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In Baltic Sea, citizen divers restore seagrass to fight climate change

Sarah Marsh

July 26, 2023 |

Reuters |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Germany, Kiel

The SeaStore Seagrass Restoration Project in Kiel, Germany, is teaching locals to harvest and replant the underwater grasses. The project is restoring areas these plants used to inhabit because they store large amounts of carbon.

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A Campus Community Is Empowering Students With Sustainable Blockchain Skills

Chidera Eze

July 26, 2023 |

The Solutions Paper |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Enugu State

Blockchain UNN is a student organization and campus tech community that focuses on educating the next generation of blockchain leaders. Through both physical and online training and tutoring, the group teaches students valuable tech skills like web development, crypto trading and financial market analysis for free. Since forming in 2021, the organization has trained more than 3,000 students, helping them to secure good jobs in the tech sector.

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Out of The Jungle

Jenny Splitter

July 26, 2023 |

The Breakthrough Institute |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Having already eliminated the worst parts of slaughterhouse work by not using meat, the plant-based “chicken” company Rebellyous HQ is designing an autonomous system that will ease the physical demands of making its food. Developed with feedback from employees, the new machine will do the heavy lifting and repetitive scooping of ingredients for them.

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Pushed to action (II) : To prevent diseases, these communities unite to provide clean water

Ekpali Saint Violet Ikong

July 26, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Akakwu, Enugu State

As a result of locals writing to their political representatives, the Nigerian government began a borehole intervention project to provide more than 2,000 residents with clean, easily accessible water. The project also provided a generator to address the village’s lack of power supply and residents pay N20 ($0.02) to access the borehole, which covers the cost of running the generator.

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Nursing oil palm plantations back to nature in Malaysian Borneo

Louise Hunt

July 26, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Malaysia

In October 2020, the Rhino and Forest Fund in Malaysian Borneo began to buy land once cleared for oil palm plantations, and reforests and rehabilitates the tracts into wildlife corridors. After replanting 40 tree species in the last 3 years, an increase in several threatened species has been documented traveling through the project sites.

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Newly disabled people aren't given a 'how-to' guide. Disability doulas are closing those gaps.

Jasmine Mithani

July 26, 2023 |

The 19th |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Disability doula work is the practice of helping a newly disabled person navigate life changes. It typically involves another disabled person sharing knowledge, resources and lived experiences to support someone in need. Through the work if disabled individuals offering services on their own, or through groups like Project LETS, disability doula work can help reduce feelings of shame, grief and loneliness newly disabled people often face.

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A non-profit is trying to save manatees by restoring seagrass

Janet Scherberger

July 25, 2023 |

WMNF Community Radio |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Florida

The Ecosphere Restoration Institute received $5 million from the Florida State Legislature to restore the declining seagrasses on 100 acres of the coast. The organization partnered with experts who have permits to harvest the seeds, grow them in a nursery, and replant them in shallow areas. The project will also help prevent manatee deaths, as the animal depends on seagrass as a food source.

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Tree Keepers: Where Sustaining the Forest Is a Tribal Tradition

Fred Pearce

July 24, 2023 |

Yale Environment 360 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Menominee, United States, Wisconsin

Menominee tribal members are practicing methods of forest management that blend both conservation and Indigenous culture to preserve the viability of the forest long-term. In 2018, it was found that after a century of logging on the reservation, the forest had higher tree volume, higher rates of regeneration, more plant diversity and fewer invasive species than other, nontribal forests.

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How NYC's Harbor School is trying to reduce summer school stigma

Michael Elsen-Rooney

July 24, 2023 |

Chalkbeat |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The Urban Assembly New York Harbor School on Governors Island offers a summer school program that provides a low-pressure environment for students to complete coursework they may struggle with during the traditional school year. Students benefit from flexible scheduling that allows many to work part-time, as well as more individualized academic attention thanks to lower student-teacher ratios.

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Bengal banana farmers bask in sunshine

Diwash Gahatraj

July 24, 2023 |

Village Square |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: India, Birbhum, West Bengal

Farmers in West Bengal, India, are swapping rice for bananas to save on expenses and labor and adapt to increasingly erratic monsoons and rainfall impacting yields. The farmers use solar panels and drip irrigation setups funded by the state government to reduce emissions and minimize water loss, as bananas require a lot of water.

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