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  • Biochar Is ‘Low-Hanging Fruit' for Sequestering Carbon and Combating Climate Change

    Lindsey Byman

    March 29, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Biochar is an organic material that can be mixed with soil to improve soil health, increase crop production, and sequester carbon. To make it, wood or other biomass is heated at high temperatures in an oxygen-deprived environment, like a kiln.

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  • PHA: Tech Community Building Product-Oriented Africans

    Glorious Olajire

    March 29, 2024 |

    African Change Stories |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

    Product Hub Africa (PHA) empowers people interested in tech by providing education, support, professional network connections, mentorship and community to help people blossom in the tech industry. PHA has partnerships with local secondary schools where they mentor youth directly. Outside of their school partnerships, PHA has 5,000 members with plans to continue expanding.

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  • The Great Wall of Surajpura

    Roli Srivastava

    March 29, 2024 |

    The Migration Story |

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    Response Location: India, Surajpura

    The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) is a job program that employs locals to work on climate resilience projects like building water security infrastructure to support local farms and communities. In the past year, with the help of the work from MGNREGA, local farms have come back to life, wells have been replenished and migratory birds have begun returning to the area.

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  • How Unfamiliar Fish Are Helping Mainers Fight Food Insecurity

    Kea Krause

    March 28, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    The Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association launched a program to support local fishing businesses and address food insecurity during the pandemic that continues to do so today. The nonprofit buys fish at a more than fair price from local businesses and donates them to food banks and public school food programs.

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  • Why Portland failed where Portugal succeeded in decriminalizing drugs

    Aitor Hernandez-Morales Carmen Paun

    March 28, 2024 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    After the Oregon Legislature voted to reverse a law decriminalizing drug possession for personal use in response to a spike in overdoses, advocates attributed the legislation’s failure to poor implementation, complications related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and inadequate time to produce results.

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  • He's Got a Plan for Cities That Flood: Stop Fighting the Water

    Richard Schiffman

    March 28, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: China

    Cities in China are moving away from using traditional water managment approaches, like drainage pipes and flood walls. Instead, they are becoming “sponge cities” by installiing green infrastructure designed to absob excess water, like green roofs and ponds.

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  • Green Fuels Are Accelerating Shipping Decarbonization

    Sarah Sax

    March 27, 2024 |

    Time Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Companies in the shipping industry are using green hydrogen as “low-carbon” fuel to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. It’s created by using renewable energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, then mixing the hydrogen with green methanol or ammonia.

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  • In Lakota Nation, people are asking: Who does a language belong to?

    Christina Cala B.A. Parker

    March 27, 2024 |

    NPR |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Lakota Nation, United States

    Nonprofits, schools, and individuals are working to revitalize the Lakota language by making it more accessible in a variety of ways, including classes, dictionaries, podcasts, and passing on knowledge from elders.

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  • Coding The Future: Ugandan Women Take Refresher Classes To Lead Digital Revolution

    Hellen Kabahukya

    March 27, 2024 |

    Solutions Now Africa |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    Code Queens is a 10-week hands-on coding course designed to get young women interested in STEM careers. To graduate, students must participate in a hackathon that asks them to solve a real-world business challenge through coding.

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  • Despite Russian attacks, Ukrainians are determined to send their children to school

    Nick Connolly

    March 27, 2024 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Ukraine, Kharkiv

    To ensure children can safely attend school during the war, schools are building classrooms in underground metro stations. Over 2,000 students currently attend school in one of the five metro station classrooms built so far.

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