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Workshops to help youth navigate complex emotions are taking place in wildfire-ravaged areas in the B.C. Interior.

Be the Change Earth Alliance has announced new CARE (Climate, Action, Resilience and Emotions) programs with accompanying workshops aimed at B.C. students, teachers, and communities affected by wildfires.

The Vancouver-based organization is working in collaboration with UBC’s Climate Hub to offer the series of workshops, focusing on navigating difficult emotions induced by climate change and fostering resilience and action, reads a media release.

Three school districts, #73 Kamloops-Thompson, #74 Gold Trail and #83 North Okanagan Shuswap, will have the program on offer,…

Eco-friendly web hosting provider Krystal has announced details of its ‘1 billion tree pledge’ to help mitigate the ongoing climate catastrophe, with a goal to protect and plant 1 billion trees by 2030. The pledge target of 1 billion will be reached through a combination of conserving existing trees, restoring degraded forests, and planting new trees.

Krystal’s commitment comes as part of the global 1t.org initiative, a programme to mobilize the private sector and accelerate nature-based solutions in support of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Krystal aims to use this pledge to raise awareness of environmental sustainability. Having planted over 1 million trees this year Krystal has pledged to plant 10 trees on behalf of each of its 37,082 clients in order to…