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  • Why Women From Asia Are Confronting U.S. Fracking: Oil Extraction Equals Plastic Production

    June 25, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Manila Bay in the Philippines is covered in trash - more specifically discarded plastic waste that has been exported from the United States. Facing an imminent risk of the Bay (which many local fishers depend on) disappearing, two organizations partnered together to create the “Stopping Plastic Where It Starts Tour." Targeting specifically U.S. communities experiencing the harmful impacts of fracking, the tour aims to reduce plastic consumption and production through awareness.

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  • How off-the-grid Navajo residents are getting running water

    June 20, 2018 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Thoreau, New Mexico

    In the Navajo Nation, a territory the size of West Virginia that spans counties in New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, people live in extreme poverty and lack access to clean water or electricity. A group called DigDeep is now serving the Navajo residents with large water storage systems and solar-powered pumps to bring water directly into the home rather than traveling miles away to carry water home. DigDeep is equipping nearly 300 homes in the area and has since received funding from Rotary International to expand their work further.

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  • Solar Libre: Family Affair

    June 19, 2018 |

    Latino USA |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Puerto Rico

    Hurricane Maria left many properties and people in Puerto Rico completely devastated. One family decided to do what they could to begin the reconstruction process on their own by forming Solar Libre Puerto Rico - a volunteer organizing that brings emergency solar to the region.

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  • In Search of Solution to Detroit's Water Shutoffs, Could Philly Hold the Answer?

    June 08, 2018 |

    WDET |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Detroit has a water affordability problem, with 100,000 water shutoffs for non-payment recorded since 2014. When faced with a similar problem, Philadelphia implemented an income tier-based water affordability program. Despite challenges, some think this is a solution to be tested in Detroit.

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  • Leave No Worker Behind

    June 01, 2018 |

    Earth Island |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    A decades-old principle called “just transition” has made international headway in the fight against climate change and toward equity and sustainability. Fundamental to the principle is transitioning from a capitalist system to a localized one that prioritizes cultural inclusion, local economies, decarbonization and environmental justice, and food sovereignty. But as this idea reaches prominence on the global stage, those that have been involved for years worry that its core meanings, morals, and actions will be co-opted.

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  • How chopping off their horns helps save rhinos from poachers

    May 31, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: South Africa

    As rhino populations continue to decrease at an alarming rate due to poaching, wildlife managers in South African reserves have begun to take matters into their own hands with emergency solutions such as dehorning. Although not financially sustainable for all reserves, the practice of dehorning aims to make rhinos a less attractive commodity to poachers by eliminating what they're after most.

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  • Towaoc Had No Running Water in the 1970s. Now it Does, and the Tribe Irrigates a Farm. What Changed?

    May 22, 2018 |

    KSJD |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    A green oasis sits amongst desert land in southwest Colorado, but this swath of Ute Mountain land wasn't always so fortunate. Thanks in large part to the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe leveraging their sovereignty, a settlement led to federal funding for canals, pipelines and the construction of the McPhee reservoir.

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  • U.S. environmental groups are largely white. Here's what some are — and some aren't — doing about it.

    May 15, 2018 |

    Ensia |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    A lack of diversity in the environment and conservation sector has been well calculated, documented and established, but the story doesn't end there. Many groups across the U.S are looking to not just recruit a more diverse population, but actually change organizational culture. "“We learned we need to be intentional about change, not just well-intended,” Jamie Williams, President of The Wilderness Society explains, as one group working to achieve this change.

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  • Welcome to Babcock Ranch, Florida's New Solar Suburb

    May 03, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Babcock Ranch, Florida

    Babcock Ranch is a sustainability “laboratory” that is testing what it takes to build a totally green community. What sets this community apart are the 440 acres of solar panels and the pursuit of a town powered fully by solar energy. Local families had a voice in the design process, and the first families who have moved in are thrilled with a living style that prioritizes sustainability.

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  • A Smorgasbord of Solutions for Global Warming

    April 25, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    While news of failures in the fight against climate change make headlines daily, there are many steps the everyday citizen can take to reduce their impact. Many don't know where to start though. That's where Project Drawdown comes in. This project is a global coalition of researchers, scientists, economists and others, that rate the impact of solutions, creating a way for people to see how they could possibly fit into the equation of climate solutions.

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