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The outliers in urban residential landscaping

Allen Best

December 08, 2023 |

Greeley Tribune |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

Homeowners in Colorado are replacing their turf with rock and native plants and grasses, to save water and save money on water wills.

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Perennial grains: great for beer, bread and the fight against climate change

Jake Christie

December 19, 2022 |

Great Lakes Echo |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

The perennial wheat alternative Kernza can improve soil and water health because it will return yearly with less tilling and fertilizer than wheat, and it captures carbon and water pollutants.

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Kenyans turn to tradition to fight rising heat

Kagondu David Njagi

November 24, 2022 |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Katilu

Kenyans are trading iron for grass, palm fronds, and water reeds to build roofs that keep their homes cooler during extreme heat waves.

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Farming fog for water? Canary Islands tap a new reservoir.

Colette Davidson

November 09, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Spain, La Vega

Where rain is sparse, farmers are collecting fog as a water supply. The collection systems typically consist of nets that catch the droplets and allow them to drip down into a storage container.

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OnePointOne is Arizona's newest sustainable vertical farm

Scianna Garcia Samantha Chow

January 09, 2023 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Avondale, Arizona

OnePointOne farm uses vertical farming techniques to grow nutrient-dense, seasonal produce year-round. The farm operates on artificial intelligence and robots tend to the plants. Vertical farming also uses less water and can produce significantly more crops than standard horizontal farms — specifically 250 more plants per acre than traditional farms.

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Could This Mobile, Solar-Powered Livestock Barn Reshape the Corn Belt?

Twilight Greenaway

February 13, 2023 |

Civil Eats |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Iowa

Farmers in Iowa created mobile barns and use a stock cropping method of raising livestock between rows of cash crops on a yearly rotation. This new equipment and growing method reduce water pollution and improve soil health because the animals leave behind just enough nutrients to fertilize the crops the following season.

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How do you grow crops with no water? A rancher on the Gila River is trying an old approach

Jake Frederico

March 13, 2023 |

AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Gila Bend, Arizona

An Arizona farmer became the first organic regenerative certified farm in the southwest using practices that conserve water and improve soil health along the drought-stuck Gila River. His practices include growing arid-adapted crops, integrating livestock grazing, and planting cover crops.

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Restoring Watersheds, and Hope, After New Mexico's Record-Breaking Wildfires

Sara Van Note

December 15, 2022 |

Inside Climate News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Santa Clara Native Reservation, United States, Gallinas, New Mexico

After fires and floods, the tribe of the Santa Clara Pueblo is restoring Santa Clara Canyon using traditional ecological knowledge to design mitigation and replanting methods using burned trees and strategic seeding. Now, they are sharing that knowledge at other locations needing restoration.

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How this Nigerian state is minimising the risk of flooding

Muhammad Auwal Ibrahim

March 25, 2023 |

Halal Reporters |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Gombe

The Gombe State Environmental and Protection Agency in Nigeria cleared waste from waterways in metropolitan areas to increase the flow of water and mitigate flood risk.

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Chicago's dirty secret: lead in municipal drinking water remains the greatest threat in communities of color

Mackenzie Tatananni

April 20, 2023 |

ILLatinoNews.com (Illinois Latino News) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago’s Equity Lead Service Line Replacement Program is designed to help homeowners replace outdated water lines that can lead to contaminated drinking water, but only 280 lines have been replaced in the past two years in contrast to the city’s goal of 650. Homeowners report that the application process is inaccessible and inefficient, and an analysis by The Guardian found that roughly 10 percent of tests across four zip codes had contamination levels above the EPA’s guideline for taking action.

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