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Compassionate Young Leaders You Should Get to Know: Sophia Hu

April 01, 2026 — Just after our excited chat about the new Ed Sheeran album, Sophia taught me that Python is more than just the name of a venomous tropical snake and that I should have paid more attention in seventh grade Powerpoint class. This seventeen-year-old computer whizz from East Brunswick, New Jersey could probably write groundbreaking code in her sleep […]

Delhi, India Has Banned All Plastic. Yes, ALL Plastic.

April 01, 2026 — Every year, roughly 8.8 million metric tons of plastic — the entire amount of plastic we humans produced in 1961 — is swept into the ocean with the devastating future of strangling sea life and polluting plankton. Nearly 60% of that plastic littering the seawater comes from a single country: India. Trailing after China and […]

Celebrate World Wildlife Day: An Action Plan

April 01, 2026 — Join us in celebration of March 3rd, World Wildlife Day! The UN urges us to “Listen to the Young Voices,” because they are the ones who face a world with the possibility of a vast reduction in wildlife due to the actions of their ancestors. They’ve grown up singing about the wolf crying to the […]

Roots & Shoots Project of the Month (POTM): Feral cats find hope when they stray onto the beaten path

April 01, 2026 — It looks like these feral cats wandered into the right place when they chose to take up residence in the scaffolding of PS 223Q in Queens, New York. Students had observed the furry felines roaming around school buildings and became fearful that they might become homeless if the scaffolding were to come down, so they […]

Do You Want to Be A Farmer When You Grow Up?

April 01, 2026 — Do you ever fantasize about farming and growing your own food? Growing up, did you ever plan on living like Laura Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie? Or have you seen the organic farming and permaculture craze engulf the Internet, and you’ve decided it’s time to hop on board? There’s no doubt that in […]

9,497 Days of Change (Happy Birthday, Roots & Shoots!)

April 01, 2026 — 26 years ago (or 9,497 days), Dr. Jane and a group of teenagers in Tanzania turned a back porch gathering into strategy session that would start them on a journey toward building a better future. Those 12 students would represent the very first Roots & Shoots group…the first of now thousands of groups in more than 100 countries […]

Compassionate Young Leaders You Should Get to Know: René Jameson

April 01, 2026 — For some, Valentine’s Day is about giving out candy grams in class, or handing a rose to a crush, but for René Jameson it is about sending love to the elderly folks in her community who may have not gotten a valentine in years. Each year, in her hometown of Greenwich, Connecticut, she makes over […]

Compassionate Young Leaders You Should Get to Know: Kye Masino

April 01, 2026 — While most 9-year-olds might have been wishing for a new bike or hoping to have a play date with their next-door neighbor, Kye Masino was dreaming up revolutionary change. This change came in the form of his service organization, KYE-YAC, based out of Hot Springs, Arkansas, led by youth for the benefit of youth. Now, […]

Finding Peace in a Time of Uncertainty

April 01, 2026 — by Barbara Sarbin, Something Good in the World My work takes me into quiet places in nature, with children who have experienced things that no child should have to. Often when I am with a group of refugees from Central America, and I discover that one of the girls is only 11 years old, the […]

Roots & Shoots Project of the Month (POTM): Simon Says, Get to Know Your Community Partners

April 01, 2026 — Simon says, “take two giant steps forward.” Simon says, “turn to the person next to you and shake hands.” These are instructions that may sound familiar to most people since “Simon Says” is a staple childhood playground game. That’s exactly what children in an after school program in Gallatin, Tennessee thought when they challenged local […]

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Compassionate Young Leaders You Should Get to Know: Sophia Hu

Delhi, India Has Banned All Plastic. Yes, ALL Plastic.

Celebrate World Wildlife Day: An Action Plan

Roots & Shoots Project of the Month (POTM): Feral cats find hope when they stray onto the beaten path

Do You Want to Be A Farmer When You Grow Up?

9,497 Days of Change (Happy Birthday, Roots & Shoots!)

Compassionate Young Leaders You Should Get to Know: René Jameson

Compassionate Young Leaders You Should Get to Know: Kye Masino

Finding Peace in a Time of Uncertainty

Roots & Shoots Project of the Month (POTM): Simon Says, Get to Know Your Community Partners