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  • Taking the classroom outside: How nature is teaching valuable lessons in Uganda

    Martine Moguem Alex Dines

    April 18, 2024 |

    Farm Radio International |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Uganda, Kikandwa

    The residents of Kikandwa, Uganda, came together to create the Kikandwa Environmental Association to implement nature-based solutions in their community. The solutions are combatting climate change and generating more income than options with a negative environmental impact. For example, many people traded cutting trees to make charcoal for selling seedlings at the local tree nursery.

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  • AC Has a Big Climate Impact. This New Tech Could be a Game Changer

    Sarah Sax Andrew D. Johnson

    April 16, 2024 |

    Time Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Beverly Hills, California

    Thermal storage technologies are lowering businesses’ energy costs and carbon emissions while reducing strain on the grid during peak times. Two hotels in California implemented a system that makes ice when energy demand is low and uses the ice during peak demand times to cool the building.

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  • 8 years into America's e-scooter experiment, what have we learned?

    Syris Valentine

    April 15, 2024 |

    Grist |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    E-scooters have struggled to find their footing since spreading across the United States as an eco-friendly transportation option. Companies like Lime are looking for ways to increase rider safety and ensure the scooters are as sustainable as possible.

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  • Krakow Can Breathe Again

    Jan Zabka

    April 15, 2024 |

    Transitions Online |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Poland, Krakow

    An activist organization in Poland, Krakow Smog Alarm, teaches people about poor air quality in their city and helps them organize together to lobby their local governments for effective clean air measures.

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  • A Phoenix farm is making renewable energy while also providing shade for crops

    Madison Knutson

    April 09, 2024 |

    KJZZ |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    A farm in Phoenix, Arizona, uses agrivoltaics to generate renewable energy with limited space and provide shade for crops in extreme heat. The agricultural practice involves installing solar panels above crops on the same plot of land.

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  • Manufacturers Paying for Recyclable Waste

    Courtney Duchene

    April 04, 2024 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    State governments in the United States are implementing Extended Producer Responsibility laws to fund recycling programs. The laws impose a fee on the manufacturers of products that become recyclable waste. The money earned is designated for projects that increase recycling rates.

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  • The Great Wall of Surajpura

    Roli Srivastava

    March 29, 2024 |

    The Migration Story |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India, Surajpura

    The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) is a job program that employs locals to work on climate resilience projects like building water security infrastructure to support local farms and communities. In the past year, with the help of the work from MGNREGA, local farms have come back to life, wells have been replenished and migratory birds have begun returning to the area.

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  • Biochar Is ‘Low-Hanging Fruit' for Sequestering Carbon and Combating Climate Change

    Lindsey Byman

    March 29, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Biochar is an organic material that can be mixed with soil to improve soil health, increase crop production, and sequester carbon. To make it, wood or other biomass is heated at high temperatures in an oxygen-deprived environment, like a kiln.

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  • Green Fuels Are Accelerating Shipping Decarbonization

    Sarah Sax

    March 27, 2024 |

    Time Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Companies in the shipping industry are using green hydrogen as “low-carbon” fuel to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. It’s created by using renewable energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, then mixing the hydrogen with green methanol or ammonia.

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  • New U.S. agroforestry project will pay farmers to expand 'climate-smart' acres

    Sarah Derouin

    March 25, 2024 |

    Mongabay |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    A multi-partner effort in the United States, led by The Nature Conservancy, is helping farmers adopt agroforestry practices by providing funding and training. This style of farming encourages the growing of a variety of plants to enhance biodiversity and capture more carbon dioxide.

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