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  • The revellers making Trinidad's carnival more sustainable

    March 03, 2025 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Trinidad and Tobago

    Carnicycle, 2nd Closet, and Fete with the Saints are implementing recycling initiatives, costume reuse programs, and waste reduction measures to successfully reduce the environmental footprint of Trinidad's carnival by diverting thousands of costume parts and single-use plastics from landfills.

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  • How to have better sex

    February 18, 2025 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

    In an effort to combat cultural stigma, misinformation and harmful behaviors, several groups and individuals are emerging to teach women about sexual health, pleasure and overall wellness, particularly in rural areas where information is sparse.

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  • Why don't we use more geothermal energy?

    October 07, 2024 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Germany

    Germany-based Vulcan Energy combines lithium extraction with geothermal energy production to make geothermal more financially feasible. It pulls the lithium directly from the hot water that's used to generate power and heat for local communities and sells it to be used for electric car batteries.

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  • From wastelands to wetlands: The fight to save Sri Lanka's natural flood buffers

    September 21, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Sri Lanka, Colombo

    Sections of the massive network of wetlands in Colombo, Sri Lanka, went from being overwhelmed by garbage to biodiverse ecosystems that are a critical part of urban planning and flood prevention. The government and community groups worked to clean them up, and keep them clean, so the wetlands can do what they’re naturally good at.

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  • 'Our plan worked': How Vienna prepared itself for a 5,000-year flood

    September 20, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Austria, Vienna

    Vienna’s flood risk management strategy and flood defense system are critical to protecting the city as Europe experiences one of its most flood-plagued periods. They consist of a flood control channel that eases water pressure on the river and plenty of emergency drills.

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  • Giant 'living tractors' are bringing nature back to post-industrial wastelands

    August 28, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Turkey

    Water buffalo are becoming a crucial species in many conservation projects. Their natural habits like grazing and wallowing in water and the spreading of seeds through their dung increase biodiversity and create microhabitats for other important species.

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  • Can bringing back nature save our cities from floods?

    August 26, 2024 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: China

    Cities and neighborhoods around the world are trying to transform into sponge cities to soak up enough rainwater to prevent flooding. They’re doing so by ripping up asphalt and concrete, replacing it with nature-based solutions like native plants and parks.

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  • How are Afghans fighting climate change?

    August 12, 2024 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Afghanistan

    Amid droughts fueled by climate change, communities in Afghanistan are building irrigation pools, miniature dams, and systems of pipes to capture rain, flood, and spring water for agricultural use. Afghans who live abroad are sending them donations to help make it possible.

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  • How Asia's 5,000-year-old rice terraces are inspiring modern flood control

    August 06, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Thailand, Bangkok

    Architects across Asia are taking inspiration from a traditional form of agriculture called rice terraces to create flood-resilient infrastructure in cities that lack places for excess water to go. In Bangkok, for example, a university’s roof mimics the step-like design, and the water it holds is used to grow rice.

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  • The indigenous community protecting Himalayan sacred cattle in India

    July 27, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: India, Arunachal Pradesh

    The Indigenous Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, India, builds “living fences” by attaching barbed wire to the trunks of orchid trees to protect the mithun they are rearing, a sacred species of cattle listed as vulnerable by the International Union For Conservation of Nature. Many of the mithuns died from conflict with humans and animal attacks when they were left to free-range graze.

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