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Eco-friendly firefighting foam is based on soap

Yui Sawada

May 11, 2022 |

J-Stories |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Japan, Fukuoka

Shabondama Soap, a company based in Japan, manufactures an eco-friendly foam extinguishing agent that can be used to fight wildfires. After an experiment showed that the shop can put out a fire quickly and with less water, the company started introducing it to other regions of the world including Indonesia and Thailand.

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A Night Market Creates Opportunity for Black Communities

Morgan Florsheim

May 03, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

An evening market in Nashville provides a location for local Black business owners to sell goods and gain exposure.

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How "Kitovu Technology" Improves Small-scale Farming, Food Security In Nigeria

Angela Umoru

April 26, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Iseyin, Oyo State

Kitovu Technology is a social enterprise that aims to use data and technology to help farmers in Nigeria increase their crop yields and access new markets. Since 2017, the company has trained over 300 agents to work with about 12,000 farmers on using the mobile app to track their progress. The company also partnered with the government on a pilot program to introduce an electronic warehouse system to allow farmers to store their grains.

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A mudslide killed his family — so this entrepreneur is using coconuts to help prevent future disasters

Lilian Manansala

April 18, 2022 |

Business Insider |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Sierra Leone

Rugsal Trading turns coconut waste into fire fuel as an alternative to wood. Replacing wood and charcoal with this fuel can prevent deforestation and deadly mudslides.

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Liberian women leading the way in tackling plastic pollution

Tina Mehnpaine

April 04, 2022 |

African Women in Media (AWiM) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Liberia, Monrovia

A recycling initiative in Liberia turns plastic waste into tiles and provides income for the women who collect it. From picking up plastics, some women can earn up to $40 a week. While it’s not always easy, picking up the waste has also unblocked drains which has reduced flooding.

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In Austria, the Government Pays to Repair Your Stuff

Kaja Šeruga

March 22, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Austria, Vienna

In 2020, Vienna, Austria launched a program to subsidize half the cost of repairs to items such as clothing, electronics, bicycles, and furniture. The initiative supported the repair of more than 35,000 items, saving 850 tons of carbon dioxide emissions and spurring other localities, such as Thüringen, Germany, and Portland, Oregon, to roll out their own repair bonus schemes.

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California Gives a Big Boost to Corner Stores that Sell Fresh Produce

S. E. Smith

February 22, 2022 |

Civil Eats |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

In California, the state's Healthy Grant Refrigeration Program is enabling corner stores and small markets with means for refrigeration and distribution channels so they can offer fresh food to residents in their communities who otherwise do not have access to it.

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The Eco-Friendlier Future of the Disposable Spork

Michaela Haas

February 11, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Germany, Schwedt

A clean-tech startup in Germany is producing sustainable food packaging out of agricultural waste as an alternative solution to single-use plastic. Bio-Lutions claims its products are compostable and uses less water than other products, but the material used won’t work for some food items like hot beverages. The company already has investors such as Delivery Hero that will use its products when the factory is producing compostable packaging.

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Restaurant Resiliency Program's Rocky Start Tests East Harlem Restaurants

Aina de Lapparent Alvarez

February 10, 2022 |

NY City Lens |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The Restaurant Resiliency Program, which was adapted as a government initiative during COVID, tied up restaurants with charities with the aim of ensuring that vulnerable communities had access to meals while the restaurants were able to keep their business running in those uncertain times. However, when the funding abruptly ended on February 3 without reaching all the beneficiary restaurants, it showed how the much-needed program required better implementation and thought.

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The urine revolution: how recycling pee could help to save the world

Chelsea Wald

February 09, 2022 |

Nature |

Photojournalism |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Sweden, Gotland

Companies and research initiatives around the world are developing and testing new toilets that can collect human urine and turn it into fertilizer. These urine diversion toilets have been implemented in places like South Africa with mixed results. However, researchers in Sweden are using portable toilets to gather the urine, dry it into fertilizer pellets that are then used to grow barley for beer. This work could show how to implement these kinds of toilets on a large scale.

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