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Making More from Less

Vandana K

February 08, 2024 |

Bluedot Living |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Pimpri, Maharashtra

Farmers in India are using solar dryers to reduce the amount of crops that are wasted due to weather and increase their incomes. The enclosed machines reach high temperatures to dry out crops like grapes on mesh trays and produce a higher-quality, more hygienic end product compared to sun drying.

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Futel utilizes forgotten payphones with free calls for anyone

Ellen Clarke

February 07, 2024 |

Street Roots |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

The volunteer-run nonprofit Futel operates free public phone booths in Portland, Oregon, that people can use to be connected with services, make calls, or simply chat with an operator. Each call is directed to all of the volunteer operators’ phones, and whoever picks up first addresses the needs of the person on the other end of the line.

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How communities worldwide are working to solve the water crisis

Paige Sutherland Meghna Chakrabarti

February 02, 2024 |

WBUR |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, California

Communities around the world are developing innovative technological solutions to the growing water crisis. In California, for example, the Orange County Water District runs a wastewater recycling plant that purifies the water enough to be released back into the underground aquifer that supplies drinking water.

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Giving buildings a new, green lease on life

Krithiga Narayanan

February 02, 2024 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: India, Chennai

An architect in Chennai, India, is retrofitting private residences and public buildings to be more sustainable. They make changes like installing energy-efficient upgrades, solar panels, improved ventilation, and low-flow plumbing fixtures to reduce water and energy consumption.

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Minnesota schools testing electric buses find benefits and barriers

Dan Gunderson

January 30, 2024 |

MPR News |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Morris, Minnesota

After adding electric school buses to its fleet with the help of grant funding, Morris Area Schools saw its fuel costs drop from about $3 per gallon to the equivalent of about $1 a gallon. Each bus is estimated to help cut roughly 140 tons of carbon emissions over its lifetime.

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The race to build climate-resilient coral reefs

Chris Lovenko

January 29, 2024 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Australia

Researchers and conservationists around the world are finding ways to help coral reefs grow quicker and survive the warming ocean temperatures caused by climate change. The Australian company Coral Maker is using artificial intelligence and robots to mass produce concrete skeletons for coral to grow on, and the Coral Restoration Foundation is growing coral on floating "trees."

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Un Béninois fabrique une table pour réchauffer les bébés à la naissance

Virgile Ahissou

January 29, 2024 |

SciDev.Net |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Benin

Pour aider les cliniques du Bénin à éviter le coût de l'importation d'equipement médical, un technicien a conçu sa propre version d'une table chauffante, qui aide à réguler la température des bébés prématurés. Les tables chauffantes sont désormais utilisées dans une vingtaine de cliniques et autres centres de santé.

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AI is helping school districts navigate bus driver shortages

Alex Fitzpatrick

January 25, 2024 |

Axios |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado Springs, Colorado

HopSkipDrive is a transportation company with an artificial intelligence tool that helps schools across the United States optimize their bus routes around driver shortages. The company uses a combination of traditional bus rides and passenger cars operated by its drivers to improve on-time arrival rates and reduce absenteeism.

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Yellowstone Club becomes first ski resort in Montana to turn wastewater into snow

Justin Franz

January 18, 2024 |

Montana Free Press |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Montana

The Yellowstone Club ski resort in Montana is misting treated wastewater into the air with machines to make snow. This keeps its ski runs open during dry winters and produces more runoff in the summers to recharge crucial aquifers.

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Native nations with scarce internet are building their own broadband networks

Madyson Fitzgerald

January 17, 2024 |

Stateline |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Hopi Reservation, United States, Arizona

In an effort to address a lack of broadband access, Indigenous communities are working together, and with local organizations, to acquire funding to bring internet access to their communities and close the digital divide.

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