{"id":584397,"date":"2021-05-27T16:10:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T20:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/?p=584397"},"modified":"2022-01-18T10:41:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T15:41:45","slug":"eco-activity-131-collect-and-conserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/eco-activities\/eco-activity-131-collect-and-conserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Eco-Activity: Collect and Conserve!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/feature-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-584400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/feature-5.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/feature-5-300x150.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Climate change is causing lots of wacky weather, from increasing temperatures to droughts, forest fires, and floods. 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