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  • Scavengers Are India's Real Recyclers

    July 29, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Bhalswa, Delhi

    As Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to tackle the mounting trash problem in India, millions of unacknowledged urban poor – known as scavengers and ragpickers to the locals – have been making their livelihood identifying resources from what others have deemed trash. If brought into the nation-wide effort, India may see a cleaner future at a faster rate.

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  • The $50 billion plan to save Louisiana's wetlands

    July 19, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    The state of Louisiana is disappearing at an incredible rate, and its sinking deltas threaten some of the nation's crucial oil, gas, and fisheries industries. Industry and government have created an unprecedented plan to save and rebuild these wetlands over the next 50 years — and say failure is not an option.

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  • Nebraska recycling: Cities with carts tend to recycle more, so why does Omaha still use bins?

    July 13, 2015 |

    Omaha World-Herald |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    When North Carolina cities shifted from using small bins to large carts for recycling, there was a statewide increase in recycling collections. Now in Omaha, Nebraska, where a curbside recycling program has been implemented, advocates of the program think they would see much more success if they too adopt carts in place of the bins.

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  • This hidden farm under London might radically change how we grow food

    July 11, 2015 |

    Digital Trends |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    More than 30-meters below the busy London streets, there is an eco-farm called Growing Underground that's part innovative agri-tech project and part sci-fi inspired netherworld. Created to provide increased food security and combat the environmental degradation caused by mass agriculture, this self-contained, zero-emissions, fully functioning farm provides an exciting opportunity as the world's population grows and food demands increase.

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  • Beer and business: the unexpected benefits of water access in Cameroon

    July 07, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Cameroon

    Cameroon was plagued by droughts, water-related illnesses, and an influx of refugees--all of which required a surplus of clean water. The government devised solar panel water distribution systems, which brought fresh water for irrigation. The surplus also inspired citizens of Cameroon to start small businesses that used the water, including brewing beer.

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  • A College in Maine That Tackles Climate Change, One Class at a Time

    June 30, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Bar Harbor, Maine

    As institutions look for ways to fight climate change, the College of the Atlantic has made the search for solutions a central part of its curriculum.

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  • How Australians survived a 13-year drought by going low-tech

    June 23, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Australia, Melbourne

    In the face of a prolonged drought, residents of Melbourne, Australia, cut water consumption in half by capturing rainwater and using efficient toilets and washing machines.

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  • How Israel defies drought

    June 21, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Israel ended its driest year on record with a water surplus. Lessons from a desert nation on how to get more out of the spigot.

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  • Urban Farming

    June 18, 2015 |

    Maptia |

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    Response Location: Japan, Tokyo

    A growing number of people in the famously crowded Tokyo metropolis are becoming ‘city farmers’, planting crops atop tall buildings or deep underground. In an age of detrimental climate change, urban cultivation and green roof agriculture will soon be necessary as food, water and energy resources become scarcer.

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  • Zanzibar's 'Solar Mamas' flip the switch on rural homes, gender roles

    June 05, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Matemwe, Zanzibar

    In Zanzibar, hundreds of households too poor and remote to have access to the electrical grid are getting low cost solar power for the first time, from a group of local female engineers trained by and Indian NGO. It's the first of several "solar mamas" projects planned for parts of rural Africa, and it's turning some traditional gender roles on their head.

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