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Environmental peacebuilding

Hello, little one! Today we're going to learn about environmental peacebuilding.

You know how we always try to be kind to nature and animals around us? Well, what we call "environmental peacebuilding" means trying to make peace between people and nature.

Sometimes people can hurt nature without even realizing it, like when they throw trash on the ground or cut down trees. And when nature is hurt, it can make people who rely on it for things like food or water very unhappy. When people are unhappy, that can lead to arguments, fights, and even wars.

So environmental peacebuilding is a way of trying to stop that from happening by helping people understand how important nature is, and how we can take better care of it. This can mean working with communities to create things like parks or nature reserves, helping them learn new ways to farm without hurting the environment, or even just planting trees and cleaning up trash.

When we take care of nature, it can make people happier and create more peaceful communities. And that's something we can all work together to achieve!
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