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  • Can this popular outdoors attraction provide a solution for the Enchantments?

    November 15, 2025 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Aspen, Colorado

    To protect natural landscapes and use its resources as efficiently as possible, Pitkin County in Colorado closely manages daily use of popular outdoor destination Maroon Bells, with required reservations for people driving to the trailhead and scheduled shuttle rides for all other visitors. The system is possible through public-private partnerships between the local transit authority and a private company that oversees the Maroon Bells reservation system.

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  • Mapping a fairer future: The open-source movement that's mobilising for climate resilience

    October 21, 2025 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    Response Location: Argentina

    The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) trains local communities to create and use open-source maps with low-cost tools like drones and mobile apps, enabling them to prepare for and respond to climate disasters. Firefighters used the maps to prevent casualties during a 2021 wildfire in Argentina, and in Kenya maps were used to secure World Bank funding for flood infrastructure improvements.

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  • How EVs can fix the grid and lower your electric bill

    October 17, 2025 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology allows electric vehicles to send stored battery power back to utilities during peak demand periods. Early pilot programs in Maryland and California have demonstrated reduced grid stress, lower electricity costs, and the potential to transform millions of parked EVs into a distributed energy storage network.

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  • Inside the Colorado factory where AtmosZero is electrifying steam

    October 14, 2025 |

    Canary Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Collins, Colorado

    AtmosZero's modular electric heat pump technology replaces gas-fired industrial boilers to produce steam at up to 165°C, demonstrated at New Belgium brewery where it provides 30-40% of steam needs with 200% efficiency, though at higher installation costs and lower efficiency than waste-heat systems.

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  • Making the Invisible Visible

    October 08, 2025 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Netherlands

    Citizen science initiatives across Europe are using accessible technology to expose toxic emissions that official monitoring misses, triggering institutional responses ranging from increased enforcement to new pollution-control infrastructure.

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  • Behind the Curtains: Inside Nigeria's Shadow Network of Abortion Care

    October 08, 2025 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Komfot Health operates a technology-driven network providing post-abortion care and sexual reproductive health services across Nigeria. The organization trains healthcare providers to address biases, uses a chatbot system for patient triage and connects women to verified medical facilities in six states, acting as intermediaries between women seeking care and trusted healthcare providers. Since launching in 2024, Komfot Health has served over 1,790 women.

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  • The Forest That Proves It: How Sudbury Reclaimed a Moonscape

    October 08, 2025 |

    The GroundTruth Project |

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    Response Location: Canada, Sudbury, Ontario

    The Regreening Sudbury Project transformed a lunar-like wasteland into thriving forest through decades of systematic tree planting (10+ million trees), soil amendments, and transparent open-data tracking. This resulted in a 98% reduction in air pollution and 50% recovery of fish populations while creating a replicable model for ecological restoration.

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  • Meet the AI chatbot that's talking to young South Africans about sex, HIV and self-harm

    October 02, 2025 |

    Bhekisisa |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Cape Town

    Self-Cav is an AI chatbot that provides judgment-free, 24/7 information to young South Africans about HIV prevention, sexual health, and mental health via WhatsApp, allowing them to connect to real healthcare workers when needed. The chatbot is specifically designed to create demand for the HIV prevention medication PrEP among young women. Nearly 10,000 young people have used the chatbot platform, and 25% have been successfully linked to clinics or healthcare workers for PrEP, HIV testing, contraceptives, or mental health support.

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  • Las dos caras de la IA: cómo se usa para ejercer violencia digital contra menores y cómo puede ser parte de la solución (aunque aún tiene limitaciones)

    September 22, 2025 |

    Maldita.es |

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    Response Location: Spain

    Chatbots de IA como Sof-IA y programas educativos como E-tic están ayudando a menores españoles a gestionar el malestar emocional derivado de la violencia digital y a desarrollar pensamiento crítico para identificar y responder ante contenidos manipulados con inteligencia artificial.

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  • Cross Adapts To Phone-Free School

    September 19, 2025 |

    New Haven Independent |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    Since instituting Yondr pouches, which keep phones locked away during the school day, students at Wilbur Cross High School say they feel more present and social with each other, and the library is even reporting an increase in books checked out compared to years past. But some concerns linger about equity when it comes to completing web-based assignments, particularly for students who don’t have laptops.

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