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  • ‘Walking' forest of 1,000 trees transforms Dutch city​

    August 04, 2022 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Leeuwarden

    One thousand trees are “walking” through the city of Leeuwarden in the Netherlands as part of a project meant to highlight the importance of urban forests in a warming world. Not everyone thinks this exhibition is an effective use of funds, but it has also inspired locals and businesses to install trees and plants. “The trees created such a calming effect, people immediately felt relaxed,” said one local resident.

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  • Curbing the tide of open defecation in Nigeria; the Kwara example

    July 28, 2022 |

    News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

    The Kwara Government and the Open Defecation Free Program provide public toilets to citizens in areas where public defecation is an issue and also provides basic sanitation services to those in need. Since the program began, the rate of open defecation has dropped by 14%, while the rate of access to basic sanitation services in the state has increased from 14% to 31%.

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  • Lawn gone: ‘Localscaping' may save water, but can it rescue the Great Salt Lake?

    July 26, 2022 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Utah’s Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District is encouraging “localscaping” to conserve water by reducing lawns. The concept uses efficient irrigation, native and low-water vegetation, less turf overall, and discourages unnecessary lawns.

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  • Flip Your Strip gaining traction, leading to removal of water-guzzling turf

    July 16, 2022 |

    Standard-Examiner |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington Terrace, Utah

    In order to use less water in drought-ridden Utah, many residents are replacing their grassy park strips with vegetation and rocks that don’t need as much irrigation. As part of the “Flip Your Strip” initiative, the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District provides participants with money per square foot of grass removed. While the program is new, this idea has been tried and tested in California, where studies have shown that it is making an impact.

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  • How Appalachia Is Growing Its Outdoor Economy Through Collaborations and Capacity Building

    July 14, 2022 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    As a demand for outdoor recreation grows, due in part to the pandemic, Appalachia is delivering on the need with a number of new projects. Community leaders are collaborating on “conservation solutions that make economic and environmental sense.”

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  • How trees are helping this war-torn city heal after ISIS

    July 10, 2022 |

    Mic |

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    Response Location: Iraq, Mosul

    After years of war left the city of Mosul without the greenery it had come to be known for, an initiative called Green Mosul organized a volunteer tree-planting campaign that aimed to bring together people of different backgrounds and religions and rebuild community bonds. Through the project, volunteers planted roughly 17,000 trees, and plans are in the works to replicate the effort in other post-conflict cities.

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  • Metering Utah's secondary water may help overuse in drought

    July 07, 2022 |

    KSL-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Cities in Utah are installing secondary water meters to track how much water residents are using on their lawns. This allows residents to see their usage, compare it to the recommended amount, and cut back when necessary.

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  • Are you watering your lawn wrong? USU's Water Checkers will help you figure it out

    June 30, 2022 |

    KUER Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Water Checkers visit homeowners in Salt Late City for free to help asses soil quality and determine if their sprinkler systems’ water distribution is working and efficient. By participating in this program, residents have reduced their irrigation by 7,900 gallons per month, which helps keep waters in tributaries of the Great Salt Lake.

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  • Public Libraries Are Making It Easy to Check Out Seeds—and Plant a Garden

    April 25, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Jefferson, Georgia

    More and more public libraries around the United States are creating seed libraries as a way to encourage gardening, combat hunger insecurity, and build community resilience. For example, the Jefferson Public Library in Georgia has seen the number of people using the seed library grow to more than 300 in 2021. It can be a lot of work to maintain the seed libraries, but some librarians see it as a way to engage the community.

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  • Our Rivers' Keepers: How the Ohio River's trash collectors transformed the waterway

    April 22, 2022 |

    The GroundTruth Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    A nonprofit with a barge and a 10-person crew picks up trash and plastics across seven rivers in the U.S. Midwest. In one year, Living Lands and Waters collected over half a million pounds of trash. Over the years, they’ve attracted hundreds of thousands of volunteers to help their operation. “No matter who you are, where you’re from, how old, young or what political party you belong to – it doesn’t matter, because no one likes seeing garbage in the river,” said the cofounder.

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