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  • The climate change generation wants to be heard

    March 16, 2019 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Today’s youth are tomorrow’s leaders, but they aren’t letting age limit activism in the realm of environmental advocacy. The Youth Climate Strike was inspired by Greta Thunberg, a teenage girl in Sweden who stopped going to school on Fridays to protest climate change. The Sunrise Movement promotes environmental organizing among millennials, aiming to support Green New Real type legislation. These movements are rapidly spreading among young people who will have the power to make change.

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  • How drones and satellite images are measuring the forests used for carbon offsets

    March 15, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The technology company Pachama has developed a way to combine “satellite, drone, and lidar images” to estimate the size of trees and forests around the globe. Its founders were motivated by the carbon offset industry. If companies want to offset emissions, the rationale goes, it is better to know precisely where forests need to be restored. Pachama’s technology can do just that.

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  • Straws Made of Seaweed Could Replace Their Plastic Nemesis

    March 14, 2019 |

    EcoWatch |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    An innovative solution to the massive amount of plastic in our oceans is a new startup called Loliware. It produces 100% biodegradable straws "that look, feel, and act like plastic" but are actually made of seaweed. Not only do the straws decompose in a few weeks and are gluten-free, non-GMO, and sugar-free, but the process of creating them sequesters carbon dioxide, which further increases their positive environmental impact.

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  • This fish-zapping robot is hunting invasive lionfish in coral reefs

    March 13, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: Bahamas, Nassau

    The Guardian is a robot that uses electric shocks to catch the lionfish, an invasive species that has been detrimental across the Atlantic. The project has transformed into a non-profit called Robots in Service of the Environment, which supports the mission of reducing lionfish to protect reefs and other natural habitats and species.

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  • Why Students of Color Are Stepping Up to Lead Climate Strikes

    March 13, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    An estimated fifty percent of student leaders in climate strikes and protests around the country are students of color, making these movements all the more relatable, accessible, and inclusive. Because communities of color, especially Black and Carribean communities, will likely be most affected by climate change, this new generation is taking action and linking other social issues like LGBTQ rights and gun control.

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  • As oil trains roll into Portland, city residents keep watch

    March 13, 2019 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    In Portland, Oregon, a group of activists have come together to be the eyes for their community when it comes to oil train shipments. There is a surprising lack of transparency when it comes to moving crude oil by train, and the state has yet to implement monitoring standards. Because of this, activists work in shifts to be informal watchdogs for their city, making sure the public is as informed as possible even with the lack of official information.

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  • Scientists use mini-satellites in effort to save the world's coral reefs

    March 11, 2019 |

    CBS News |

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    Response Location: Australia, Cairns, Queensland

    As coral reefs around the world are threatened by warming waters, mini-satellites are collecting images each day from space that put together a more comprehensive picture of the problems. This saves scientists time, energy, and money, and it means resources can be better targeted to the reefs that need the most help.

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  • Paradise from a desert, the proven benefits of regenerative agriculture

    March 09, 2019 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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    Response Location: Australia, Boorowa, New South Wales

    Multiple farmers in New South Wales have overcome drought and transformed their farming practices through regenerative agriculture. They decreased pesticide use, increased the planting of native vegetation, and increased profit over time. The profit-generating effects of regenerative agriculture are supported by a 10-year study of 16 Australian farms.

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  • This new recycling innovation could help fix our broken trash system

    March 08, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Haverhill, Ohio

    A common type of plastic, Polypropylene, is usually “downcycled” - meaning it makes lower quality materials when recycled. A new innovation in recycling will allow it to be recycled into “virgin” material that is cost- and energy-effective and will have a broader range of uses, increasing the likelihood that plastic will end up in new material and not in a landfill. PureCycle Technologies has had such successful pre-sales that the first plant has 20 years worth of pre-orders.

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  • Adapting to the Anthropocene

    March 07, 2019 |

    Atmos |

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    Response Location: Kiribati

    Around the world, communities are creating new technologies, processes, and relationships to the land in an effort to adapt to the changing climate. From the I-Kiribati using new hydroponic systems to grow food amidst rising sea levels, to farmers in Telangana using sustainable greenhouse technology, to the use of solar panels on Indigenous lands like Little Buffalo, those that depend on the land the most are having to adapt first. Underscoring each response is a collaborative, collective resilience.

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