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In MY BEAUTIFUL NICARAGUA, BYkids filmmaker Edelsin Linette Mendez showcases the effects of climate change, such as increasing temperatures, erratic rainfall, and the resulting fungal epidemic known as “la roya” on her family’s generations-old coffee farm. Edelsin’s family, and many more like hers, have suffered losses of up to 50% of their typical crops, and USAID estimates that Central American coffee production as a whole will fall by up to 40% in the next few years.

Our environment—Mother Earth and biodiversity—is inextricably connected to our ongoing existence. That’s the message of 14-year-old Diya Payal’s film, SEEDS OF LIFE.

Climate activist Helena Marschall, 20, takes us into a youth-led movement in Germany to get political leaders to act.

This BYkids School Guide is designed to help you as an educator expand your students’ use of this film from passive watching to active, deeply personalized learning.

This BYkids School Guide is designed to help you as an educator expand your students’ use of this film from passive watching to active, deeply personalized learning.

In this BYkids short documentary Diya Payal, a 14-year-old in India, takes a look at what sustainable agriculture is and how it can help us to grow our food in harmony with nature.