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  • A River's Right to Flow

    October 22, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    In order to preserve and protect rivers a new movement that grants rivers personhood rights is growing. In places like New Zealand and Oregon, where some of these measures have passed rivers have the right to flow without having to be used as a resource for consumption. In New Mexico, the state engineer approved a water lease submitted by the National Audobon Society. The lease allows about 13 million gallons of water to flow annually solely for its own sake, similiar to personhood rights. The creative approach is one way conservationists are fighting for water preservation.

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  • How farmers in Abuja community use 'agroforestry models' to fight climate change

    October 21, 2021 |

    Premium Times |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    In Abuja, a Nigerian community, farmers are practicing agroforestry practices and shifting away from monocropping. Agroforestry is more sustainable, leads to biodiversity, and helps mitigate the harmful effects of climate change. With agroforestry, farmers plant several crops among trees, versus one crop. While not all farmers have made the shift, the ones that have are seeing positive results.

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  • Cycling city Kigali sprints to promote smart and green mobility

    October 21, 2021 |

    Rwanda Dispatch |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Kigali

    In an effort to go carbon-neutral, city officials in Kigali, Rwanda, are improving bicycling infrastructure and partnering with a green transportation company to implement a bicycle ride sharing program with docking stations across the city.

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  • Chauffage : des maisons sans aucun chauffage, comment est-ce possible ?

    October 20, 2021 |

    Franceinfo |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: France, Toulouse

    Alors que les prix du gaz et de l'électricité augmentent, les maisons à énergies passives permettent à ses habitants de faire des économies d'énergie. Isolation renforcée et chaleur produite par certaines pièces permettent de maintenir des températures confortables. Si ces installations entraînent un surcoût de 10 à 15% à la construction et ne sont encore qu'au nombre de 3000 en France, les habitants font des économies substantielles. Ils n'ont plus de facture de chauffage et celle de l'électricité est réduite.

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  • Sanitation Solutions: How hidden cameras became Philly's fiercest weapon in the war on dumping

    October 19, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia has 300 surveillance cameras and, increasingly, sees them as central to its strategy of holding individuals accountable for illegal dumping. This has led to empty lots remaining garbage free, and setting examples of those who are caught and prosecuted.

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  • In Southeast Alaska, a new type of conservation

    October 18, 2021 |

    Indian Country Today |

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    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    Collaboration amongst scientists, hunters, park rangers, former timber harvesters, and members of the Indigenous community is leading to new solutions for persistent problems. The Sustainable Southeast Partnership has been secured to “center indigenous-led stewardship” for sustainable solutions to conflicts that once pitted the unsustainable Alaskan logging industry with locals who were directly impacted.

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  • Sanitation Solutions: When the city let them down, Philly rose up — with orange trash cans

    October 18, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A Philadelphia-based program called I Love Thy Hood's stepped up to help attack the city's dirty streets problem. Fueled entirely by volunteer efforts, the program has placed more than 106 cans on blocks around the city and collected over 100,000 pounds of trash.

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  • Despite a Punishing Drought, San Diego Has Water. It Wasn't Easy.

    October 17, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    While much of the state is still facing a severe drought, San Diego has access to plenty of water. Restrictions - like not allowing restaurants to serve water unless it’s asked for and barring residents from watering their yards during the day – have helped. Diversifying where the city gets their water from and investing in water-saving infrastructure, like lining Imperial Valley canals with concrete to prevent water from seeping into the earth, growing desalination capabilities, and adding more capacity to the reservoir, have also helped diversity and save water.

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  • 'Community Ownership' Might Be the Best Way to Fight Deforestation

    October 15, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Evidence shows that "community-run forests," or forests that are owned and managed by the people that live in the community are better for the environment. In a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo 300 people manage 5,000 hectares of forest. Data shows that the rate of deforestation in 57 community concessions like the one in the village was 23 percent lower than the national average. Community-run forests also provide financial means for the people In Guatemala a community-run generated 9,000 jobs and $6 million in revenue.

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  • Lust auf neues Leder: Häute aus Apfel, Biobüffel und Kaktee

    October 14, 2021 |

    ZDF |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Germany

    Leder ist nicht tierfreundlich, Kunstleder aber oft nicht nachhaltig. Verschiedene Unternehmen arbeiten deshalb an weiteren Alternativen, etwa aus Resten der Apfelsaft-Produktion, Kaffee oder Kakteen.

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