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The Amazon rainforest is famous for its diverse wildlife. And the number of tourists who want to take selfies with its fascinating animals is rising fast. Sadly, this has led to the exploitation of sloths, caimans, pink river dolphins, anacondas, and many more animals, who belong in the... 
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Meredith Morrissey, a 2014 graduate of the Educator Academy in the Amazon, is using Instagram (http://instagram.com/amazon_merd) to build Amazon awareness in her classroom and generate momentum for a student Amazon Rainforest Workshop in 2015. Each day of the week has a theme related to the Amazon - providing fun facts, travel tips, things her students can do to get involved. Follow her and start building your own group! Learn more about leading your own student group at www.amazonworkshops.com !
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In 2013 the United Nations declared October 11th the International Day of the Girl as a means of raising awareness about young women and gender empowerment around the world. To highlight the issue, we spoke recently with Kailani Clarke, a high school student at the Gunston School of Maryland, who is a passionate birder, blogger...
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http://youtu.be/LfUP6ejMnzs To mark the 50th birthday of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) back in March, thousands of leafcutter ants at the Cologne Zoo were enlisted in a novel "Ant Rally" to ...
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AWESOMENESS ALERT! Fantastic and fun, this video clip is a great way to launch an Amazon Awareness campaign in your classroom. (If it works for the World Wildlife Fund, it will work for you!)
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Attn Educators: Teachable moment. What's wrong with taking wildlife selfies? Plenty!