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  • Solar Industry Trainees Install Money-Saving Panels on Two Petworth Homes

    Kayla Benjamin

    July 19, 2023 |

    The Washington Informer |

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    Response Location: United States, Petworth, Washington

    Run by a nonprofit dedicated to creating economic development opportunities in underserved communities, the Solar Works DC training program provides people interested in entering the solar industry with certifications. The trainees are paid and spend up to seven weeks learning in the classroom and on the job.

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  • Amid Severe Drought, Arizona Turns to Sustainable Farming

    Roe Medovoi-Klotz

    July 16, 2023 |

    The Sweaty Penguin |

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    Response Location: Tohono O'odham Nation Reservation, United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Tucson-based Mission Garden’s crops are thriving in a drought-stricken region because of the use of techniques and knowledge from the Tohono O’odham Nation to plant traditional local crops and native plants that can handle the lack of water.

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  • This woman-led philanthropy is cutting billionaires out of climate funding decisions

    Jessica Kutz

    July 14, 2023 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Fund for Frontline Power directs philanthropy funding to grassroots environmental justice organizations through grants. Thirteen environmental justice leaders, who are mostly women of color, organize the fund and ensure the community leaders are the ones who decide how the grant money is used once it is awarded.

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  • How ancient 'skywells' are keeping Chinese homes cool

    Xiaoying You

    July 13, 2023 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: China

    Architects in China are drawing inspiration from the ancient practice of building skywells, and restoring old ones, as a low-carbon way to keep homes cool in modern times. Skywells are rectangular tunnels in the middle of a building that function similarly to a chimney, allowing cool air from outside to flow in and push the warmer air out.

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  • New Tree Tech: Cutting-edge drones give reforestation a helping hand

    Claire Asher

    July 12, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Using drones to drop seeds is becoming a valid option to increase the scale and efficiency of tree-planting projects, especially in locations that are difficult for humans to reach. Seattle-based Mast Reforestation drops seeds in fire-ravaged areas with massive, custom-designed drones, and Australia’s AirSeed Technologies does so with a team of drones that don’t need human supervisors.

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  • Electric Trucks Are Making Their Way In California. We Took A Ride To See What It's Like

    Erin Stone

    July 07, 2023 |

    LAist |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Electric semi-trucks get less hot than their diesel counterparts and emit no fumes, improving the driving experience for drivers while reducing emissions.

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  • Breadfruit: A starchy, delicious climate and biodiversity solution

    Claudia Geib

    July 06, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Puerto Rico

    Nonprofits are spreading knowledge of breadfruit trees to communities facing food insecurity around the world because it is a reliable, resilient crop that produces abundant yields. Local farmers are taking an agroecology approach to planting the trees — which produce a nutritious, potato-like fruit — with other mixed crops so the plants can benefit from each other.

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  • Can a City Feed Itself?

    Peter Yeung

    July 06, 2023 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    In Paris, building-based agriculture, like rooftop gardens, allows for the production of nutritious food close to where they will be eaten. The practice helps eliminate carbon emissions, improve food security, and improve climate resilience.

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  • Trees like women best: Nepal's forests thrive with female bosses

    Mukesh Pokhrel

    July 05, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

    The Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal manages the country’s community forest. For the past 30 years, the organization made a point to ensure half of its employees are women, and that women have access to leadership roles. As a result, a path has opened for more women to work in politics and the forests managed by women are thriving the most.

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  • These climate advocates don't care about your carbon footprint. They care about whether you vote.

    Claire Elise Thompson

    July 05, 2023 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States

    In an effort to fix the climate movement’s voter turnout problem, the Environmental Voter Project’s 6,000 volunteers use behavioral and data science in their outreach campaigns to encourage environmentalists to become consistent voters so the issues they care about are prioritized by politicians.

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