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Manure-Eating Worms Could Be the Dairy Industry's Climate Solution

Grace van Deelen

July 15, 2022 |

Inside Climate News |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

The Royal Diary farm in Washington uses a vermifiltration system to filter wastewater to cut down on nitrate pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The system runs the water through a bed of earthworms that feast on the waste removing the harmful chemicals and nutrients.

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Mega Whatt!? What a Rhode Island wind farm can teach us about New Orleans' energy future

Sarah Ravits

July 15, 2022 |

Gambit |

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Response Location: United States, Narragansett, Rhode Island

The Block Island Wind Farm is an offshore wind farm that works to mitigate climate change and improve the state’s economy. The wind farm has created more than 300 jobs and provides an alternative to power sources that produce carbon emissions amidst increased demands for electricity.

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Marshall Park helps Ontario address economic vacuum created by GM departure

Curt Conrad

July 14, 2022 |

Richland Source |

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Response Location: United States, Ontario, Ohio

A restoration of Marshall Park has drawn sports tournaments to Ontario, spurring economic activity. The park was built as a community park but community leaders also saw the potential it could provide in driving the economy, especially after the departure of a major local employer.

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

Kim Kobersmith

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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SPECIAL REPORT: Facing high wheat prices, Nigerian bakers turn to potato puree

Ronald Adamolekun

July 14, 2022 |

Premium Times |

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Response Location: Nigeria

Bakers in Nigeria make bread with orange-fleshed sweet potatoes to help offset the growing cost of producing bread with just wheat flour.

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How tuition-free school transforms 100 children, stirs crisis at IDP camp

Marcus Fatunmole

July 14, 2022 |

International Centre for Investigative Reporting |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

A collaboration between the Nigerian government and Maple Leaf Early Years Foundation allows roughly 100 children in a camp for people who have been displaced to attend school for free. Though the school can't enroll all the local children who wish to attend, it provides free meals, language instruction, and classes on hygiene that have helped students improve their health and English speaking abilities.

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‘It's a beautiful thing': how one Paris district rediscovered conviviality

Peter Yeung

July 14, 2022 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: France, Paris

The République des Hyper Voisins, or the Republic of Super Neighbors, is an experiment organized by residents of Paris's 14th arrondissement to encourage community engagement, combat social isolation, and improve how the neighborhood functions. The group has organized mutual aid efforts, installed compost collection points, facilitated the launch of a new health clinic, and given residents opportunities to weigh in on local development projects.

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Ukrainian vegan cuisine: how volunteers in Uzhhorod organize healthy food for displaced people

Ksenia Yanus, Oleksandr Masovets

July 14, 2022 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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Response Location: Ukraine, Uzhhorod

The volunteer-run Vegan Kitchen of Ukraine project provides vegan meals for displaced people in cities across the country and sends meal packages to soldiers. The volunteers prepare the food in their homes or during donated time at local kitchens.

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The Indigenous cafe using native cuisine to help its chefs fight addiction

Cecilia Nowell

July 13, 2022 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: White Mountain Apache, United States, Whiteriver, Arizona

Café Gozhóó is a restaurant and vocational training program at the Rainbow Treatment Center, which is operated by the White Mountain Apache tribe. Café Gozhóó uses the kitchen to teach therapeutic skills – connecting with ancestral foods, stress management, and teamwork – to people recovering from substance abuse. Café Gozhóó is also filling a critical gap in access to care as many mainstream recovery programs are located far from Native American communities and often lack counselors trained in culturally competent care.

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Cómo un proyecto en Cádiz salva miles de aves de morir en los parques eólicos

Esther Barrio

July 13, 2022 |

Revista Haz |

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Response Location: Spain

Uno de los principales retos del sector eólico es el impacto sobre la biodiversidad en los lugares en donde las grandes alas de los molinos invaden el espacio aéreo. En España, en donde la eólica es ya la primera tecnología de generación eléctrica —cubre el 23% de la demanda—, se han implementado diferentes medidas para prevenir ese impacto. El sistema que ha dado mejores resultados es el de "paradas selectivas", que ha logrado reducir la mortalidad de grandes aves en un 71% en la provincia de Cádiz.

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