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  • All hands on deck — The social enterprise deploying young people to protect our seas

    Carla Parks

    July 25, 2024 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    Response Location: Netherlands

    A social enterprise that started in the Netherlands and is spreading to countries around the Celtic Sea is training young people to work in marine industries while restoring ocean biodiversity. The young trainees work on projects like marine mammal observation and planting seagrass.

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  • Can New York City Treat Its Food Scraps As More Than Trash?

    Doug Bierend

    July 15, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City’s Compost Project supports a network of community compost operations to reduce the waste sent to landfills. Each composter operates differently based on local conditions and needs. BK Rot, for example, employs local Black and Brown youth to collect organic scraps from homes and businesses and sells its compost.

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  • California Is Showing How a Big State Can Power Itself Without Fossil Fuels

    Bill McKibben

    June 27, 2024 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    The California-based startup Magrathea Metals is producing magnesium with renewable energy to make the process less expensive and material-intensive. The company aims to make the more environment-friendly metal competitive with steel and aluminum.

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  • Need a new outfit? Try the library.

    Claire Elise Thompson

    June 26, 2024 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Dover, New Hampshire

    A pilot project at the Dover Public Library in New Hampshire provided locals with an alternative to fast fashion by hosting a clothing library. Like borrowing a book, people could check out up to five occasion-wear garments, which are the type of pieces you might only wear once, for two weeks at a time.

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  • The High-Tech Tools That Can Bust Careless Oil and Gas Drillers

    Jennifer Oldham

    June 18, 2024 |

    Sierra Club |

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    Response Location: Iraq

    To help reduce methane emissions, the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative invested in high-tech satellites that can detect equipment leaks that might otherwise be missed. The leaks identified and addressed thanks to the satellites accounted for the equivalent of one million tons of carbon dioxide.

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  • This city just made it illegal to advertise SUVs. Here's why.

    Shannon Osaka

    June 15, 2024 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Scotland, Edinburgh

    Edinburgh’s city council banned fossil fuel advertisements on city property in hopes of making people less likely to opt for things like gas cars and international flights while removing a space for fossil fuel companies to mold their public image.

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  • 'Precision ag' promised a farming revolution. It's coming, just slowly

    Eric Schmid

    June 13, 2024 |

    St. Louis Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Illinois

    A St. Louis-based company, Impossible Sensing, is creating sensors that can be attached to the back of a planter to help farmers understand factors like nutrient level and soil health. It’s a form of precision agriculture, which essentially follows the notion that having more precise data leads to more efficient and sustainable farms.

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  • The cafeteria as classroom

    Bridget Huber

    June 06, 2024 |

    Food and Environment Reporting Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Lawrence, Georgia

    The nonprofit World Wildlife Fund is working with elementary schools in the United States to develop programs that teach students about food waste in hopes of encouraging environmental responsibility. They practice ways to reduce their waste at lunch, learn how to compost and sort garbage, and keep track of the amount of waste they’ve reduced.

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  • First-in-the-Nation Geothermal Heating and Cooling System Comes to Massachusetts

    Phil McKenna

    June 04, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, Framingham, Massachusetts

    A utility company in Framingham, Massachusetts, worked with climate advocates to build a unique geothermal heating and cooling project that spans a whole neighborhood. A group of residential and commercial buildings share the infrastructure necessary to harness stable underground temperatures for heating and cooling, which reduces their greenhouse gas emissions and energy bills.

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  • UGA Campus Compost Program Gives Waste a New Purpose

    Shannon Leftwich

    June 03, 2024 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Interns of the Campus Compost Program ride electric bikes around the University of Georgia collecting bags of food scraps and other compostable materials. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the waste is turned into fertilizer for the local community at the Athens-Clarke County Landfill.

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