UNICEF is selecting up to 12 young climate leaders advancing climate education worldwide. 🌍 Last call to apply — help shape the future of climate education with UNICEF Climate education has moved beyond awareness. Today, it’s about building real capacity for change.There’s still time to apply for this powerful changemaker opportunity.Submit your application and join this 18-month … Read more
Meet Ned, the enthusiastic puppy whose tree-planting misadventures will have kids laughing and learning. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Vancouver, BC — 27/11/2025 The ChariTree Foundation is delighted to share that a new children’s book, Don’t Let Ned Plant a Tree THERE! Written by ChariTree founder, Andrea Koehle Jones, was acquired by a Canadian publisher in June 2025 … Read more
Response to Outdoor Classroom Grant Program Overwhelming as Funding Goes Out to Schools Nationwide FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — November 10, 2025 Kelowna, BC — Thousands of children across Canada are stepping outside to learn, thanks to The ChariTree Foundation’s Outdoor Classroom Grant Program. From Newfoundland and Labrador to British Columbia and the Yukon, schools are transforming traditional lessons … Read more
Belém, Brazil, 22 November 2025: Andrea Koehle Jones, Founder & Executive Director, The ChariTree Foundation: “It’s alarming and heartbreaking that forests nearly vanished from the core Amazon COP30 deal, especially when children will face the worst impacts of ecosystem loss. With more than a billion children and youth already at extreme climate risk, urgent forest … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEVancouver, Canada – October 20, 2025 The ChariTree Foundation is proud to contribute to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD)forthcoming global report on collective progress in implementing the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) — the world’s plan to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. As part of this global effort, … Read more
Open letter from civil society to world leaders at the UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit: Draw the line by demanding Global North countries do their fair share of climate action As the UNSG’s Climate Summit convenes in New York on September 24, the national plans governments submit will shape our collective future and define the … Read more
Bacteria Behind Decade-Long Sea Star Die-Off Identified “The ChariTree Foundation congratulates Canadian scientists on this extraordinary breakthrough in identifying the cause of the sea star die-off. We’ve been following this crisis since 2009 and are deeply relieved that a solution is now within reach to help protect sea stars and restore ocean biodiversity. Children everywhere … Read more
By ChariTree Foundation | London, UK – July 8, 2025 Professor Michael Koehle, Board Member and Environmental Physiology Expert, Will Join Global Leaders to Address the Health Impacts of Climate Change Canada’s ChariTree Foundation, a United Nations Climate Observer Organization, is empowering young people through hands-on learning with outdoor classrooms and advocacy. At the heart of this mission … Read more
Rising Tide of Support for Marine Conservation: UN Ocean Summit Ends with Deeper Call for Ocean Action Nice (France) — The UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) has just concluded in France, generating a rising tide of momentum—but also revealing the need for deeper action ahead. Ninety-five governments endorsed a strong declaration backing a global plastics treaty, … Read more
JOINT PRESS RELEASE – 3 June 2025 Less than one week before world leaders gather in Nice for the United Nations Ocean Conference 2025, a powerful coalition of 208 environmental organisations has issued an urgent call for governments to ban offshore oil and gas exploration and commit to comprehensive ocean protection measures. The open letter … Read more