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  • 生ごみリサイクル率は驚異の95％　韓国が「食品ロス大国からリサイクル大国」になった理由

    December 06, 2022 |

    ELEMINIST |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    かつての食品ロス大国であり、今は生ごみリサイクル率95％になった韓国。埋立処分の禁止やコンポスト化の義務、ごみの量に合わせた課金制度などの工夫が光る。

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  • California Seeks Native American Help After Years of Environmental Abuse

    December 05, 2022 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: Big Pine Paiute, United States, Owens Valley, California

    California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) works with local indigenous people to discuss indicators of climate change and how best to mitigate it. The office crafts reports with input from more than 40 tribes in the state to ensure officials are responding to climate change in the most effective ways, using indigenous knowledge and voices to help lead their efforts.

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  • Climate Change Is Pushing Pacific Northwest Farmers to Protect Crops from Extreme Heat

    December 05, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States

    Fruit farmers in the Pacific Northwest are implementing mitigation strategies like shade, produce coatings, and water misters to protect their crops from extreme heat.

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  • Beekeeping revives forests, land in Zim

    December 04, 2022 |

    The Standard |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe

    Multiple organizations in Zimbabwe are supporting locals who are learning beekeeping. The practice helps the local ecosystem bounce back from deforestation and allows the beekeepers to earn extra income for expenses like their children’s school.

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  • An Indigenous reservation has a novel way to grow food – below the earth's surface

    December 03, 2022 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: South Dakota Pine Ridge Reservation, United States, South Dakota

    The Oglala Sioux Tribe uses underground greenhouses to keep harvests safe from intensifying weather due to climate change and fight food insecurity in the community.

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  • Utah looks to expand cloud seeding to help with drought, Great Salt Lake

    December 02, 2022 |

    KSTU-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Tremonton, Utah

    Utah’s state government and Department of Natural Resources provide residents with machines to increase winter storm precipitation through cloud seeding. The process uses heat from a propane burner to release silver iodide into the air, which can increase snowfall and help combat drought.

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  • Exchanging Plastics for Learning Resources: How This Non-profit Addresses Low-Quality Education

    December 01, 2022 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abeokuta, Ogun State

    The Recyclearn Initiative is a Nigerian nonprofit that arranges for students to work with its team members in collecting plastic to sell to recycling companies. The profits provide school materials to students in need.

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  • Public transit was free for many Coloradans in August. When fares returned, many riders stayed, data shows.

    December 01, 2022 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Colorado’s grant-funded Zero Fare for Better Air program allowed riders to use public transit for free in August. When the fares returned at the end of the month many transit agencies still noticed an increase in users compared to before the free access.

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  • Indian farmers turn to solar-powered fridges to fight food waste

    December 01, 2022 |

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    Response Location: India

    Solar-powered cold storage units help farmers in India to store their harvests during extreme heat instead of discarding their produce or trying to sell it quickly for cheap to avoid waste. The solar-powered option is significantly cheaper than typical electric cold storage, making it more accessible to small-scale farmers.

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  • Farming After Disaster in Eastern Kentucky

    December 01, 2022 |

    WMMT |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Letcher County, Kentucky

    Several organizations, researchers, and area farmers alike are working to get local farmers back on track after catastrophic flooding in the summer of 2022 destroyed many farmers’ crops, tools, and homes by focusing on shifting toward more climate-resilient farming practices and providing resources like compost deliveries to help replenish soil.

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