We all need reasons to be cheerful, given the powerful nature of hope. Great to read about an ongoing Parisian effort to unearth, rescue, restore, and rewild a buried river. We can do this! We are and must be #GenerationRestoration 🌰 @reasonstobecheerful.world - Thank You!

Unearthing Paris' Mythical Second River

The Bièvre was once completely buried in concrete. Now, stretches of the river are being revealed and revitalized.

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Great to see this mainstream recognition of the common sense hydrological benefits from rewilding with beavers 🦫 We have nature-based solutions - We are #GenerationRestoration 🌰

Beavers helping to reduce drought with wetlands

Research shows beavers are creating more wetland areas since being reintroduced to the wild.

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Instead of remaining out of sight, out of mind, it’s always good to see freshwater ecosystems and invertebrates receiving much needed attention in ecosystem restoration and species recovery… @wildlifetrusts.bsky.social We are #GenerationRestoration 🌰

Endangered white-clawed crayfish offered recovery lifeline

Trusts in the North join forces to help protect the UK's only native freshwater crayfish.

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Restoring ecosystems at scale starts with clear, science-based standards New International Principles & Standards for the Practice of #EcologicalRestoration (3rd Edition), provides updated guidance to support effective restoration worldwide Read/download: 🔗 bit.ly/4b3TliM #GenerationRestoration 🌰

International principles and standards for the practice of ecological restoration. Third edition - Landscape Alliance Knowledge: Publication

Updated SER standards provide a global framework for effective ecological restoration across ecosystems, supporting sustainable and outcomes-based practices.

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Whether or not you control the landscaping around your home, school and community gardens are great opportunities to help pollinators in your neighborhood, town, or city! Join us to learn how! 🏘️🐝 🗓️Jul 23 at 10am PT / 1pm ET 🔗Register for this free event: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Water is life 💧! So good to see restoration and recovery of wetlands is being given priority by local champions to benefit people, nature & climate, even in areas where peace is fragile #GenerationRestoration is good for everyone! 🌰 From @mongabay.com

Restoring Kashmir’s lakes one community at a time: Interview with Manzoor Ahmad Wangnoo

The lakes and wetlands of Kashmir in northwestern India have long sustained the valley’s biodiversity, agriculture, tourism and water security. But over recent decades, these freshwater ecosystems hav...

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How deeply frustrating that UK local government staff are seeking to block rewilding - bringing back lynx… using potential risk to livestock as an excuse… How does the rest of Europe cope? Lynx would be so valuable for small deer management after missing for 1,000 years! #GenerationRestoration

Lynx reintroduction plans opposed by Northumberland councillors

Northumberland County Council members oppose supporting any application to release lynx in the wild.

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Rewilding often needs species bred in captivity for reintroduction Guam kingfishers are extinct in the wild, so breeding in captivity is vital before later release on Palmyra Island where predatory invasive species have been removed Nice story from @usatoday.com We are #GenerationRestoration 🌰

Nearly extinct species coming back in wild thanks to Pittsburgh aviary

Two Guam kingfisher chicks that hatched at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh are part of a program to help restore the bird in the wild.

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Good to see recognition for one of the many unsung heroes of the natural world, seeking to understand, protect, and restore wondrous #peatlands We are #GenerationRestoration

Scientist restoring Wales' peatlands in climate change fight

A childhood fascination with bogs led one Welsh scientist to try and help save the planet.

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No, not a map of high temperatures driven by climate heating, instead @americanrivers.bsky.social new map aggregating all dam removals across the USA since 1912… And more removals are coming! We are #GenerationRestoration 🌰

Map of U.S. Dams Removed Since 1912

While dams can benefit society, they also cause considerable harm to rivers. Dams have depleted fisheries, degraded river ecosystems, and altered recreational opportunities on nearly all of our nation...

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With rising sea levels this is really encouraging news. #Greensky www.bbc.com/news/article...

Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction

Swampy mangrove forests are staging a surprise comeback - which is good news for coastal communities and the climate.

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Restoring #seagrass meadows in the estuary of the River Thames in London is time-consuming and demanding work, but existing ‘donor meadows’ should make it possible to fast-track restoration of this vital coastal ecosystem We are #GenerationRestoration 🌰

ZSL on Instagram: "We just planted nearly 1,000 seagrass tubes in the Thames. Over the course of a week, our team collected seagrass cores to restore a mudflat into a thriving seagrass meadow as pa...

1,227 likes, 16 comments - officialzsl on June 25, 2026: "We just planted nearly 1,000 seagrass tubes in the Thames. Over the course of a week, our team collected seagrass cores to restore a mudflat...

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Bill Toone shows how anyone—even someone who started on trash duty—can make a difference. All it takes is persistence and a little bit of grit—and in his case, a love for the winged creatures among us. 🌎

How to Train Your Condor

A bird-loving boy went from picking up trash at a zoo to saving endangered California condors

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Coral reef restoration is gaining momentum as the technology to propagate coral 🪸fragments grows Important story of community-driven restoration following a shipping accident in Mauritius We are #GenerationRestoration 🌰

The Ripple Effect - UNDP Nature

It was the worst environmental disaster in Mauritius’ history. A 300-metre-long cargo vessel ran aground, tearing a catastrophic gash through the reef like an airplane crashing into the living city. U...

