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  • MPHS Entrepreneurship Club tackles energy efficiency with light replacement project at high school

    March 24, 2019 |

    Sky-Hi News |

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    Response Location: United States, Grand County, Colorado

    The Entrepreneurship Club at a high school in Grand County, Colorado took the initiative— and a $2,000 grant from the Grand Foundation— to replace all of the lights in their school with energy-efficient LED lights. Tristan Schwab initiated the project after learning about the divide in energy efficiency between urban and rural areas. The students reinstalled 200 lights in their building and, once the school has improved its efficiency and saved 40% on electric bills, plan on installing solar panels to further their work.

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  • Virginia schools have seen the light, and it's solar

    March 24, 2019 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Vienna, Virginia

    A move towards solar energy in schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, has been spurred by environmentally-aware students. It’s working because of power purchase agreements, which make solar panels affordable. In these agreements, developers front most of the cost of solar installation, and schools pay it back through energy bills, still leading to cost savings over time. The move to solar is expected to save school districts across the state millions over the next several years.

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  • As Climate Change Depletes Forests, One Of India's Greenest States Turns To Its People

    March 23, 2019 |

    IndiaSpend |

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    Response Location: India, Mawphlang, Meghalaya

    In 2007 a program in Meghalaya, India called The Khasi Hills Community REDD+ Project was created to bring together the community members in an agreement to protect the sacred groves there. This was part of the larger REDD project within India by the United Nations to mitigate some of the effects of deforestation and forest degradation. The longterm goal is to revive 27,000 hectares (about 66,718 acres) of forests and to serve as an example for other biodiverse areas in the country. The project has since received international funding to support other things as well, like stimulating the tourist economy.

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  • Low-cost resilient houses could help Mozambique survive future storms

    March 22, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: Mozambique, Beira

    Climate change is causing storms to intensify across the world, resulting in mass destruction that ruins peoples homes. Mozambique has recently experienced this reality when a tropical storm resulted in a massive flood that overtook parts of the country. To help prevent future destruction, cities are focusing efforts on building more resilient homes that stand a better chance of surviving similar events.

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  • Waste to Wealth: How Kenyan farmers are bringing life back to degraded Lake Victoria swamps

    March 22, 2019 |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Kisumu, Kisumu County

    Families living in the wetlands of Lake Victoria in Kisumu, Kenya are working together with a nonprofit called Ecofinder Kenya to protect and conserve the wetlands they live on. The crux of the incentive centers around the Eocfinder toilet, which converts human and animal waste to biogas, but they also work with solar lamps, water pumps, and a "farmer-to-farmer" program in which farmers share environmentally-friendly expertise. The program has been going on for 3 years now, and the wetlands have since seen a return of wildlife and growth, particularly with fish and birds.

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  • Forget plastic bans: Colorado mountain towns try volunteerism, bootcamps as solutions to single-use

    March 22, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Telluride, Colorado

    In the mountain towns of Telluride and Mountain Village, locals are going beyond banning plastic bags and are thinking bigger about how to reduce single-use plastic. The Telluride Venture Accelerator focuses on bringing “startups in the plastics-alternative market” to Colorado. A local committee is also finding ways to encourage businesses to change their plastic habits, and together the local government initiatives and environmental startups will change consumption habits regionally.

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  • The Great American Cardboard Comeback

    March 22, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Combined Locks, Wisconsin

    Rather than close their doors for good, Wisconsin paper mills have adapted to the booming internet business and begun making something even Amazon needs: cardboard. Though traditional glossy paper sales have plummeted since the early 2000s, the demand for cardboard in the online shopping industry has skyrocketed, leaving an open market for American paper mill factories.

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  • A women's squad in Odisha defends its forest for 20 years

    March 21, 2019 |

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    Response Location: India, Gundalba, Odisha

    Biodiversity and forest cover in Gundalba rebounded after a women-led group started using whistles and rotational patrols to scare away timber smugglers and woodcutters. The group also helped neighboring villages coordinate fuelwood gathering and avoid conflicts.

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  • Santa Cruz Ranchers Reforest the Banks of the Nandamojo River with the Help of an Organization

    March 21, 2019 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Paraíso, Santa Cruz

    An environmental organization called Restoring Our Watershed, led by a team of ecologists from around the globe, has helped ranchers reforest riverbanks to better preserve their land over the past four years. Ranchers are also supported by the Green Center, their greenhouse, which helps with replanting. Donations, volunteers, and community support all help the local rivers remain sustainable.

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  • ‘Coal just isn't the future': Meet the Kentucky miners picking up a new trade

    March 21, 2019 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Harlan, Kentucky

    As jobs in America's coal mines dwindle, local Appalachian communities put resources and opportunity into the sustainable energy business. A nonprofit in Kentucky called the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development bridges the gap between the two industries by providing sustainable energy training and internships for former employees of the coal mining industry.

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