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  • Getting off fossil fuels is hard, but this city is doing it — building by building

    March 04, 2024 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

    The town of Ithaca is working with its local gas utility and area homeowners to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by removing gas pipes from homes and businesses by switching them over to electricity, primarily from renewable sources. While the transition is a long process, the town expects to achieve about a 30% reduction in emissions in the next year.

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  • Culture and conservation thrive as Great Lakes tribes bring back native wild rice

    March 04, 2024 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, United States

    Native tribes and First Nations in the Great Lakes Region are successfully reviving wild rice, a native crop that is deemed “extremely vulnerable” to climate change and lost much of its wetland habitat. The tribes’ restoration projects involve seeding lakebeds, monitoring water levels and quality, educating others on the importance of the crop, and harvesting it by hand.

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  • How a Colombian City Cooled Dramatically in Just Three Years

    March 04, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Medellín

    Medellín, Colombia, is combating the urban heat island effect by creating green corridors across the city. Over 2.5 million plants and trees were carefully selected to maximize impact and planted on buildings and along roads and waterways.

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  • Protecting Sacramento's unhoused pet community

    March 01, 2024 |

    The Sacramento Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    The Bradshaw Animal Shelter’s PAWS mobile clinic travels to homeless encampments and shelters throughout the community to provide care to residents’ pets, including vaccinations, microchips, flea, tick and parasite prevention, as well as spay and neuter services, free of charge.

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  • Das Geheimnis der Seegurke: Wie eine asiatische Delikatesse die Welt von morgen verändert

    March 01, 2024 |

    Der Freitag |

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    Response Location: Madagascar

    Der Anbau von Seegurken in Aquakulturen hat das Potenzial, Fischbestände zu stabilisieren, Ökosysteme zu regenerieren und Fischerfamilien ein stabiles Einkommen zu verschaffen. Eine Kooperative in Madagaskar ist zum Modellprojekt dafür geworden.

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  • Underground seed banks hold promise for ecological restoration

    March 01, 2024 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Indigenous peoples across the western United States are bringing back native plants that disappeared many years ago by practicing natural regeneration. By slowly bringing ecosystems that were disrupted by human activity back to their natural state over time, the seeds and roots preserved underground are given the chance to flourish.

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  • How Electric Bikes Can Cut Delivery Emissions in Cities

    February 29, 2024 |

    Time Magazine |

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    Response Location: Germany

    The mail and package delivery company Deutsche Post uses electric bikes, trikes, cargo bikes, and delivery vans to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions related to last-mile deliveries.

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  • Emprenden soluciones no gubernamentales para mitigar la erosión costera

    February 27, 2024 |

    Centro de Periodismo Investigativo |

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    Response Location: Puerto Rico

    Para proteger y restaurar las barreras naturales, el Gobierno de Puerto Rico ha aprobado legislación, asignado fondos y desarrollado programas para apoyar manglares, arrecifes de coral y dunas.

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  • Jeans-to-bag: Promoting education, environmental sustainability in rural communities

    February 27, 2024 |

    African Change Stories |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ogun State

    The SecureCycle initiative collects jeans that would otherwise be discarded and turns them into backpacks for low-income students in rural communities in Nigeria. Having access to a sturdy bag to carry their school supplies encourages students to attend school and keeps them from losing their books so they stay engaged in class.

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  • Améliorer les rendements agricoles grâce aux déchets ménagers et agro-industriels

    February 26, 2024 |

    SciDev.Net |

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    Response Location: Burkina Faso

    Avec le compostage, les biodéchets ménagers, agricoles et agro-industriels peuvent être transformés en fertilisants organiques, qui aident à améliorer la qualité du sol au fil du temps. Le processus créé par l’Institut de recherche en sciences appliquées et techniques du Burkina Faso a reçu l’un des trophées de l’innovation de l’Institut de recherche pour le développement, et la recherche a conduit à l’ouverture d’installations de compostage dédiées dans le pays.

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