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  • Nature plays a vital role in the lives of people across the United States, shaping health, well-being, and cultural identity. It is important to understand Americans' view on nature because these perspectives shape how people value, prioritize and act on environmental issues. WWF's Connected by Nature report, conducted by GlobeScan on behalf of WWF, explores American's relationship with nature. Americans' connections with nature are deeply personal, rooted in family traditions, community identity, and national pride. These insights provide a foundation for action allowing organizations and decision-makers to inspire collective action, build public will, and create lasting change for both people and nature, ensuring nature remains a priority for future generations.

  • A guide created for educators, parents, partners, and whomever would like to reduce food waste in K-12 schools.

  • This report examines the links between illegal gold mining and associated crimes in the Brazilian Amazon. Data reveal that a significant portion of Brazil‚'s gold exports lack proper documentation, origin records, or permits, undermining regulatory systems and increasing risks to importing countries. This illicit trade also drives serious environmental and social damage, especially in the Amazon. The analysis highlights connections between illegal mining camps ('garimpos') and crimes including environmental violations, corruption, money laundering, and illegal mercury trade.

  • A resource guide by educators, for educators using the Mill Food Recycler as a teaching tool in classrooms

  • Greenprints for the Future

    Student Project Plan activity

    Grades 6-12

  • Greenprints for the Future

    Student Project Plan activity

    Grades K-5

  • This PDF introduces WWF’s Blue Peace Framework, an environmental peacebuilding approach that leverages marine conservation to prevent conflict, strengthen cooperation, and promote long-term human and ecological security in fragile and conflict-affected ocean regions. Learn more about our peace and security work.

  • Youth are frequently overlooked in disaster management processes despite bringing valuable perspectives, technological skills, and innovative ideas. In nature-based flood risk management, their involvement is particularly important, yet few efforts currently focus on youth engagement for reducing flood risk. Including younger generations is essential not only because they represent future leadership but also because they bring their own experience, knowledge, ideas, and enthusiasm to problem-solving, ensuring that critical lessons are preserved and transferred across generations.

    This case study examines the Flood Green Guide Youth Champions program, which exemplifies how co-creation strategies can effectively engage youth in disaster risk management. By involving young people from the project's inception, the program promotes agency and leadership while working toward more inclusive climate adaptation and risk reduction approaches. The case study demonstrates how youth can be equipped to become community change agents and advocates for nature-based flood management solutions, offering a replicable model for other projects seeking to develop shared visions with underrepresented groups while addressing the specific barriers that prevent youth participation in disaster risk management processes.

    Learn more about the pilot program here.

  • With Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), producers of plastic packaging are financially responsible for the entire life cycle of their materials. It can ensure that all sectors‚ – public, private, and civil society‚ – come together to solve this collective problem.

    As more states and the federal government consider enacting EPR and other related recycling and circular economy policies, it will be imperative to have harmonized definitions for specific key terms to ensure consistency across all jurisdictions.

  • From Waste to Accountability outlines a comprehensive framework for designing effective Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs to combat plastic and packaging waste, emphasizing operational and financial structures, stakeholder collaboration, and policy standardization to drive environmental, social, and economic impact.