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  • Can New York City Treat Its Food Scraps As More Than Trash?

    July 15, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City’s Compost Project supports a network of community compost operations to reduce the waste sent to landfills. Each composter operates differently based on local conditions and needs. BK Rot, for example, employs local Black and Brown youth to collect organic scraps from homes and businesses and sells its compost.

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  • Could maggots fed on Kenya's food waste replace wild-caught fish feed?

    July 04, 2024 |

    Dialogue Earth |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Mombasa

    Kenya-based Project Mila collects food waste from households and businesses in Mombasa and feeds it to black soldier fly larvae. Then, the larvae are harvested for livestock feed and their excrement is used to create a sustainable fertilizer.

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  • California Is Showing How a Big State Can Power Itself Without Fossil Fuels

    June 27, 2024 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    The California-based startup Magrathea Metals is producing magnesium with renewable energy to make the process less expensive and material-intensive. The company aims to make the more environment-friendly metal competitive with steel and aluminum.

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  • Need a new outfit? Try the library.

    June 26, 2024 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Dover, New Hampshire

    A pilot project at the Dover Public Library in New Hampshire provided locals with an alternative to fast fashion by hosting a clothing library. Like borrowing a book, people could check out up to five occasion-wear garments, which are the type of pieces you might only wear once, for two weeks at a time.

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  • Tidal kites: New technology harnessing ocean energy

    June 25, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Faroe Islands

    The renewable energy technology company Minesto developed tidal kites that generate electricity from ocean tides. The machines are attached to the seabed and pushed through the water in a figure 8 pattern. The movement spins a turbine that generates electricity.

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  • The High-Tech Tools That Can Bust Careless Oil and Gas Drillers

    June 18, 2024 |

    Sierra Club |

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    Response Location: Iraq

    To help reduce methane emissions, the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative invested in high-tech satellites that can detect equipment leaks that might otherwise be missed. The leaks identified and addressed thanks to the satellites accounted for the equivalent of one million tons of carbon dioxide.

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  • This city just made it illegal to advertise SUVs. Here's why.

    June 15, 2024 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Scotland, Edinburgh

    Edinburgh’s city council banned fossil fuel advertisements on city property in hopes of making people less likely to opt for things like gas cars and international flights while removing a space for fossil fuel companies to mold their public image.

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  • 'Precision ag' promised a farming revolution. It's coming, just slowly

    June 13, 2024 |

    St. Louis Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Illinois

    A St. Louis-based company, Impossible Sensing, is creating sensors that can be attached to the back of a planter to help farmers understand factors like nutrient level and soil health. It’s a form of precision agriculture, which essentially follows the notion that having more precise data leads to more efficient and sustainable farms.

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  • The cafeteria as classroom

    June 06, 2024 |

    Food and Environment Reporting Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Lawrence, Georgia

    The nonprofit World Wildlife Fund is working with elementary schools in the United States to develop programs that teach students about food waste in hopes of encouraging environmental responsibility. They practice ways to reduce their waste at lunch, learn how to compost and sort garbage, and keep track of the amount of waste they’ve reduced.

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  • Geothermal system is a US first

    June 05, 2024 |

    Smart Cities Dive |

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    Response Location: United States, Framingham, Massachusetts

    Eversource Energy, a utility company in Massachusetts, installed a networked geothermal system that provides heat for residential and commercial buildings across the city of Framingham. The connected system allows excess heat from one building to be redirected to another that needs it. It’s the first of its kind in the United States.

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