Kid's Eye View

March 12, 2020

AANYA C.; ALEXANDRA A. (3); AMANDA Y.; ELLA S.; FIONN C.; HAYDEN B.; GABBY L.; KELLIE K.; NAHZEER S.; PAULA R.; PELE P.; PHOEBE M.; QALIB M.; RAIMEN S.; ROSA G.; THEA l.; WILLIAM L.; ZOLAIKHA B.

What will Earth look like in 30 years? We asked kids to draw an answer to that question. Here are a few of their drawings. What do you see? We also got letters from kids who are doing things to help the planet. Great job! Soon, your generation will be in charge. You give us hope for that future.

Aanya C., 6, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

Alexandra A., 9, Miami, Florida

Kellie K., 8, Brooklyn, New York

William L., 14, Sydney, Australia
Sarah A., 17, Paris, France

Holidays

A Spring Festival

December 8, 2023

Happy Lunar New Year! About 2 billion people celebrate the holiday. They are all over the world. Most of them are in Asian countries. The lunar year begins with a new moon. There’s one in late January or early February.…

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Culture

Festival Foods

December 8, 2023

Food is an important part of Lunar New Year celebrations. Each country has its own holiday foods. Here’s a taste of some of them. Tangerines (above) are popular during Lunar New Year. The Chinese word for tangerine sounds similar to…

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World

Good Growing

November 30, 2023

Paula Costa is standing in a field of red dirt. It’s in São Paulo State, in Brazil. Once, there was forest here. It was cleared away years ago. Now the land is used for monoculture farming. That’s when only one…

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Environment

Jungle Layers

November 30, 2023

The rainforest is a wet, warm habitat. It’s home to many animals. There are four layers of the rainforest where these creatures live. The highest layer is the emergent layer. It is hot and sunny up here. Birds fly from…

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