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  • The Residents Setting California on Fire in Order to Save It

    Kate Wheeling

    September 30, 2020 |

    Future Human |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Fire Forward trains Californians to conduct controlled burns, setting fires to make future wildfires less destructive. With state and federal resources skewed heavily toward suppression of wildfires, the prevention-minded approach of controlled burns – informed by forest management science and inspired by ancient Native American practices – depends on informing and training more people to conduct controlled burns independent of government. Fire Forward's scale makes it more of a demonstration project than an effective response to the overall problem, but it grew during 2020's historic wildfires.

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  • Europe's New Trick Against Wildfires: Let It Burn

    Lauren Millan Lombraña

    September 29, 2020 |

    Bloomberg |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Portugal

    Led by Portugal and Spain, European nations have shifted their responses to wildfires from a heavy emphasis on suppression to a more prevention-based approach. Climate change has increased fire risk greatly. By letting smaller fires burn, to reduce the fuel available to future megafires, and with other forest-management methods, Mediterranean countries have had no large blazes so far in 2020. Portugal, three years after a massive fire killed at least 120, registered its lowest number of fires in a decade. In Spain, prevention includes Fire Flocks, herds of sheep and goats whose grazing cleans up forests.

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  • Kenyan engineers recycling plastics for bricks

    Yvonne Okwara-Matole

    September 28, 2020 |

    Citizen TV Kenya |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Kenya

    Gjenge Makers Ltd is an alternative building product manufacturing company that creates products – such as pavers and blocks – out of recycled plastics. Founded by four Kenyan engineers, the team began by studying the manufacturing process and researching what products would do well on the market. They then built all of the machinery themselves, which break down the plastics, and then mix them with other building material products to ultimately create customizable plastic bricks that can withstand larger weight and are less expensive than concrete. They are popular in rural and lower-income areas.

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  • Mudança de hábito: consumidores contam o que fizeram para reduzir, ou quase zerar, o envio de lixo e carbono para o meio ambiente

    Janaína Garcia

    September 28, 2020 |

    UOL |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    A reportagem mostra a história de pessoas que decidiram ter uma vida mais sustentável para preservar o meio ambiente. Um exemplo são as empresárias que possuem um restaurante considerado lixo zero. Além de não usarem embalagens descartáveis no restaurante, fazem compostagem do lixo orgânico.

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  • Spots of hope: Some good news for South Africa's cheetahs

    Tony Carnie

    September 28, 2020 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Durban

    A cheetah conservation project in South Africa has helped the cat population rebound over the years by securing them in wildlife reserves. The Cheetah Metapopulation Project started in 2011 when there were 217 cheetahs, but a decade later, there are now 419 across the reserves. While there is debate about whether the focus should be on the quantity of cheetahs or the quality of their enclosures, the project has been successful and they’re looking to share their cheetahs and conservation lessons with other countries.

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  • 'Money is worth nothing now': how Lebanon is finding a future in farming

    Jenny Gustafsson

    September 25, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Lebanon

    Lebanon is going through an economic crisis. According to the UN, more than half of the population is experiencing poverty. Some people are finding that the solution to their economic problems is farming. Multiple initiatives to that would allow ordinary people to farm have surfaced; food banks offering seedlings, volunteers teaching sustainable farming, and even gardens in rooftops.

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  • The Big Dance: Saving the Great Bear Rainforest

    Andrew MacLeod

    September 24, 2020 |

    The Tyee |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    Finding common ground between environmentalists, logging companies, and indigenous communities to protect the Great Bear Rainforest in Canada took years of discussion and even a dance at an Elton John concert. But these groups were able to negotiate an agreement to make 3.1 million hectares of rainforest off limits to logging, allow 500,000 hectares available for forestry, and strengthen First Nations rights. The process could be a model for what reconciliation can look like among competing interests.

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  • The Sudbury model: How one of the world's major polluters went green

    Sara Miller Llana

    September 24, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Canada, Sudbury, Ontario

    After being known as a polluted mining town, politicians, scientists, industry officials, and residents of Sudbury, Ontario, were able to come together to restore its land. After 40 years and $33.5 million, they are about halfway through recovering about 200,000 acres of land. So far, they’ve been successful at restoring air quality, neutralizing soil to allow for replanting, and restocking lakes with fish. While some locals think the mining companies should have done more, the collaborative spirit could be a model for other communities looking to improve the environment.

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  • Watery Bangladesh Works to Prevent Child Drowning Deaths

    Amy Yee

    September 24, 2020 |

    Voice of America (VOA) |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka

    After experiencing a high rate of drownings among children due to the number of rivers and ponds in the country, a non-profit organization in Bangladesh has been offering swim lessons to children in rural areas that are more susceptible to encountering dangerous waters. Since the program started, the rate has decreased nearly 50 percent while the confidence of the participants has increased.

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  • In Slumping Energy States, Plugging Abandoned Wells Could Provide an Economic Boost

    Erika Bolstad

    September 23, 2020 |

    Stateline |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Watford City, North Dakota

    North Dakota is using some of its COVID-19 pandemic relief funds to plug 239 abandoned oil wells and reclaim 2,000 acres of lands. Abandoned wells can contaminate groundwater and leak methane that is hazardous to human health and contributes to climate change. While not everyone agrees that the funds should be used to plug wells, state officials say the economic relief program is keeping about 600 oilfield workers employed.

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