President Obama has announced a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in United States coastal waters, leading to concerns over oil spills and increased pollution.

The first Earth Day, in 1970, marked the beginning of what we now know as the modern environmental movement. Check out these resources for more about the environment and what you can do to protect it.

Even though whale hunting was banned in 1986, whales are still being killed today. Learn about what environmental activists are doing to help stop the killing.

Avatar isn’t just another dumb action flick. Between the special effects, Avatar slips in a worthwhile anti-war, anti-conquest message.

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Grow up to be an environmentalist scientist and help save the environment!

Obama stops auction of public land after environmental protests.

Global corporations are earning large profits by selling water to people while hurting the environment.

“I BECAME A VEGETARIAN because I was eating sausage for breakfast, and I realized that it was once a living, breathing creature, and I vowed never to eat [meat] again,” said Montrose, Pennsylvania ninth-grader Nikki Printz.

If you can’t visit a community garden, you can still grow living things in your home.