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  • How Frankfurt Harnesses Local Wind Currents for Urban Cooling

    August 03, 2024 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: Germany, Frankfurt

    Frankfurt is changing the way it designs its buildings to adapt to extreme heat. The city works with urban climatology researchers to ensure new housing and skyscrapers won’t impact the wind corridors that keep residents cool, and it promotes practices like installing green roofs.

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  • Need a new outfit? Try the library.

    June 26, 2024 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Dover, New Hampshire

    A pilot project at the Dover Public Library in New Hampshire provided locals with an alternative to fast fashion by hosting a clothing library. Like borrowing a book, people could check out up to five occasion-wear garments, which are the type of pieces you might only wear once, for two weeks at a time.

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  • Meet the 'New' Scientists Engineering Uganda's Future

    June 20, 2024 |

    Solutions Now Africa |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Ntinda-Kampala

    Young Engineers is a STEM education program that helps children build technical skills and knowledge through hands-on activities with a focus on problem-solving. The organization is women-led, and the majority of its 800 participants are girls.

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  • The Fish In The Sea

    June 19, 2024 |

    PBS |

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    Response Location: Scotland

    Nonprofits and coastal communities are popularizing sustainable fishing practices and fishery management to allow ocean ecosystems to bounce back from overfishing and sustain the fishing industry long-term. For example, a community-led organization in Scotland campaigned to create the country’s first “No Take Zone” marine reserve, and a nonprofit in Hawaii is restoring fishponds to revive traditional Hawaiian aquaculture.

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  • How 'Farmfluencers' Are Making Vietnam's Rice Fields More Sustainable

    May 30, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Vietnam

    The Viet Nam Farmers Union rolled out a train-the-trainer program focused on encouraging rice farmers in Vietnam to take up more sustainable practices. This style of training helps farmers overcome any hesitation towards trying new methods by allowing them to learn from their peers and see the success of demonstration plots.

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  • Restaurants Create a Mound of Plastic Waste. Some Are Working to Fix That.

    May 28, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Recirclable provides reusable takeout boxes that customers can return to a participating restaurant within two weeks to avoid being charged a fee, which allows restaurants to cut down on disposable containers that harm the environment. So far Recirclable is working with 14 restaurants and has had thousands of customers select the reusable option, but the effort is difficult to scale up because reuse requires more effort on the part of the consumer and there’s not yet sufficient infrastructure to streamline the process.

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  • The queerest education in America: How LGBTQ+ kids thrive at this Indiana school

    May 13, 2024 |

    The Advocate |

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    Response Location: United States, South Bend, Indiana

    At River Montessori High School, education is tailored to each student’s specific needs with an emphasis on self-directed, hands-on learning. Its welcoming atmosphere has attracted a significant population of LGBTQ+ students who say the school’s approach has helped them build confidence and find a sense of belonging.

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  • The 'Save the Oceans' Tax Break: Recycling Oyster Shells

    May 11, 2024 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States

    Sometimes bolstered by state tax credits, oyster recycling projects across the United States are encouraging restaurants to save their oyster shells, which are used to restore reefs instead of ending up as waste.

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  • Keeping Food Scraps Out of Landfills Is a Bigger Problem Than You Think

    April 25, 2024 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Orange County, California, is increasing the amount of organic waste it diverts from landfills by encouraging residents to put compostable material in the bins they use for yard waste and composting it.

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  • U.S. East Coast adopts 'living shorelines' approach to keep rising seas at bay

    April 24, 2024 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: United States, Blue Hill, Maine

    Contractors and homeowners in Maine are installing living shorelines to deal with the effects of rising sea levels and stronger storms caused by climate change. As opposed to concrete jetties and breakwaters, living shorelines use natural materials like logs, salt-tolerant plants, and coconut fiber to protect the land from erosion and create valuable habitat for local animals.

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