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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.

In his film, BEEKEEPER, Keith Griffith III explains the essential role of pollinators in the environment and in food production. He is on a mission to spread the word about the ecologically critical honeybee.

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, 15-year-old Keith Griffith III from Louisville, Kentucky shares how beekeeping taught him healing, hope, and the importance of protecting pollinators.