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Home & Gardens | Fruit salads for butterflies is the sweetest trend I’ve spotted this summer

The recycling symbol on that container doesn't necessarily mean it can go in your curbside bin. Here’s what those recycling numbers mean, plus more about what to do with plastics.

Home & Gardens – 06/13/2025

A baby lays on a bed wearing a cloth diaper. Aurora Uribe

Newsweek | Child-Free Woman Convinced She’d Use Cloth Diapers—Then Comes Viral Response

A child-free woman’s post about planning to use cloth diapers for environmental reasons went viral after moms flooded the comments with real-life challenges. The responses sparked a broader conversation about the gap between parenting ideals and daily realities.

Newsweek – 07/11/2025

Plastic recycling symbol with the number five inside

Family Handyman | How to Read Recycling Symbols — And Why Those Numbers Matter

The recycling symbol on that container doesn't necessarily mean it can go in your curbside bin. Here’s what those recycling numbers mean, plus more about what to do with plastics.

Family Handyman – 08/03/2025

Still from Star Trek IV with William Shatner as Captain Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Spock

Daily Star | William Shatner steps in to save two whales – just like the plot of Star Trek IV

Star Trek legend William Shatner has sent a video message to French President Emmanuel Macron, imploring him to make sure that two orcas are moved from a deserted French marine park. The pair are held captive at Marineland Antibes, a French aquatic park near Cannes that closed its gates in January 2025.

Daily Star – 10/01/2025

A portion of the Yarlung Zangbo River is seen from above. Getty

Newsweek | China’s ‘Project of the Century’—World’s Biggest Hydropower Dam—Is Underway

The dam is projected to begin operations sometime in the 2030s, and Beijing says it will meet growing electricity needs both in Tibet and across China. Chinese officials maintain the new Tibetan Plateau dam will prioritize ecological preservation and special emphasis "must be placed on ecological conservation to prevent environmental damage," Li said, according to Xinhua via Reuters.

Newsweek – 10/04/2025

Aidan Charron holds protest sign in fight against plastics event

Green Matters | Gen-Z Man Who Leads an Eco-Friendly Lifestyle Tested His Blood for Plastics — then The Results Came

Upon much analysis, Charron, a Gen Z and an Associate Director at Global EarthDay.org, attributed the shocking results of his blood test to his reusable water bottles. Charron’s case demonstrates that behind the surface appearance of your everyday essentials, a whole new reality might be lurking in the form of these sinister plastic particles, eating up your health without being visible to your naked eye.

Green Matters – 10/05/2025

Wikie and Keijo: The Only Two Orcas Left

AZ Animals / AOL | Why the World Is Watching Two Orcas Suffer in Silence

Wikie and Keijo are kept in tanks that are crumbling, filthy, and exposed to the elements. Their situation is past dire, and many are calling to action to save them before it’s too late–including Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner. With the future of these innocent orcas steeped in uncertainty, we spoke to those working to help them find freedom. Here’s what they had to say to the world that’s watching from the outside.

AZ Animals / AOL – 10/07/2025