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  • Changing the way people access the burliest waters in the country

    September 28, 2018 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    When faced with the challenge of creating a better raft to access unexplored whitewater, a family devised what is now known as the Alpacka Raft. Changing the way people can explore the outdoors, the family company has turned into "one of the largest custom outdoor gear manufacturing shops in the country."

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  • Green movement pivots toward minorities

    September 26, 2017 |

    Great Lakes Today |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    The largely homogenous demographic of those working in conservation contributes to disparities in representation, which in turn can lead to issues like the Flint water crises. Now several organizations, including the Alliance for the Great Lakes in Cleveland and the Environmental Fellows program at the University of Michigan, are working to include the diverse voices of different races, ages, and backgrounds in the conversation.

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  • The Quinoa Quarrel

    April 17, 2014 |

    Harper's Magazine |

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    Response Location: Bolivia, Altiplano

    The solution is quinoa, the problem is a bit more complicated. As the human population increases alongside environmental challenges like water scarcity and climate change, quinoa shines as the answer to what can withstand these looming problems. But who owns this crop and do they have to share? Native to the Altiplano region in South America, this plant must be adapted to live and thrive successfully elsewhere. Despite controversy over the rights to the seed, several researchers and farmers are working to ensure the seed lives on even if the dispute drags on.

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  • Paris offers a model to bring swimming to Charles River

    June 18, 2017 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    In many places, polluted water deters people from enjoying nature or treating waterways as spaces for community recreation. Even when the water is clean, this aversion persists. In Paris, the reveal of three public swimming pools in a once-contaminated canal is being treated as a model for other urban waterways in cities like Boston.

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  • Where Water is Scarce, Communities Turn to Reusing Wastewater

    May 01, 2018 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    Water conservation has been a hot topic for the last decade. As nations continue to search for ways to ensure a safe water supply for future generations, some places are looking to history for answers. Taking a page out of the 1970s water shortage era for Orange County in California, these places are finding ways to recycle sewage water into drinkable water.

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  • How the growing “One Water” movement is not only helping the environment but also saving millions of dollars

    May 08, 2018 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States

    In response to the growing concern about the world's water supply, a movement known in the United States as "One Water" has taken shape and is gathering momentum on a mission to halt floods, droughts and water pollution.

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  • Urban Ecological Consciousness at Wave Hill

    August 11, 2018 |

    Hyperallergic |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The interventions documented in the exhibition Ecological Consciousness show how artists can impact people’s experience of the natural world as well as making a positive impact on nature itself. The projects include a man-made wetland park that has improved water quality, urban gardens made in collaboration with community groups, and the remediation of a superfund site.

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  • A Huge Win for Keeping Water Systems under Public Control

    August 17, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Voting to approve the prohibition of privatizing the city water system was just the most recent success in Baltimore's history of keeping the water system under public ownership. Through efforts pioneered by the city's various communities coming together, the city itself has turned into a model for others to learn from.

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  • How Dutch stormwater management could mitigate damage from hurricanes

    July 21, 2019 |

    CBS News |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Netherlands, Rotterdam

    Designing room for rivers and coastlines can mitigate catastrophe. Following a massive flood in 1953, the Dutch government reallocated its resources toward disaster prevention and mitigation. Through measures like building surge barriers and reservoirs into recreational spaces, the Dutch have moved implemented defensive design methods. Additionally, by lowering some dykes, practices have moved from flood control to controlled flooding. The Dutch Water Ambassador serves a global role advising the UN and other countries about the Dutch engineering and design methods.

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  • Battle to restore Chesapeake Bay provides lessons for Great Lakes

    November 10, 2019 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Chesapeake, Ohio

    The Great Lakes region is becoming overtaken by algal blooms, but reduction efforts from past projects are helping to create a guide for a way forward. The Chesapeake Bay Program – a multi-state and multi-agency effort – is proving to be one such model since reporting "reductions in algae growth, and an increasing percentage of water tributaries meeting clean water standards."

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