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  • Moroccan Farmers Are Banking Traditional Seeds for a Hotter, Drier Future

    May 10, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Morocco, Sidi Ifni, Guelmim

    A seed bank was established in Sidi Ifni, a farming community in Morocco, to revive drought-ridden land by enabling the cultivation of traditional, drought-resistant crops. An accompanying training program is helping farmers market these crops to improve their livelihoods.

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  • Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity

    May 07, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    California and Texas are among the states in the U.S. installing giant lithium-ion batteries to store renewable energy to use when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing. These batteries are reducing the use of fossil fuels as a backup energy source when demand is high.

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  • How Athens Takes on Water Pollution through Pet Waste Stations

    May 07, 2024 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    To combat water contamination, Athens County established three pet waste stations equipped with waste bag dispensers and trash bins to give pet owners the supplies they need to properly dispose of their pet’s waste. Simple practices like these are leading to improved water quality, as the county’s environmental protection agency found bacteria were removed from 18 waterways after the dispensers had been installed.

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  • Inspired by Laudato Si', Catholics in Bangladesh work to protect environment

    May 06, 2024 |

    National Catholic Reporter |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka

    Catholics in Bangladesh are working to increase environmental conservation efforts in the country through grassroots initiatives that encourage practices like tree planting and reducing litter.

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  • Could better asthma inhalers help patients, and the planet too?

    May 06, 2024 |

    WBUR |

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    Response Location: United States

    Healthcare professionals are educating their patients on the environmental impacts of metered-dose inhalers, which release a powerful greenhouse gas into the air with each puff. To reduce that impact, they’re offering an option with powdered medicine that patients manually suck into their lungs for those that are able to make the switch.

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  • Trash For School & Health: Ugandan Innovator Uses Technology to Incentivize Plastic Waste Collection

    May 06, 2024 |

    Solutions Now Africa |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kajjansi

    Recycle Pay encourages residents of Uganda to collect plastic waste by awarding them points that can be redeemed for cash, healthcare credits, or school fees. The whole process is organized on an app.

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  • A Peruvian river with rights: the defenders of the Marañón

    May 04, 2024 |

    El Hilo |

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    Response Location: Peru

    A group of Kukama women, a native community of the Peruvian Amazon, worked with lawyers from the Legal Defense Institute to sue the Peruvian State. The lawsuit was intended prevent and clean up oil spills and pollution in the Marañón River that they’d been fighting against for years. In a historic ruling, the judge recognized that the river has rights and must be protected.

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  • Can't install your own solar panels? Some areas let you join a community project.

    May 03, 2024 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    States across the United States are passing legislation that supports the development of community solar programs. These projects allow community members who can’t install their own solar panels to subscribe to other solar projects nearby, often on farms, schools, or stores. Alongside the property owner, subscribers help fund the project and save money on future electricity bills based on the power generated.

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  • Could a Landfill Power Your Home?

    May 02, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States

    Landfills in the United States are capturing a potent greenhouse gas, methane, that would otherwise be released into the air and converting it to electricity or natural gas.

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  • Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter gets creative with business sponsorship program

    May 01, 2024 |

    The Oglethorpe Echo |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Danielsville, Georgia

    The Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter launched a business sponsorship program that allows businesses to sponsor animals by paying their adoption fees in an effort to make the adoption process easier and help the animals find their permanent homes. So far, the program has led to nine adoptions in just three months.

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