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  • Oregon Is Turning Sewage into an Endless Supply of Green Energy

    March 17, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Clackamas county, Oregon

    A wastewater treatment plant in Oregon not only cleans water that is released into the local river, but it also creates fertilizer that is sent to farmers to use on non-food crops and it produces renewable power from methane. The green energy created at the plant heats five buildings on the site and produces half of the energy the facility uses. This kind of co-generation system is growing in other places in the United States, China, Brazil, and Norway.

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  • How one small road is teaching Norfolk big lessons on flood mitigation

    March 02, 2022 |

    WAVY-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Norfolk, Virginia

    In Norfolk, Virginia, city planners are mitigating seasonal floods by planning for the future. City planners raised intersections on two key streets of an intersection and built a park to restore wetlands.

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  • Switching Charcoal Burning To Beekeeping To Protect Environment

    February 22, 2022 |

    Rwanda Dispatch |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Rwanda

    Former charcoal producers in Rwanda are leaving behind an environmentally taxing livelihood and make a steadier livelihood by learning a new trade — beekeeping. In 2021, an organization known as The APIARY started training people in six Rwandan districts, where over 28 people were trained to train others in their communities. So far, those who have switched have seen their income triple.

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  • Chiswick Flower market attracts 60,000 visitors

    January 21, 2022 |

    The Chiswick |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    The Community Interest Company, run by volunteers, organized the Chiswick Flower Market to revitalize the local economy. The eight flower markets that were held increased foot-traffic to local businesses by about 70% compared to non-market Sundays. Of the over 60 vendors, 65% were based locally. The market made a £12,000 profit, which is being reinvested in community sustainability projects. Sustainability and reducing the market’s carbon footprint are priority initiatives.

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  • Sanitation solutions: How giving people trash bins made Baltimore cleaner

    October 20, 2021 |

    WHYY |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Baltimore’s green bin program shows there are relatively simple steps cities can take to tangibly improve the cleanliness of neighborhoods. The solution is also working in Philadelphia, through which people who live in the city are lidded trash cans and bins to store their garbage.

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  • RGGI, behind the rhetoric: What we know about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

    September 14, 2021 |

    StateImpact Pennsylvania |

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    Response Location: United States

    A regional cap-and-trade program in the northeast United States has reduced carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and led to overall job gains in the economy. Up to 50 percent of the region’s CO2 reductions are attributable to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative program and nine of the states participating report training more than 8,000 workers.

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  • The tree cutting emissions from Brazilian beef

    June 29, 2021 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    A company in Brazil has found a new way to cut carbon emissions from growing beef by planting more eucalyptus trees. According to research, planting eucalyptus trees among the grazing areas reduces the carbon footprint, helps cows fatten faster, and offsets the cows' methane emissions.

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  • Farm cooperatives allow Latinos to grow and sell food on their own terms

    June 25, 2021 |

    Southerly |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Henderson, North Carolina

    Tierra Fertil Coop in Henderson County, North Carolina is helping the Latino community in the area grow their own food. Residents are able to keep what they grow at no cost, tend to their gardens and build community. The coop also operates as a business by selling excess fruits and vegetables at local markets.

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  • Local experts offer free classes, resources to create water efficient landscaping

    June 21, 2021 |

    KSTU-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Localscapes is a program in Utah promoting more water-efficient landscaping. The program includes state-based horticulturists, landscape professionals, and water experts who help interested people make the most sustainable use of their yards and lawns. "The program focuses on five techniques: a central open space, gathering areas, activity zones, paths and planting beds."

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  • 'The Beachcombers' town is now famous for fighting climate change

    May 18, 2021 |

    Broadview Magazine |

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    Response Location: Canada, Gibsons, British Columbia

    A hit TV show in the 1970s and ‘80s called The Beachcombers brought the town of Gibsons and its logging practices into homes across Canada. After years of pollution and land degradation, it became one of the first towns in the world to incorporate nature into the municipality’s finances. Developers have to take stock of what natural infrastructure is on their property before they build. The town also launched an initiative to encourage other places to calculate the value of their green infrastructure. So far, 30 of them have signed up across the Great White North.

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