Annie Schoenberger bought cleared land near Wonga Beach in Queensland, Australia, with a simple but ambitious goal of bringing rainforest back to a property once used for sugarcane. What followed was a decade-long restoration effort at her NightWings Rainforest Centre, where native trees were planted with the help of Rainforest Rescue, volunteers and supporters. More…

The ‘Hawk Fire’ began on Saturday A fast-growing wildfire in northwest Reno, Nevada, remained uncontained and was determined to be human-caused, authorities said Sunday. Officials expanded the “GO NOW” evacuation zone and urged about 90,000 people to evacuate or prepare to leave.About 42,000 residents were under evacuation orders, while another 45,000 were in an adjacent…

Quote of the day by Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, once observed that passive wishful thinking holds no real value if there was no action put behind it. She stated that she did not believe in people just hoping, insisting that people must work for…