids Against Plastic – Kids attempting to tackle the effects of single-use plastic in the UK
Haggis
Guess what my favourite treat is….
Cucumber.
I know…..strange but true.
And we need bees to pollinate plants so we can have fruit and vegetables. So here are some ideas:
Bees: fun facts and activities for children | Friends of the Earth
Flora
The fashion industry is one of the biggest polluters on the planet. So we have made a pledge not to buy new clothes for a year.
I am in my happy place when I am being creative – knitting, sewing and crocheting. So my mission is to re-invent our jeans, hoodies and jackets to make them look brand new.
‘Mending Life: A Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts‘ is a beautiful book which is giving me inspiration.
https://www.thefarwoods.com/mending-life/
And here are tips from Captain Forest on how to have a zero plastic wardrobe.
https://www.captainforest.com/ten-secrets-for-a-zero-plastic-wardrobe/
Bryn
I am a science and nature nerd.
“We are surrounded by geniuses.” These are the words of Janine Benyus, talking about nature. She is co-founder of Biomimicry 3.8.
There are living systems in nature which are 3.8 billion years in the making. If we see nature as our teacher and mentor we can find solutions to the climate challenges we face.
This is one of my favourite sites: innovation inspired by nature.
Biomimicry Youth Design Challenge
Our blog highlights regeneration on a global scale. Prepare to be astonished by the evolutionary projects and inventions created by young people to restore the Earth.
Finn
If you have read our story, you will know that I love food. So one thing I don’t like is food waste. It produces methane and carbon emissions. Here are some disturbing stats:
# It is estimated that one third is thrown away in the world.
# 4.5 million potatoes are discarded each week in the UK.
# 490 million pints of milk are poured down the drain in the UK every year. Poor cows. All that work for nothing. And think of all the plastic containers as well.
But Food Cloud is showing us a new way. It is a non-profit, social enterprise which redirects surplus food to charities and community groups who need it.
FoodCloud: Food waste hurts our planet
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The E.A.R.T.H Gang
The Earth Angel Ready to Help Gang
An out-of-this-world adventure, where four children and a dog must risk everything to help the Earth.
When weird, dark clouds appear over Scotland, theories spread like wildfire. The scariest:
Climate-change is producing these masses.
Soon they will merge and shroud the planet in darkness.
But eleven-year-old Kirsty is an Earth Angel and knows the extraordinary truth behind these sinister clouds. So, when Star Beings ask for help to save the planet, Kirsty and her cousins agree to embark on a quest.
Their mission sounds fun.
An exciting adventure.
ALL the children have to do, is climb a Scottish mountain and find a secret cave. They are given superpowers. The Star Beings promise them support.
Things couldn’t be easier for the Earth Angels. You would think! But…..…incredible missions come with unimaginable challenges and risks for the….. Earth Angel Ready to Help Gang.
The Blog
Wise Words from an Elder
Jane Goodall, the esteemed Primatologist, was speaking on behalf of young people at the Davos Annual Meeting 2024. The passion and determination of the new generation gives her hope for the future of the Earth. Jane Goodall Message to leaders from World Economic Forum...
The Earthshot Prize – S4S Technologies
S4S provides jobs for women, saving fruit and vegetables to resell at the markets. The food is dehydrated by solar power. https://youtu.be/Pame4ODSVwI
“We grow fresh air……
...... with natural, living moss." The pupils at Hampstead Hill Nursery can say this with pride as the London school has installed two CityTrees in their playground. The German company Green City Solutions has developed these award-winning air filters. Using moss and...
COP28 Youth Climate Champion
The Youth Climate Champion (YCC) is a unique position, serving as the missing bridge between the COP Presidency and youth stakeholders. The role is designed to amplify the work of youth-led and youth-focused organisations within the COP process. H.E. Shamma Al Mazrui...
The Cost of the Cloud
Do you know that all our photos, videos, emails and documents saved on the Cloud are costing our home planet, the Earth. There are an extraordinary number of data centres around the world, designed to store our data and digital clutter. And they use vast amounts of...
#PACKETin Campaign
Walkers Crisps make 10 million packets of crisps EVERY day, 363 days a year. And the packaging will exist on this planet for eons as the foil inside does not biodegrade. And then there is the other leading brand: Golden Wonder Crisps. But Kids Against Plastic are...
