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  • Ikea's innovation lab unveils a plan to help people cash in on solar energy

    March 07, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Ikea's innovation lab, Space10, piloted a block-chain powered solar energy grid as a way to creatively save money on electricity and create a sustainable energy alternative. Other microgrids around the world have seen success in allowing people who are part of the system to sell their excess energy and only use what they need.

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  • Cove launches the first 100% biodegradable water bottle

    March 07, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Cove is a new water bottle brand hoping to disrupt dependence on single-use plastics. Cove is made of PHA, which is compostable and biodegradable. Still in its early stages, it hopes to manufacture across the U.S. to minimize distribution costs.

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  • In India, New Tactics Are Being Implemented to Prevent Human-Elephant Clashes

    March 07, 2019 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: India, Valparai

    Elephant-human interaction has too often led to conflict or danger in India. New research supports a forest authority’s early-warning system to send text, phone, and visual alerts when elephants are nearby. The integrated system has reduced fatalities to almost zero.

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  • Climate change is fueling wildfires around the world. Can indigenous knowledge help us manage them?

    March 07, 2019 |

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    Response Location: Australia, East Perth

    The indigenous practice of setting regular fires to manage land hasn’t been used in generations, but it’s now being brought back to help manage wildfires in Australia. With support from the Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation and 10 Deserts Project, indigenous people are re-learning old traditions to help the land, though they are still learning to navigate complex relationships with the government about which land can be used.

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  • These shipping container farms will soon be in grocery store lots across the U.S.

    March 06, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A direct line from local producer to consumer reduces carbon emissions and strengthens community food systems. A partnership between farming tech company Square Roots and Gordon Food Services aims to create local food supply chains by placing cargo-container hydroponic farms directly at store sites and distribution centers. The plan is inspired by the success of Square Roots’ container farms in Brooklyn, NY.

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  • Swedish technology could make geothermal as mainstream as wind and solar

    March 06, 2019 |

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    Response Location: Sweden, Stockholm

    Geothermal power is typically hard to scale due to its dependence on hot water. Climeon is a Swedish energy company changing the game. It uses low-temperature heat and sells its energy in modular units, which makes it affordable. Due to an infusion in capital, the company is scaling its energy distribution across the globe.

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  • Scientists are getting creative to save this muppet-faced, flightless parrot

    March 05, 2019 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: New Zealand, Codfish Island

    Scientists, volunteers, and rangers are working around the clock to save the endangered kakapo, a native New Zealand bird. With only 147 of these charismatic birds left in the world, they’re taking a multi-pronged, highly technological approach. Efforts include smart transmitters that track every bird and when they’re mating, artificial inseminations, and hatching fertile eggs in captivity while mothers sit on 3D-printed smart eggs.

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  • Trash talking goes high-tech in San Francisco

    March 04, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    In San Francisco, a debate over trash cans has led to the installation of 1,000 high-tech sensors from a Danish company that will increase efficiency of trash collection and minimize spilled waste. It will also save the government thousands of dollars compared to the expensive Bigbelly trash cans that are more willing to break. After a successful testing program last year, the city knows this switch will improve sanitation, costs, and time.

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  • This new neighborhood in Amsterdam is made of floating houses

    March 04, 2019 |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

    A community in North Amsterdam tackles the issue of rising water levels head on by building homes that can float. The houses are built to include solar energy grids using blockchain so neighbors can share electricity, and the structures rise and fall with the ebbs and flows of flooding.

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  • Farmers in Uttarakhand Look to the Past to Benefit the Future

    March 02, 2019 |

    Earth Journalism Network |

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    Response Location: India, Uttarakhand

    Mountains are particularly vulnerable to climate change, and a mountain city in India is finding sustainable solutions in traditional agriculture. Women overwhelmingly make up the farming workforce in Uttarakhand and are using a number of ways to combat the effects of the temperature increase. These solutions include bringing back an ancient grain, finger millet, to appeal to new tastes and dishes, storing seed banks of traditional varieties, and opening a cafe serving local food using the ancient grains to attract outside visitors.

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