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  • Once cold, now too hot: Efforts to cut rising temperature in Nigeria's plateau intensifies

    Patrick Obia

    July 04, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Obanliku, Cross River

    The nonprofit Africa Research Association Managing Development teaches communities in Obanliku, Nigeria, to run their own businesses in things like gardening, soap making, and marketing, and helps establish cocoa cooperatives to keep them from depending on deforestation for income. The program also requires communities to designate parts of the forest for conservation and trains members to protect those areas.

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  • Seeds of hope: the charity helping to replant Peru's rainforest

    Laura Joffre

    July 04, 2023 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Peru

    Plant Your Future is working with Peruvian farmers to reforest the Amazon rainforest by helping them earn an income while growing trees instead of doing so by cutting trees down. The charity does outreach, teaches farmers about agroforestry, intercropping, and the carbon market, and then supports them throughout the transition to those practices.

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  • This machine creates drinking water ‘from thin air' in driest parts of the world

    Peter O'Dowd

    June 29, 2023 |

    WBUR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Solar-powered machines called hydropanels draw water vapor from the air to create drinking water for those without access to water from a utility and those living in a drought.

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  • The white roofs cooling women's homes in Indian slums

    Vandana K

    June 28, 2023 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: India, Jodhpur, Rajasthan

    The nonprofit Mahila Housing Trust provides women in India who are particularly vulnerable to extreme heat and heat-related illness with white solar reflective paint for the roofs of their homes. Painting the roofs white cools the inside of the homes by several degrees.

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  • Don't call it vegan: What hospitals are learning about nudging people to eat greener

    Martha Bebinger

    June 28, 2023 |

    WBUR |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospitals in Boston found success encouraging staff to eat more plant-based meals by emphasizing the climate benefits and not labeling foods as vegan or vegetarian.

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  • Southern California Episcopal church plants drought-resistant native species in its gardens, becomes part of its natural environment

    Logan Crews

    June 28, 2023 |

    Episcopal News Service |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Laguna Beach, California

    St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Laguna Beach, California, planted drought-resistant native plants and installed a drip irrigation system on its property to curb wasteful water use. The new landscaping also includes a pollinator garden to support important species.

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  • How Can Electric Vehicles Overcome Their Limitations?

    Ethan Brown

    June 24, 2023 |

    The Sweaty Penguin |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    When compared to gas-powered cars, electric vehicles save drivers money on fuel and maintenance, are more energy efficient, and emit significantly fewer greenhouse gases.

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  • Pennsylvania Could Be a Model for Solar-Powered Schools — If It Can Get Past Political Divisions.

    Audrey Carleton

    June 22, 2023 |

    Capital & Main |

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    Response Location: United States, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

    A solar panel array at the Steelton-Highspire School District generates enough energy to meet the schools’ needs, and the switch to solar is estimated to save the district $1.6 million over the next 20 years, which it can use to improve programming for students.

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  • Can the bioeconomy replace oil extraction in the Ecuadorian Amazon?

    Gabriela Barzallo

    June 22, 2023 |

    El País |

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    Response Location: Ecuador

    Communities in Ecuador are building a “bioeconomy” through ecotourism and sustainable agriculture instead of relying on oil extraction. This can help protect the country’s biodiversity and increase locals’ incomes.

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  • How to build a zero-waste economy

    Joseph Winters

    June 21, 2023 |

    Grist |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Entrepreneurs are encouraging reuse models like return-from-home systems to transition towards a circular economy without single-use plastics. In this model, consumers pay a deposit to use takeout boxes, cups, and other containers. They get their deposit back when the containers are picked up from their home by a courier.

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