Stop Sunscreen Pollution
There is something really important we can do to stop polluting our rivers and oceans. Check our sunscreen for the toxic chemical OXYBENZONE. We are changing the chemistry and biology of water just by swimming in a river, lake, or sea if we use unhealthy cosmetics and...
Youth Reserve in Ecuador
Dracula Youth Reserve is a conservation FIRST: a nature reserve entirely funded by young people. It is a 244-acre private protected area in the Andean Chocó cloud forest of northwestern Ecuador - one of the most biodiverse and threatened ecosystems on the planet. The...
The Right to a Clean Environment
A Montana judge has sided with 16 young activists finding that the state violated their right to a "clean and healthful environment", which the state constitution guarantees. The plaintiffs, between ages five and 22, alleged the state's pro-fossil fuel policies...
#Plastic Detox Social Media Challenge
'Planet vs. Plastics' is EARTHDAY.ORG's theme for Earth Day 2024. Their social media initiative, #PlasticDetox Challenge, encourages us to promote ideas for reducing plastic waste on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or TikTok. Step1: Minimise your use of single-use...
Meet the Trash Monster
Rob Greenfield is an activist and humanitarian dedicated to leading the way to a more sustainable and just world. He wanted to make a visual image to show people just how much rubbish they created and inspire them to make positive changes. The average American...
The + Power + of + People
Do you know that six lifestyle changes could reduce our carbon emissions by 25-27 per cent? The Jump, a grassroots environmental group, commissioned research by Leeds University in collaboration with the global engineering firm Arup and the C40 group of world cities....
THE Cardigan to Create
When style icon, Harry Styles wore this cardigan on stage, he created a viral sensation. So many people wanted to copy it, the designer released the pattern: The official Colour Block Patchwork Cardigan pattern to download for free. And here is Tom Daley, the Olympic...
Upcycling Clothes for the Planet
On Earth Day in April, we made a pledge not to buy new clothes for one year. This took us down a rabbit hole of discovery: how we could repair and re-invent the jeans, jackets, T-shirts and hoodies we already had. The ancient Japanese art of Boro gave us our answer....
Can football kick off a climate revolution?
Football is the most played and followed sport in the entire world. It actively engages over 5 BILLION people. With 80,000 crowds, one game unfortunately creates a mass of landfill waste, never mind the chemicals involved in looking after the pitch. But a small club...
Hope is in Our Nature
Do you feel you are growing up in a time of chaos? Knowing we're facing a climate emergency, mass wildlife extinctions, a cost of living crisis... Young people didn’t create this chaos. Didn’t pollute our rivers, concrete over our green spaces or fill our air with...
From Little Acorns
When Cameron gathered acorns on holiday last year, he decided to grow them in glass bottles. Imagine his excitement as he watched the roots appear and eventually the shoots and leaves. At Christmas, an oak tree sapling was a fitting gift for his teacher, Mrs Leckie....
Tech Disposal Angels
How do you recycle redundant IT equipment? Dump it in a community skip and hope for the best? Since the launch of their tech disposal app in 2020, Stone Group have created a revolution in customer recycling. They have prevented over a million units of IT hardware from...
Trash with a Message
Artivist - artist and activist - Bordalo II - uses our waste to create sculptures with an important message. This Iberian Lynx looks down in despair at passers-by in Lisbon. "Your way of living is unsustainable." "Do you realise that most of ME would normally go to...
A Message from 2100
From the age of six, Aarfeen's mission has been to spread the climate action mindset. He coined the term 'climate behaviour hacks' and has created videos showing people how they can have a positive impact on climate change: Ask Aarfeen about Climate - YouTube When...
Create The Future
Create The Future is a climate project with BIG ambitions. An increasing number of young people feel helpless in the face of climate change. But the inspirational CFT team want to change this narrative to one of HOPE and IMAGINATION. Working with communities,...
Join Captain Forest
Captain Forest is an international movement that aims to build a zero plastic/waste and permaculture world. For three years, the founder, Lamiaa Biaz has been on a zero-plastic journey. She began by not throwing plastic away. She stored it in her apartment as it would...
Earth Day: 22nd April ’23
Can you believe it: Fifth Avenue in New York City as thousands celebrated the first Earth Day in 1970. This day inspired 20 million Americans to take to the streets demonstrating for CHANGE. Industrial development for 150 years had degraded the environment and left a...
Take Action with the WWF
If you are looking for ideas to take action for our planet, the World Wildlife Fund has resources and activities for families and teens. https://www.wwf.org.uk/get-involved/kids-planet The WWF youth engagement team work with young people between 11-18 years. Their...
