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  • These Goats Graze an Acre a Day to Keep California's Wildfires Away

    October 02, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    A herd of goats, directed by shepherds of the nonprofit Happy Goat, are eating weeds, shrubs, and low-hanging leaves for landowners in the Sierra Nevada to reduce wildfire risk. Managed carefully to ensure they don’t overgraze sections of the properties, the goats offer a safer option to reduce the fuel that can spark a fire than tools like lawnmowers and chainsaws.

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  • Mini-artificial islands mimic wetlands and help filter Missouri's lakes and ponds

    October 01, 2024 |

    St. Louis Public Radio |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Missouri

    The Missouri Department of Conservation is installing artificial wetlands in small bodies of water across the state to improve the water quality. The floating plastic islands are anchored to the seabed and hold native plants, allowing the roots to reach into the water below. The plants soak up excess nutrients and toxins, mimicking natural wetlands.

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  • School-age kids lead the fight for a greener future in Nigeria's Borno State

    October 01, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

    Volunteers from the Breath with Green Youth Development Initiative visit elementary schools in Borno, Nigeria, to teach students about climate change while planting trees. Their goal is to educate students about how they can take action to mitigate the climate impacts they’re experiencing.

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  • The Californians Rescuing Surplus Produce to Fight Hunger

    October 01, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Bell, California

    At a 10,000-square-foot warehouse in Bell, California, Food Forward employees race to take in and redistribute 265,000 pounds of fresh produce every day. The organization receives excess fresh fruits and vegetables from wholesale businesses for free and delivers them to 300 nonprofits working to address food insecurity.

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  • This Native-Led Group Is Bringing Solar Power to Tribal Lands

    September 30, 2024 |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Hopi Reservation, United States

    Native Renewables, a Native- and women-led nonprofit, is bringing free, off-grid solar energy systems to homes in the Navajo and Hopi reservations that don’t have access to power. And it’s doing so by training local Indigenous peoples to work in the industry so they can reap the economic benefits of these careers instead of hiring out the work.

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  • On the trail of the jaguar: Population growth a success in Sonora. Can the U.S. do the same?

    September 30, 2024 |

    Arizona Luminaria |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Sahuaripa, Sonora

    Conservationists at the Northern Jaguar Reserve in Sonora, Mexico, are successfully increasing the jaguar population by giving them plenty of room to roam and educating the public about their importance. The organization pays ranchers for photos of the cats, giving them a way to earn additional income other than selling their pelts.

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  • Un lugar donde escapar del calor a menos de 10 minutos: cómo se tejió la red de "refugios climáticos" de Barcelona

    September 27, 2024 |

    Maldita.es |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Spain

    La red de refugios climáticos de Barcelona, que empezo en 2020 con 70 espacios, se ha convertido en un referente internacional para la protección de los ciudadanos ante el calor. En 2023, el 68% de los ciudadanos tuvieron un refugio climático a cinco minutos caminando desde su casa y el 98%, a diez minutos.

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  • The Poachers Who Could Save Mexico's Vaquita

    September 24, 2024 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, San Felipe

    Seeking to protect the endangered vaquita, a charity in San Felipe, Mexico, is encouraging fishers who poach totoaba, another endangered species, to swap their gillnets for cimbra. The hook-and-line style fishing equipment allows them to target totoaba that are worth more, meaning they can catch less while making the same or more income and keep other species out of the often harmful nets.

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  • How a North Carolina Farmer is Moving Toward a Sustainable Future

    September 23, 2024 |

    Sentient |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    Transformation, an initiative aiming to end factory farming, is helping chicken farmers who are in debt and looking to transition out of the industry convert their barns into greenhouses.

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  • They've Got a Plan to Fight Global Warming. It Could Alter the Oceans.

    September 23, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Canada, Nova Scotia

    The startup CarbonRun developed a machine that adds limestone to rivers to increase the amount of carbon dioxide they trap. Adding the alkaline substance to the water as a powder converts carbon dioxide into a stable molecule, which keeps it underwater.

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