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Good news! Ministers have finally given green light to new #NaturalHistory GCSE. We’ve campaigned so long for this! Big hats off to tireless advocate Mary Colwell 🙌 Now our young people will have a chance to get to know & love the natural world, to feel awe & wonder, & gain skills to protect it 🌷🌳🦡

Natural history GCSE to teach teenagers to plant wildflower-friendly gardens

Long-awaited course to examine human effects on natural world and explore everyday ways to aid biodiversity

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The Teton River must be preserved in its clean, free-flowing condition so it can continue to support abundant fish and wildlife, agriculture, and outdoor recreation opportunities for future generations. Don't rebuild the Teton Dam! ✍️ Sign your name: act.americanrivers.org/page/97895/p...

Protect the Teton River

TAKE ACTION: The Teton River must be preserved in its clean, free-flowing condition so tit can continue to support abundant fish and wildlife, agriculture, and outdoor recreation opportunities for cur...

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"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).

Elite Cognitive Dissonance and the Asian Energy Disruption

Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026

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"Rewilding is a deeper, more philosophical way of thinking about our future and about how we interact with nature" And it's reversing damage that's been done to nature all over the world! www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...

See how nature is bouncing back in these rewilded landscapes

Once-exploited environments are being brought back from the brink by rewilding — and tourism is playing a role in sustaining this ecological regeneration.

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Beavers relocated to the Tásmam Koyóm meadow built a 328-foot dam and a wetland that has increased water coverage by 22% A wilder future for western lands will treat beavers not as a nuisance, as in the brutal past, but as a relative and ecosystem partner #rewilding www.upworthy.com/beavers-rein...

California brought back beavers for the first time in 70 years, and the results are already amazing

Native wisdom and ancient rock paintings save the day.

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Ever heard of the “Picasso of Ponds”? Finding & championing these unsung #rewilding heroes matters! We are #GenerationRestoration 🌰

How the ‘Picasso of ponds’ went from shaping golf courses to making freshwater homes for wildlife

Shaun Hancox has created scores of ponds for rewilding projects across Britain – and he says there’s a lot more to it than digging a hole

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Wildlife bridges are popping up everywhere, which is something to celebrate as isolated habitats are being reconnected when old and lethal barriers are bridged… Equally good for elk & commuters & insurance brokers! We are #GenerationRestoration 🌰

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“The California Department of Transportation and a big group of partners designed the wildlife bridge, which is approximately 100 feet long by 140 feet wide, to address the high rate of cars killing deer and elk on the two-lane highway.” 🌎 www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

Scientists race to collect the last seeds from a critically endangered tree before it goes extinct 🌎 Source: Live Science share.google/mUBJQY5qKTIg...

Scientists race to collect the last seeds from a critically endangered tree before it goes extinct

Seeds from the last surviving wild Dendroseris neriifolia tree are now stored in Kew Gardens' Millennium Seed Bank as researchers work to find ways to reintroduce the species into the wild.

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With a dry riverbed and no small inlets or marshy wetlands where fish can spawn and rear, spring-run Chinook salmon and steelhead disappeared from the mainstem San Joaquin River for decades. 🌾 Read how natural floodplain restoration is solving this issue: www.americanrivers.org/2026/05/how-...

How Floodplains Grow Fish on the San Joaquin River

In California’s Central Valley, a river can look alive and still be starving. The San Joaquin winds through farmland and former floodplain country, but for much of the last century, it has been cut of...

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How local heroes reforested Rio’s green heart... A restoration project to revitalize the Atlantic forest is making the city a much more livable place in the face of increasingly frequent heatwaves. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘I think, boy, I’m a part of all this’: how local heroes reforested Rio’s green heart

A restoration project to revitalise the Atlantic forest is making the city a much more liveable place in the face of increasingly frequent heatwaves

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In 1999, a local spotted a tiny patch of eelgrass thought extinct for 70 years. UVA & @nature.org started reseeding. Today: 10,000+ acres restored — now the foundation for the world’s first verified seagrass blue carbon credit project. 📎 LTER / Nature Conservancy #BlueCarbon #OceanRestoration

So good to see more great work by @americanrivers.bsky.social to remove the obsolete Ramseur Dam helping to rewild the Deep River and hopefully restore the endemic Cape Fear Shiner populations in North Carolina #GenerationRestoration 🌰 Yes we can!

Ramseur Dam Removal

“The river belongs to nature and to the people—to everybody. Dam  removal allows the Deep River to continue its story while looking toward the future.” —Mayor Hampton (Happy) Spivey, Town of Ramseur  ...

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Our planet has been sending signals for years. But there is hope. Voices are coming together. Ideas are turning into action. Together, let's send a signal back #NowForClimate: www.worldenvironmentday.global

Ecological restoration is not only about large projects Recreating destroyed habitats at smaller scale - ponds, lawns as meadows, pocket woodland, and places for amphibian + reptile hibernation👇🏼 all bring measurable gains within reach of any community Why not be hopeful? #GenerationRestoration 🌰

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Hibernacula! Learners from Boston College helped create 4 new hibernacula as part of our #BostonAndBeyond project. Students, including Animal Management learners, worked together to build vital habitats for local wildlife.

More than a dozen stories on climate solutions from NPR. Thanks, @katharinehayhoe.com.

NPR's Climate Solutions Week

How does climate change affect decisions on where, and how, people live? NPR is dedicating a week to stories about solutions for living and building on a hotter planet.

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Desperate times call for the most interventionist measures… Like the living seawalls concept in coastal areas, 3D printed artificial reefs may help to rebuild severely damaged former reefs, to kickstart restoration #GenerationRestoration 🌰

Can Concrete Molds Revive Coral Reefs Ruined by Bombs and Climate Change?

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