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  • Could crushed rocks absorb enough carbon to curb global warming?

    December 21, 2021 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: Spain, Gran Canaria

    Scientists are testing if adding alkaline substances to seawater can allow oceans to absorb more carbon dioxide emissions. Early tests suggest this could be a potential way to combat climate change, but there are still many questions about how this can scale, how it impacts the natural ecosystem, and if it’s cost effective to implement.

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  • Youth climate councils aim to locally combat climate crisis

    September 12, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    Through the San Antonio Mayor's Youth Engagement Council, students network with municipal officials, conduct research, and complete community-based projects to help them develop policy proposals around issues such as the climate crisis. Participants have organized workshops and collected food and hygiene donations to support vulnerable residents and say serving on the council has provided them a venue to work on issues that are important to them.

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  • As Temperatures Rise, Farms Are Sprouting in Alaska

    June 30, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    Alaska usually imports most of its food, but due to supply chain issues and climate change making the growing season longer, more small farms are popping up in The Last Frontier state. While the number of U.S. farms has decreased between 2007 and 2017, Alaska saw them increase by 44 percent. With their farming boom, residents are becoming more sustainable on their own crops rather than relying on global food systems.

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  • Want to rebuild soil? Build relationships

    March 17, 2022 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Judith Basin, Montana

    Regenerative agriculture is one of the top ways the Biden administration aims to reduce atmospheric carbon. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and individual farmers’ work on regenerative agriculture have implications for the future of food production in regards to global supply chain disruptions and combatting climate change.

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  • Pandemic Disruptions Created an Opportunity for Organic School Meals in California

    February 28, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The West Contra Costa Unified School District saw loosened regulations during the pandemic as an opportunity to tie up with local organic farms and producers and ensure hundred percent organic meals to students from low-income families. This is part of a growing effort in the state that recognizes school lunch as a way to not just provide the healthiest food to students but also to support a more sustainable food system that helps address climate change.

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  • Could a Citizens' Assembly Help Fix Your Democracy?

    April 19, 2021 |

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    Response Location: France

    France is among a growing number of countries piloting "citizens assemblies," in which a randomly-selected sample of citizens is tasked with reviewing and recommending potential responses to a pressing societal issue. The country's assembly on climate change resulted in more than 100 proposals for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, but because they were nonbinding, only about 40 percent of the recommendations were forwarded to parliament.

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  • Climate change: 'Sand battery' could solve green energy's big problem

    July 05, 2022 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Finland, Kankaanpää

    A team of Finnish engineers havevinstalled the first commercial battery made of sand, which can store green energy in it for months. Solar panels or wind turbines generate electricity, which is then stored as heat in the sand battery. When needed, the battery can discharge hot air to heat up water which is then used to heat homes, offices, and a swimming pool. This solution may be difficult to scale, but it’s a low-cost storage idea that could be useful when it’s cold and energy is more expensive.

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  • 'Ventilation Corridors' Funnel Cool Mountain Air Into Steamy Stuttgart

    August 12, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Germany, Stuttgart

    Stuttgart is using a “nature-based response” to climate change by leveraging earth-cooling tools already available in the natural world. The city has created a vast network of ventilation channels – green parkways and corridors of water and trees – designed to funnel cooler breezes into the city at night and naturally lower air temperatures.

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  • A dose of climate optimism from Va. collaborative

    May 19, 2022 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlottesville, Virginia

    The Community Climate Collaborative is working to wean local businesses from fossil fuels. 16 members of the Green Business Alliance pledged last spring to cut their carbon pollution by 45% by the end of 2025. The Alliance is more than halfway there — already achieving a 28% reduction.

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  • Mega Whatt!? What a Rhode Island wind farm can teach us about New Orleans' energy future

    July 15, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Narragansett, Rhode Island

    The Block Island Wind Farm is an offshore wind farm that works to mitigate climate change and improve the state’s economy. The wind farm has created more than 300 jobs and provides an alternative to power sources that produce carbon emissions amidst increased demands for electricity.

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