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  • PA cities have a sewer-system problem. Green infrastructure can help — but comes with its own risks

    Madison Goldberg

    August 05, 2021 |

    StateImpact Pennsylvania |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

    In many cities, rainwater is drained through "grey infrastructure" things like pipes, streets, etc. In some cities, this system is combined with the sewage system. Rainwater drains into the sewage system, is then cleaned, then emptied into the river. However, with strong storms some sewage systems overflow. A problem that will worsen with climate change. In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, rain gardens are one solution to overflowing sewage systems. Cities like Harrisburg are turning to green infrastructure, things like rain gardens, roofs with gardens, and parks, to ease the burden on gray infrastructure.

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  • Crypto power: Can solar boost cheap, green homes in S.Africa?

    Kim Harrisberg

    April 22, 2021 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: South Africa, Cape Town

    Watergate Estate is working on two issues in South Africa: affordable housing and renewable energy. The housing development is installing solar panels for its residents that are being bought by people all over the world using cash or bitcoin as a way to offset their own carbon costs. Not everyone agrees that gated communities like this are helping to fight social inequalities, crime, and unemployment, but about 470 people bought solar cells for the apartment complex and some residents say they feel safer in their community.

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  • A River's Right to Flow

    Sara Van Note

    October 22, 2021 |

    bioGraphic |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    In order to preserve and protect rivers a new movement that grants rivers personhood rights is growing. In places like New Zealand and Oregon, where some of these measures have passed rivers have the right to flow without having to be used as a resource for consumption. In New Mexico, the state engineer approved a water lease submitted by the National Audobon Society. The lease allows about 13 million gallons of water to flow annually solely for its own sake, similiar to personhood rights. The creative approach is one way conservationists are fighting for water preservation.

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  • Green Jobs Offer Ex-Offenders a Career Path after Prison

    Ryan M. Moser

    November 18, 2021 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    At Florida's Everglades Correctional Institution, incarcerated men teach a course offered through a college correspondence school that can lead to certification to work as a wastewater treatment plant operator, a well-paying green-industry job in high demand. An incarcerated journalist tells the story of how demanding lessons in chemistry, microbiology, and algebra prepare students for the state certification exam. Hundreds have taken the course and many have found jobs in the industry after prison, although many employers remain reluctant to hire people with felony records.

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  • The Struggle of Ending Open Defecation in Adadama, Cross River State

    Udeh Obaziota

    August 26, 2021 |

    Sparkling 92.3 FM |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria, Adadama, Cross River

    A community-led sanitation approach ended the practice of open defecation, a major cause of water pollution and stomach diseases. The program educated people to change social norms and laws requiring every household to own a toilet and punishing those who defecated in the river with a substantial fine were critical to its effectiveness. The community drove the program, with widespread adoption made easier by the benefits like fewer flies and less stomach illnesses. Low budget toilets, requiring only labor to dig a hole and resources available in the bush, were constructed so that everyone could afford it.

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  • Ecosystems-based adaptation keeps water running in Bhojdari even in dry months

    Vinaya Kurtkoti

    June 29, 2020 |

    Mongabay |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India, Bhojdari, Maharashtra

    Bhojdari, a town in India, faced a severe drought in the early 2000s. The town doesn't have a river or canal nearby. However, after implementing an ecosystems-based approach, the town has reliable access to water, even in the dry months. Some of the methods that were incorporated in this approach included the creation of irrigation models, planting bamboo trees, and creating fish ladders so that fish can move up the stream. Ultimately, the model led to an increase in cultivation for local farmers and sufficient water for the town.

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  • France's 'Peevolution' Is Irrigating Farms With Liquid Gold

    Peter Yeung

    August 31, 2021 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: France, Bordeaux

    Getting rid of urine is very wasteful, in the European Union alone almost 6,000 billion liters of water are used to flush urine. TOOPI Organics is using urine as a resource. Founded in 2019, the biotech company collects urine and using a fermentation process transforms it so it can be used as a fertilizer. Its urine fertilizer helped plants grow 60 to 110 percent more than a traditional mineral fertilizer. Its factory in the city of Bordeaux is able to produce 2,500 liters of organic fertilizer per day.

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  • How Abuja farmers use organic pesticides, disease control to reduce climate change effects

    Abdulkareem Mojeed

    November 28, 2021 |

    Premium Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria

    In Nigeria, climate change has led to food scarcity causing some farmers in rural Abuja communities to adopt sustainable agricultural practices. Also known as smart agriculture it encompasses things like reducing pesticide use, using extracts from neem plants, and using warm castings as a fertilizer. Farmers say the practice has improved the soil, increasing water retention, and sequestered carbon.

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  • This unexpected solution could save the world's depleting corals

    Eman Mounir

    January 24, 2022 |

    Euronews |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Egypt

    Underwater mooring buoys are proving pivotal in efforts to save corals along the Red Sea. In practice, the installed buoys are anchored to flat, solid bedrock provide a ready-made anchor for tourists arriving by sea, instead of letting them drop anchors on vulnerable underwater ecosystems. Since 1995, more than 1,400 buoys have been installed along the Red Sea coastlines.

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  • A tale of two cities' water bills: how one place was able to reduce mounting utility costs for low-income households and how Ohio may follow suit

    Conor Morris

    May 02, 2022 |

    Eye On Ohio |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia’s Tiered Assistance Program (TAP) provides water debt alleviation and locks water bill rates to 2-3 percent of a household’s income. The program provides a unique security net to qualified homeowners in the city. Cleveland has the potential to provide a similar benefit to its residents with a few manageable changes.

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