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  • From plastic pollution, eSwatini woman creates money and beauty

    Nokukhanya Aimienoho

    June 27, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Swaziland, Mbabane

    Bantwana Craft is a social enterprise that collects plastic waste to be transformed into reusable items such as coin purses, backpacks, hats, and pencil cases. The business has diverted more than 10,000 kilograms of plastic waste since its founding six years ago.

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  • "I would like people to see the prospects in the Ukrainian village": Dnipro Green Grove

    Natalia Kulidi

    June 26, 2023 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Ukraine, Dnipro

    The Green Grove farm in takes in animals saved from the front lines of the war in Ukraine. The owners provide any rehabilitation that the animals need and continue caring for them at Green Grove, return them to their owners, or transport them to other farms.

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  • How Can Electric Vehicles Overcome Their Limitations?

    Ethan Brown

    June 24, 2023 |

    The Sweaty Penguin |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    When compared to gas-powered cars, electric vehicles save drivers money on fuel and maintenance, are more energy efficient, and emit significantly fewer greenhouse gases.

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  • Can the bioeconomy replace oil extraction in the Ecuadorian Amazon?

    Gabriela Barzallo

    June 22, 2023 |

    El País |

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    Response Location: Ecuador

    Communities in Ecuador are building a “bioeconomy” through ecotourism and sustainable agriculture instead of relying on oil extraction. This can help protect the country’s biodiversity and increase locals’ incomes.

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  • Pennsylvania Could Be a Model for Solar-Powered Schools — If It Can Get Past Political Divisions.

    Audrey Carleton

    June 22, 2023 |

    Capital & Main |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

    A solar panel array at the Steelton-Highspire School District generates enough energy to meet the schools’ needs, and the switch to solar is estimated to save the district $1.6 million over the next 20 years, which it can use to improve programming for students.

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  • A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Birds

    Sanket Jain

    June 22, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India, Maharashtra

    A wildlife photographer in Maharashtra, India, adds like-minded animal conservationists to a WhatsApp group so they can share animal photos and knowledge with each other. The group members work together to solve different wildlife issues through information sharing and public education, and many of them also rescue animals.

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  • How to build a zero-waste economy

    Joseph Winters

    June 21, 2023 |

    Grist |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Entrepreneurs are encouraging reuse models like return-from-home systems to transition towards a circular economy without single-use plastics. In this model, consumers pay a deposit to use takeout boxes, cups, and other containers. They get their deposit back when the containers are picked up from their home by a courier.

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  • The race to put Indigenous land on the map

    Liani MK

    June 20, 2023 |

    Rest of World |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Malaysia, Sarawak

    Organizations like the Society for Rights of Indigenous People of Sarawak combine oral history interviews, GPS data, and GIS software to create visual maps of Indigenous lands in danger of being encroached on. While court cases around land rights are still ongoing, Indigenous people trained in the data collection say the mapping process has helped empower them and made them feel involved in protecting their communities’ rights.

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  • Ex-female refugee conserving South Sudan's disappearing forest

    Richard Sultan

    June 19, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: South Sudan, Juba

    Vivian Kide learned to build fuel-efficient stoves in a Ugandan refugee camp to use less charcoal and prevent deforestation. When she returned home to South Sudan, she began building stoves for other women in her community and teaching them how to do so themselves.

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  • Volunteers, First Nations work to bring back a disappearing oak prairie

    Spoorthy Raman

    June 19, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Victoria, British Columbia

    The volunteer-run Friends of Uplands Park Society works to restore and protect Uplands Park in Victoria, British Columbia. The members have helped native species, many of which are designated as at risk, thrive again by removing invasive species, planting more native species, and educating the community.

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