International Relations

The Courtroom of the Future Looks a Lot Like This Navajo Tradition

http://nationswell.com/restorative-justice-navajo-tradition-peacemaking?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Monica Humphries

NationSwell

10 September 2019

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Brooklyn’s Red Hook Peacemaking Program, part of the Red Hook Community Justice Center, is bringing together individuals in conflict to practice restorative justice. The program accepts cases coming through various courts, schools, and personal references, and brings together families, friends, and adversaries to participate in moderated, peacebuilding discussions. Seeing over 100 cases each year, the program has decreased recidivism rates and spread to other cities in New York.

Is it time for a radical new approach to fighting global warming?

https://www.globalgroundmedia.com/2019/06/25/radical-new-approach-to-fighting-global-warming?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Daniel Hurst

Global Ground Media

25 June 2019

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Geoengineering, a term used to cover a broad range of large-scale, drastic measures to combat climate change, has the science and policy communities divided. These measures are currently being explored across the world, and while they could work as a response to climate change, many cite them as temporary band-aids that will only delay the effects of global warming. Many cite the need to understand the complexity of the issue and, rather than bandaging the issue, take a comprehensive, structural approach.

University of Alabama study may be key to winning war on drugs

https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/local/solutions-journalism/2019/06/21/drug-war-university-alabama-study-cocaine-may-key-winning/1499980001?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Andrew J. Yawn

The Montgomery Advertiser

21 June 2019

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The United States has continuously put resources towards fighting the war on drugs, but a recent research collaborative that resulted in a comprehensive model has shown that there is a lot to be learned from the failures of these efforts. Although still in the early stages, the model is being turned into a virtual lab that will serve to test newer strategies to determine realistically adoptable solutions.

Palawan's indigenous women lead sustainable upland farming, forest protection

https://www.rappler.com/science-nature/environment/231942-indigenous-women-lead-sustainable-upland-farming-forest-protection-palawan?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Keith Anthony S. Fabro

Rappler

1 June 2019

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Empowering women to practice sustainable agriculture promotes resilience and enables communities to protect biodiversity. The Kusor Upland Farmer’s Association, sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development, gives farmers an alternative to wildlife poaching and slash-and-burn agriculture by promoting sustainable, organic farming. The KUFA participates in workshops and farming demonstrations to teach women how to grow root vegetables such as yams for additional income as an alternative to more ecologically damaging practices.

Cash for trees: Homegrown carbon offset program bears fruit

https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2019/0521/Cash-for-trees-Homegrown-carbon-offset-program-bears-fruit?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Ryan Lenora Brown

Christopher Bendana

The Christian Science Monitor

21 May 2019

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Trees for Global Benefits is a carbon offset program that aims to partner with, rather than displace, locals in countries that have space to plant forests. For instance, in the Rubirizi District in Uganda, locals are getting paid to plant trees on their land. This hopes to eliminate the negative ramifications of other carbon offset programs that have displaced native people. Still, companies should be looking for ways to reduce carbon emissions beyond bringing their problems to other countries.

One overlooked way to fight climate change? Dispose of old CFCs.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/04/disposing-old-cfcs-refrigerants-reduces-climate-change-greenhouse-gases-cheaply?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Juli Berwald

National Geographic

29 April 2019

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Banned refrigerants called CFCs are being cleaned up and recycled to help offset climate change. The refrigerants were banned decades ago as part of the Montreal Protocol due to the extremely destructive effects they carry with them. The voluntary carbon market has allowed private companies in countries with more resources to travel to countries like Ghana and Costa Rica to transport the CFCs, clean them, and offset their carbon footprint on carbon markets.