In April 2020 in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Napo River and one of its tributaries, the Coca River, ran dark with oil. A landslide had ruptured three pipelines, setting in motion a spill that would become one of Ecuador's worst environmental disasters in recent history.
The spill has affected thousands of people directly and indirectly. A year on from the spill and people are still being impacted by skin issues and stomach problems, and forced to eat oil affected food from the river and soil.
Join others in asking for the spill to be cleaned properly so that people can resume a healthy quality of life.
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/251/324/628/?z00m=32745782&redirectID=3110738365
📸: Care2
Reading the Helping News and looking for quick access to ALL the ways to help (in a specific interest category)?
Just tap the interest category title.
Vaccine equity got a boost over the weekend as the “Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World" raised enough for 26 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.
📸: Jordan Strauss, AP
A new fabric is joining the ranks of Patagonia's innovative materials. It is called NetPlus, and it's the result of a multi-year collaboration with Bureo, a company that collects and recycles old fishing nets into usable nylon.
https://www.treehugger.com/patagonia-bureo-making-jackets-old-fishing-nets-5180198
📸: Patagonia x Bureo
Join in our May Pledge this Mental Health Awareness Month.
Pledge to support your own mental health or check-in on a friend with easy tips that help. Details in our FEATURED ways to help.
📸: PicsArt
Thanks Get outside anytime during the first week of June anywhere you’d like with the activity of your choice. Hike your favorite trail, walk your pup in a nearby park, or jog around your neighborhood and take a moment to appreciate the nature all around you.
This event has no leaderboards, no timers, no pressure. It’s all about you and nature.
Join in the WWF 5K For Nature (and you can do less than 5K too!).
PS - Please note, while ThatHelps strives to provide you with no-cost ways to help, there is a nominal fee associated with this event.
https://support.worldwildlife.org/site/SPageServer/?pagename=panda_nation_virtual_5K_for_nature
📸: WWF
Wrote another letter to a Senator.
Did you know that more than half of Americans don't know how to swim?
Tap "Education" above to sign a petition advocating for all children to have access to swim lessons and water safety education.
📸: ctcwcs.com
Armed Forces Day honors all soldiers currently serving in America's military.
Tap "Veterans & Military" to find out how you can celebrate (even from home) on May 15 by visiting memorials.
📸: U.S. Air Force/Joe Juarez
Cozy rooms and less-to-furnish has its pluses!
Add sustainability to the list, and now you’ve got a new line of tiny (green) homes made out of shipping containers.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/company-shipping-containers-sustainable-tiny-homes
📸: Instagram, SG Blocks