Make your Garden a Carbon Sink
Do you know we could be capturing an ENORMOUS amount of CO2. From patches of wildness to composting plants, we could easily turn our gardens into carbon sinks. While the average garden has about 5 plant species in it, planting around 30, from poppies to grasses to...
Spark a Movement
Skye Neville began her campaign to stop plastic toys in children's magazines when she was 10-years-old. With the help of her Mum, she set up a petition. And after hearing Skye's plea on the radio, Waitrose ditched these comics in March 2021. You can sign her petition...
Pay it Forward for the Planet
The inspirational movie ‘Pay it Forward’ has a powerful message for our planet. Small actions can make a BIG difference and we will never know the reach and impact of our actions when we contribute whatever we can. Eleven-year-old Trevor’s teacher gives his class an...
We Are Earth
It’s no coincidence that the human body is like the Earth. We are microcosms of our home planet. The tree stump and the finger print are so alike and there are many more similarities: Both the human body (60%) and the planet Earth (71%) are largely made up of water....
“I will be like a humming bird….”
This was Elizabeth Wathuti's message in the opening address at COP26 in Glasgow 2021. “Policymakers are more than hummingbirds. The forest is on fire and they have bigger trunks,” Elizabeth said. “Mere pledges and empty promises won’t do.” Despite the naysayers,...
Amazonia 2041: A Vision FROM the Future
The year is 2041. In the land between Ecuador and Peru, the age of extraction is over. It is a time of regeneration. This is the inspiring picture the Andes Amazon Fund has painted for their future. Amazonia are conserving biodiversity, ecosystems and the...
The Ocean Cleanup
Inspiring young people are finding the environmental solutions we need. At 16, Boyan Slat went scuba diving and was horrified by the amount of plastic in the sea. At 18, he founded The Ocean Cleanup: a non-profit organisation tackling the 60 year legacy of plastic...
erthos: plant powered for our planet
What happens when you are concerned about your life on Planet Earth in years to come? You take responsibility and change it..... Enter the founders of erthos, Nuha Siddiqui and Kritika Tyagi. They have designed a plant-based resin to replace polythene for soft film...
FoodCloud
Social entrepreneurs Aoibheann O’Brien and Iseult Ward were students at Trinity College Dublin in 2012 when they met. They shared a desire to stop food waste and FoodCloud was born. Their technology platform – Foodiverse – directly connects food retailers with surplus...
Our Other Mother – Let’s Look After Her
We love this Native American wisdom. Like many of the teachings that come from indigenous culture, they are a roadmap for living a more balanced and connected life. The beauty of these ancient pillars of existence is that they are SO relevant today. We may think we...
The easiest tree you will ever plant!
We can never have enough trees. They are the lungs of the Earth. So recently we switched search engine to Ecosia. Search ads generate income and Ecosia donate the profit to plant trees where they are needed most. You can get the free browser extension and plant trees...
A Tiny Forest is more than just trees!
Super tiny and super powerful, a Tiny Forest is a dense, fast-growing native woodland. But it is more than just trees. This amazing phenomenon connects people with nature, captures carbon to help climate change and supports wildlife in the heart of a town or city....
Project Drawdown
Project Drawdown is the world's leading resource for climate solutions. The project has identified WHAT the world needs to do - HOW best we can achieve the change needed - AND has a bold three-pronged vision over the next three years. Project Drawdown ...
The Climate Positive Mindset
Can I please ask - how do you feel about climate change? Are you depressed – frustrated at watching the natural world disappear? No wonder. The media highlights the devastation of our planet. The news is so overwhelming that people are discouraged and despondent. More...
Climate Entrepreneur: Aarfeen, Age 8
Aarfeen Saad is one of the youngest climate entrepreneurs in the world. He invented the term "Climate Behaviour Hacks" and created his own YouTube channel to spread the message of hope, impact, sustainability, climate action, and climate-conscious consumerism. Listen...
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Meet the Author
Ellie Linden lives on the Firth of Forth in Scotland with a real Haggis – her lovable, miniature schnauzer, of course. As you can see, she enjoys hugging trees for their vibrant energy, just like Kirsty.
For as long as she can remember, Ellie has been passionate about the environment. If more people fell in love with nature and the magical, mystery of life, she believes we would make the changes to preserve our beautiful home, Planet Earth.
