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This unexpected material might be in your next sweater

Nicolás Rivero

February 12, 2024 |

The Washington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

The Amsterdam-based startup Human Material Loop, collects human hair from salons and spins it into yarn to make clothing and furniture. It aims to keep hair out of landfills and incinerators while reducing the demand for synthetic fibers and wool, all of which produce greenhouse gases.

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Solar States

Courtney Duchene

February 08, 2024 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Philadelphia-based company Solar States offers a paid training opportunity for city residents to learn to install solar panels and earn the necessary credentials to help them start careers in the industry. The company’s newest program, Find Your Ladder, is a training opportunity for people who have been through the criminal justice system.

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Making 'Climate Candy' From Upcycled Fruits and Veggies

Sue Williams

February 07, 2024 |

The Story Exchange |

Video |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States

The Climate Candy brand makes fruit chews out of misshapen fruits and vegetables that would otherwise be wasted because they don’t meet the criteria to be sold in grocery stores.

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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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Pre-Pesticides, Pro-Farmer: The Rise of Agroecology

Meg Wilcox

January 23, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Philippines

Farmers around the world are implementing agroecology practices to make their farms more resilient to climate change while promoting climate justice to strengthen farming communities. Agroecology follows 13 principles that include ecological practices, like using organic fertilizers, and political and social values, like embracing land rights.

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An overlooked climate solution unfolds in Memphis' energy challenges

Ashli Blow

January 23, 2024 |

Tennessee Lookout |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis Gas Light and Water’s weatherization program is helping city residents prepare their homes for increasingly intense storms in ways that also reduce their energy use from fossil-fuel-derived sources and their utility bills. Contractors may install a new air conditioner or repair walls, but the resident is never charged for the services because ratepayers round up their bills to cover the cost.

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Power of Mama: the women firefighters of West Borneo

Rita Utari

January 18, 2024 |

BBC |

Video |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Indonesia, Ketapang

An all-women firefighting team in Ketapang, Indonesia, is stopping people from setting fires to clear land, a practice called slash and burn, and putting out the fires they can’t prevent. Arsonists often set fire to peatlands, which pollutes the air and releases stored carbon dioxide.

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Houses that breathe: Vietnamese architects turning the tide to tackle climate change

Nhung Nguyen

January 15, 2024 |

Mekong Eye |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Vietnam

Architects in Vietnam are creating climate-resilient buildings with nature-based designs and materials that adapt to the local weather to reduce the building’s emissions throughout its lifespan by naturally regulating the temperature.

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Tidal power: What's holding it back?

Graihagh Jackson Jordan Dunbar Malene Jensen

January 14, 2024 |

BBC |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: South Korea

Researchers in South Korea and Ireland are harnessing the power from the up, down, and side-to-side motions of ocean tides as a source of renewable energy.

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