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Host Nan Franzblau talks with six 4th graders from Jose Barrios Elementary School about a variety of activities they have done with the New Earth Project.  The kids share their passion for redworms, how they care for the worms in their classrooms, and what worm cocoons look like.  They address what lives in healthy soil and how all living things depend on decomposers.  Finally, throughout this delightful and engaging conversation, […]

Host Nan Franzblau talks with recent Cobre High School graduates Keana Huerta and Matthew Chavez about what motivates them to take action and the positive changes they would like to see in their communities of Hurley and Bayard.  They also share their experiences as participants in the Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session, how that prepared them to be effective leaders, and how it inspired Keana to become the youngest […]

Host Nan Franzblau joins youth activists as they lead Grant County residents in a march to end the use of fossil fuels, adding their voices to the global movement.  The kids share their concerns about climate change, what inspires their activism, and what others can do to make a difference.  In the second half of New Earth Kids, we'll hear a roundtable discussion with residents of Bayard who enlisted an […]