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The Dutch Have Solutions to Rising Seas. The World Is Watching.

Michael Kimmelman

June 15, 2017 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Netherlands, Rotterdam

Rotterdam is increasingly threatened by climate change and the rising water levels that accompany it. Yet instead of building barriers, city officials are choosing to work with the water to help it flow through the city, via the nationwide 'Room for the River' project. This innovation, among others, such as the construction of parking lots that double as emergency reservoirs, embodies Rotterdam’s larger commitment to connect “water management with social welfare and neighborhood improvements.”

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Hoboken's resiliency parks fight flooding but come with a big price tag

Ted Goldberg

July 12, 2024 |

NJ Spotlight |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Hoboken, New Jersey

Resiliency parks in Hoboken, New Jersey, look like typical playgrounds and basketball courts. Unlike the average park, they have discrete drains and sit on top of underground tanks that prevent flooding by holding millions of gallons of rainwater.

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Fixing the lake could pave the way to solving Utah's mental health crisis

Emma Penrod

November 28, 2023 |

Great Salt Lake Collaborative |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Utah

The officials and experts working on the plan for the future development of Salt Lake Valley are taking into account what didn’t work from previous urban design choices to ensure water conservation is a design priority going forward.

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Amid persistent drought, a nation of herders plots a new course

Scott Peterson

July 27, 2017 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Somalia, Hargeisa

In the face of severe drought and one of the worst humanitarian crises since World War II, nations on the Horn of Africa are fighting to stave off famine and the spread of disease. Some places, like Somaliland, have been able to apply techniques learned in the severe famines of the 80s to increase their chances of survival. Many once-nomadic tribes are now settling into farming with some help of the government and a few non-profits, trading in livestock for more secure sources of fresh water, and learning new agricultural trades to keep their families - and hope - alive.

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The Impossible Burger: Inside the Strange Science of the Fake Meat That 'Bleeds'

Matt Simon

September 20, 2017 |

Wired |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Silicon Valley, California

A genetically engineered fake meat that smells, tastes and has the same texture as a regular beef burger? Sounds impossible, but it's not for the Impossible Burger. Made from ingredients such as wheat and potato protein and coconut, it's the tactic of extracting heme (the ingredient found in the hemoglobin of cows) from leghemoglobin (a the plant alternative) that really helps the Impossible Burger succeed. This success is also a success for the environment by using less land, a quarter of the water and emitting an eighth of the greenhouse gases than is reported for livestock rearing.

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Utah golf courses say they're reducing water use. Some can prove it.

Leia Larson

April 10, 2023 |

The Salt Lake Tribune |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Utah

Golf courses in Utah are conserving water amid a severe drought by planting drought-tolerant grass, watering fewer areas, not filling ponds, and using water runoff from a nearby interstate.

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Tidal kites: New technology harnessing ocean energy

Adrienne Murray

June 25, 2024 |

BBC |

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3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Faroe Islands

The renewable energy technology company Minesto developed tidal kites that generate electricity from ocean tides. The machines are attached to the seabed and pushed through the water in a figure 8 pattern. The movement spins a turbine that generates electricity.

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Utah is going big on helping farmers grow crops with less water, but can it help the Great Salt Lake

Ben Winslow

November 09, 2023 |

Great Salt Lake Collaborative |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Utah

The Utah state government is offering grants to encourage and enable farmers to invest in water-saving technology amid a severe drought. A farmer who wants to install a better irrigation system, like drip irrigation, will pay for half of the upgrade and the state will pay for the other half.

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How do we detoxify California's poison tap water? More democracy

Jacques Leslie

June 08, 2018 |

Los Angeles Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Goshen, California

The majority of public water boards in California's San Joaquin Valley have been comprised of the same elected officials year after year. The lack of community representation on the boards as lead to many disadvantages for struggling towns where water pollution has become the norm. As evidenced in West Goshen however, diversifying the boards with local community members can lead to better water management solutions through state-funded grant opportunities.

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U.S. East Coast adopts 'living shorelines' approach to keep rising seas at bay

Erik Hoffner

April 24, 2024 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Blue Hill, Maine

Contractors and homeowners in Maine are installing living shorelines to deal with the effects of rising sea levels and stronger storms caused by climate change. As opposed to concrete jetties and breakwaters, living shorelines use natural materials like logs, salt-tolerant plants, and coconut fiber to protect the land from erosion and create valuable habitat for local animals.

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