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Nature Knows

We Plant it Forward preserves and restores the natural environment of North Carolina for the benefit of future generations through hands-on activities, community engagement, and environmental education.

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Trees and Their Positivity Power

The article, “Psychological Benefits of Walking through Forest Areas,” published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health in 2018 has found that even a brief walk in natural areas surrounded by trees lowered negative feelings such as “depression-dejection”, “tension-anxiety”, “anger-hostility”, “fatigue”, and “confusion” while increasing “vigor”.

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Waking Up to Climate Action: A Review of On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal

The major takeaway from Naomi Klein’s latest book, On Fire:  The Burning Case for a Green New Deal is that we must act NOW and at all levels — personal, social, political, economic, international, spiritual — to safeguard, repair, and conserve our natural environment, planet earth, for ourselves, our children and our children’s children on into the future.

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Soil Can Save Us

Article review by James Sanner on “How to Halt Global Warming.”

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Discover the benefits of trees

Did you know that trees help cool the Earth, reduce energy consumption, filter pollutants, and more?

Take time today to learn how trees benefit us all!