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  • Are high efficiency stoves the solution to Keene's wood smoke pollution?

    November 29, 2024 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

    In New England, government incentives and education are supporting and encouraging residents to swap their wood-burning stoves for high-efficiency models that burn less wood and emit less smoke. The aim is to reduce air pollution and its public health and climate impacts.

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  • How Keene's community air monitoring project could be a national climate solution

    November 29, 2024 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

    A professor at Keene State College, her students, and community volunteers installed affordable, commercial air monitors throughout the New Hampshire town to fill gaps in available data. The monitors help them track air quality in real time and alert the public when pollution levels rise.

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  • Equine therapy: Horses help Michigan youth cope with mental health crises

    November 29, 2024 |

    Bridge Michigan |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    Equine-assisted therapy is a unique approach that combines aspects of traditional therapy with the responsibilities of caring for a horse and even learning to ride. At the Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center, mental health professionals with equine training help youth learn to build trust and empathy while also teaching them impulse control and emotional awareness.

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  • Una red de jardines nativos florece en Miami y rescata especies en peligro

    November 27, 2024 |

    El Tiempo Latino |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    Native Plant Network, una iniciativa de educación y conservación, ha creado un sistema de entrega de cinco plantas nativas gratuitas a cada persona en el red, ayudando la creación de un corredor de plantas nativas en Miami.

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  • Oriente Recicla: un referente de reciclaje en El Salvador

    November 27, 2024 |

    Distintas Latitudes |

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    Response Location: El Salvador, San Miguel

    La iniciativa Oriente Recicla, liderada por ciudadanos comprometidos y recicladores locales, ha logrado recuperar más de 246 toneladas de residuos desde su fundación en 2021.

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  • Think Utah farmers should do without irrigation? Here's what that looks like

    November 25, 2024 |

    KUER Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Farmers in southeast Utah grow wheat and other select grains without irrigation, a technique called dryland farming. Relying only on rainwater eases water pressure amid droughts.

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  • A Tool to Tackle Climate Emotions

    November 25, 2024 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    An educational tool called the climate emotions wheel shows a variety of emotions that align with a survey to help guide users through their climate-related feelings. It’s used in schools as a way to address youth mental health concerns amid climate-related disasters and other impacts.

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  • Building for the climate: How it's done in Switzerland

    November 24, 2024 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Switzerland

    A cooperative in Switzerland is building sustainable apartments using recycled materials and green building practices to create carbon-neutral communal living spaces. These “cluster apartments” cut down on living space per person and save energy.

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  • Is giving old papers new life a sustainable solution for the environment?

    November 22, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory

    Joebliss Enterprise purchases and collects paper waste from homes, businesses, and collection agents in Abuja, Nigeria, and processes it for recycling, reducing the amount that produces methane emissions in landfills.

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  • Can desalination quench agriculture's thirst?

    November 21, 2024 |

    Knowable Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    Several pilot studies point to the viability of desalination projects being an effective option for farmers in certain fresh-water-scarce regions.

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