Kids News - Environment Articles

On February 6th, the Kindergarten room in China's Wolong National Reserve was abuzz with excitement - Sixteen Kindergarten teachers ran around frantically, trying to get the room ready with bunches of balloons and colorful umbrellas, to welcome the incoming class of the cutest kindergartners - 16 baby Panda Bears!...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a 500-mile long area of toxic plastic waste that extends from California to the Sea of Japan - All created thanks to our careless disposal of plastic, which not only takes a lot of energy to manufacture, but also, hundreds of years to disintegrate....

Earlier this week, some lucky San Franciscans got to witness a historic event - The test sail of Plastiki, a 60-ft. Catamaran, built almost entirely out of plastic bottles and other plastic waste....

This week, over 2,000 athletes from over 80 countries will make their way to Vancouver, British Columbia, to participate in the 21st Winter Olympic Games, which will be held from Feb12th thru18th....

First he made it possible for us mere mortals to book a flight to space aboard his soon to be launched Virgin Galactic Spaceship - Now, Sir Richard Branson, is getting ready to 'fly' us under the deep seas aboard his newly acquired submersible!...

Japan's Oriental Company recently unveiled an amazing invention - A machine that recycles used office paper into rolls of toilet paper!...

Earlier this week, South Korea's National Ecological Institute released some amazing concept pictures of a sprawling 33,000 sq.mile nature reserve....

No matter how you look at it, the Blobfish has to be one of the most miserable looking animals you have probably ever encountered. And, it has a reason to be - If the fisherman continue to overfish this glum-looking animal, it will soon disappear forever!...

Madison Stump is an 11-year old, sixth-grader with a mission - To do all she can to save our planet. This passion, has led her to establish a successful eco-friendly business, PaperAgain. Below, (in Madison's own words) is how it all began . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....