This month's collection of positive climate news stories highlight how the Scouts plan to embrace rewilding to connect UK teenagers with nature, the green energy plan for a former fracking site and the organisation that has committed to planting 10 million trees to replace those lost in six states impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
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Wildlife thriving a year on from river reset
A nature project to reset a river has led to an "abundance" of wildlife and better flood protection for nearby homes, the National Trust says. Rangers from the trust created wetlands on Holnicote Estate, within Exmoor National Park, to slow the flow of the River Aller as it crosses the site. Work was completed a year ago.
The three-year long project to form seven hectares (17 acres) of waterscapes and wetlands with channels, pools, wetland and marshes is a UK first, according to the conservation charity. Area ranger, Jack Siviter, said: "Twelve months on it's full of life, it's bright green and there's water and plants everywhere."
Find out more on the BBC website.
Regular wellbeing beach cleans after event success
Wellbeing beach cleans in Guernsey will become a regular thing following "the success of an initial gathering" at the end of 2024, bosses say. The Healthcare Group, Guernsey Mind and the Clean Earth Trust held the first event in November 2024.
Organisers said: "These gatherings are set to become a regular fixture, offering an uplifting way to connect with others while contributing positively to the local environment."
Find out more on the BBC website.

Record year for wind power in 2024 in the UK
Wind provided more electricity than ever last year as the UK moved further away from planet-warming fossil fuels to power the nation, new data shows.
Electricity generation from major fossil fuel power stations fell to just over a quarter of the total last year as other renewable sources, such as solar, also rose, along with electricity imports. The government wants less than 5% of electricity to come from polluting fossil fuels by 2030.
Find out more on the BBC website.
Scouts embrace rewilding to connect UK teenagers with nature
A £150,000 initiative to tackle the “teenage dip” in nature connectedness will involve the Scout Association introducing rewilding to its adventure centres across the UK.
The funding by the environmental charity Rewilding Britain, will support 11 projects aimed at putting young people at the heart of nature restoration. Several focus explicitly on reversing the sharp decline in young people’s engagement with the natural world during adolescence.
Find out more on The Guardian website.
Arbor Day Foundation to plant 10 million trees to replace those destroyed by Hurricanes Helene and Milton
The Arbor Day Foundation has committed to planting 10 million trees in the next four years to replace those lost in six states impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. The trees will be planted in forestlands and communities in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia.
The global non-profit has helped plant more than half a billion trees all over the world, assisting with recovery efforts following hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and floods in more than 60 nations since it began in 1972.
Find out more on the EcoWatch website.

Green energy plan for former fracking site
An underground well drilled in preparation for a controversial fracking operation is now being used to create clean, green geothermal energy. The site in Kirby Misperton was at the centre of a long running protest in 2016, after Third Energy was given permission to extract shale gas.
However, after the project failed to get consent from the government, the company was taken over by CeraPhi who now hope to use the Earth's natural heat to provide hot water to homes in the village within the next two years.
Find out more on the BBC website.
Green skills drive launched to train 'thousands'
The government has announced plans to invest in green skills training to support a transition to clean power with "thousands" of new jobs. Aberdeen, Cheshire, Lincolnshire and Pembrokeshire have been identified as key growth regions for clean energy.
Funding will be provided in these areas to identify the support needed to train more workers, as part of plans to make the UK energy-secure with clean power by 2030.
Find out more on the BBC website.
By Eveline Vouillemin ©
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