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  • Germany's €9 train tickets scheme ‘saved 1.8m tons of CO2 emissions'

    August 30, 2022 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    Germany’s three-month experiment with €9 tickets for a month of unlimited travel on public transportation saved about 1.8 metric tons of CO2 emissions. The experiment was launched in an effort to cut fuel consumption and relieve a cost of living crisis and sold about 52 million tickets.

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  • Inside the 'Energy Villages' Powering Germany's Green Transition

    August 29, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Germany, Schonau

    The Virtual Citizen Power Plant joins residents to share energy to power their homes and offices to achieve energy sovereignty. Studies show that villages that participate in these renewable energy programs see a 60% reduction in CO2 emissions, better price stability, and more energy independence for farmers and homeowners, on top of improving residents’ sense of community.

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  • Healthy mangroves build a resilient community in the Philippines' Palawan

    August 29, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Palawan

    The Philippines’ National Greening Program combined with ongoing outreach initiatives, partnerships with local communities, and Indigenous cultural practices that emphasized the importance of preserving mangroves helped the area’s coastal forests and fisheries start to recover after decades of deforestation.

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  • Returning England's Forgotten Frog

    August 24, 2022 |

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    Documentary |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: England

    Scientists and conservationists reintroduced the pool frog to England after proving that the species was once native to the country but had gone extinct. Members of the species, ranging from tadpoles to mature frogs, were collected in Sweden and then introduced to two different sites in England. The efforts have been successful, with populations dispersing on their own to other locations in the region.

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  • Pace of Harris County home buyouts slower than hoped for after Hurricane Harvey

    August 24, 2022 |

    Texas Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Harris County, Texas

    Harris County Flood Control District voluntary buyout program, funded by FEMA, allowed the local government to purchase entire clusters of homes in floodplains that they will repurpose for public projects that will also mitigate flood damage in the future. The district has completed almost 750 buyouts, far below buyouts in previous years, but 5,000 properties are still on the buyout list. Residents receive payments for their homes and coverage of fees like closing costs, moving costs and a variety of bonuses. Some homeowners can also receive down payment assistance and closing costs on a new home.

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  • A Bear's Necessities

    August 23, 2022 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

    A biologist studies bear dens in the forests of British Columbia, Canada, to create artificial alternatives as forestry practices make suitable dens rarer.

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  • This grass can save Salt Lake City residents water and money in Utah's drought

    August 23, 2022 |

    KSTU-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    A Salt Lake City collaboration created a blend of grass designed to thrive in the local climate and conserve water. It uses at least 30 percent less water than traditional turf options. The city sells it to residents for $8.50 a bag.

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  • "I wanted to quit a million times, but how will they be without me?": how the Dnipro shelter saves animals from the front line

    August 22, 2022 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Dnipro

    The We Are for the Right to Life animal shelter in Dnipro, Ukraine, cares for animal refugees by treating their injuries and health issues and giving them a place to stay until they can be rehomed.

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  • Surge Africa's nature-based solutions boosting Nigerian farmers' resilience to climate change

    August 22, 2022 |

    Pulse Nigeria |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    Surge Africa is a nonprofit helping Nigerian farmers learn about and implement agroforestry and agroecology practices to more sustainably manage their land and improve their yields despite the negative impacts of climate change.

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  • More than a day at the beach: Piping plover volunteers work to save a species

    August 20, 2022 |

    National Catholic Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A secular community of volunteers formed the NYC Plover Project to watch over a group of the in-danger shorebird species that nests in sand dunes at a local beach. Volunteers scan the nesting ground for threats with binoculars and educate beachgoers about the problem at hand.

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