Turtles - One in a Thousand

From the Green Renaissance Youtube channel: The Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve is part of the Ponta do Ouro-Kosi Bay TFCA, Africa’s first marine TFCA and part of the Lubombo TFCA.
Around 77% of the marine turtles monitored in Mozambique nest in the Marine Reserve. It is thus the most important leatherback and loggerhead turtle nesting ground along the Mozambican coast. What makes the Marine Reserve’s turtle monitoring programme all the more exciting, is that it links up with the turtle monitoring programme of iSimangaliso Wetland Park, a World Heritage Site, that is now in its 43rd season. Good news for turtles!
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Vultures Chose Me

From the Green Renaissance Youtube channel:  Kerri Wolter founded and manages the Vulture Conservation program in Magaliesberg, South Africa. She hopes to fly with the endangered Cape Vulture for the first time in an attempt to learn more about their behaviour from the air.

Flying Rhinos

From the Green Renaissance YouTube channel: Black rhino are given new home. The seventh black rhino population, established by the WWF Black Rhino Range Expansion Project, was recently released after an epic 1500 kilometre trip across the country. 19 of the critically endangered animals were moved from the Eastern Cape to a new location in Limpopo province.

Flying with Vultures

From the Green Renaissance YouTube channel: Two Paragliders have a life changing experience when they decide to fly with the threatened Cape Vulture. Today less than 2900 breeding pairs remain world wide.

An Aboriginal Canadian teen changing the world

From the CBCnews.ca YouTube channel: She is the teen fighting to protect Canada’s water — meet 13-year-old Canadian Autumn Peltier. She speaks bravely, confidently and passionately, and as a so-called water walker, Peltier pleaded with Justin Trudeau to protect Canada’s water. Now she is gearing up to speak at the United Nations for World Water Day.

In This Together

Wonderful theme-song for David Attenborough’s Our Planet nature series written by Steven Price and performed by Ellie Goulding.

David Attenborough speech at Our Planet premiere

Brilliant speech by David Attenborough, environmentalist and host of the wonderful nature series, Our Planet.

Fight For You

From the TED.com YouTube channel: Folk singer-songwriter Raye Zaragoza performs “Fight For You,” a song she wrote during the Water Protectors movement at Standing Rock, and dedicates it to all who stand up for the environment and care for the Earth.

If you adults won’t save the world, we will

From the TED.com YouTube channel: In a deeply moving letter to her grandmother, Xiye Bastida reflects on what led her to become a leading voice for global climate activism — from mobilizing school climate strikes to speaking at the United Nations Climate Summit alongside Greta Thunberg — and traces her resolve, resilience and profound love of the earth to the values passed down to her. “Thank you for inviting me to love the world since the moment I was born,” she says.
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How we can turn the tide on climate (environmental video)

From the TED.com YouTube channel: Witness the unveiling of Countdown, a major global campaign to cut greenhouse gas emissions. TED has partnered with scientists, policy makers, organizations, activists and more to create an initiative that everyone in the world can be part of. Check out http://countdown.ted.com to learn how you can get involved — and help turn the tide on climate. [Note: there are two unusual features of this TED Talk. One, it’s much longer than our normal, extending a full hour. Two, it’s made up of contributions from more than a dozen people, including UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Al Gore, Katharine Hayhoe, Jimmy Kimmel and Yuval Noah Harari, among others.
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