Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
11 November 2021
Portland, Oregon, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
A big factor in the high costs of doing business in Boulder is a tight and expensive commercial real estate market. Some of the many initiatives the city is considering are beginning to work already in Portland. There...
27 October 2021
Fresno, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Advance Peace Fresno tries to turn youth away from violence through mentoring, job training, and by paying them a monthly stipend of up to $1,000 if they hit certain benchmarks in their rehabilitation. The program has...
Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT)
Rūta Nikitinaitė
29 September 2021
Denmark
Text
800-1500 Words
Transportation accounts for some of the most emissions in the EU, one-third, out of those 72 percent are from road transportation. In Denmark, the government places high tax-rates on vehicles and tax reductions on ele...
Global Press Journal
Dolgormaa Sandagdorj
29 August 2021
Mongolia
Text
800-1500 Words
Herders in rural Mongolia are given financial compensation to help preserve cultural heritage by keeping watch over the country’s remote relics and burial sites. The historical sites hold a trove of information dating...
14 August 2021
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Text
Over 3000 Words
The Cheakamus forest, which spans 33,000 hectares, is a community run forest, managed by the two First Nations and the city of Whistler, in British Colombia, Canada. By not logging massive amounts of wood, the forest ...
12 August 2021
Canada
Text
800-1500 Words
In Canada, farmers are rewilding their farmlands, a process where a farmer restores their habitat to a more natural state. It includes things like planting trees, building hedgerows, and creating ponds. Rewilding can ...
7 August 2021
Australia
Text
800-1500 Words
A review of 120 years of data found that traditional indigenous fire burning practices, which are low-intensity and controlled, lead to an increase in biodiversity. The practice has been done for years in indigenous...
26 July 2021
Lagos, Nigeria
Text
800-1500 Words
Teams of recyclers in Nigeria gather plastic bottles from the streets and landfills and brings them to recycling plants where they can exchange the waste for money. HISL Recyclers collects this waste — which usually c...
Boise State Public Radio (KBSX)
Rachel D. Cohen
20 July 2021
Ketchum, Idaho, United States
Multi-Media
Under 3 Minutes
An affordable housing initiative in Vail, Colorado is paying owners to reserve rentals for those who live in the area year-round, instead of selling to part-time residents. The success of the program is inspiring Ketc...
20 July 2021
Mexico
Text
1500-3000 Words
In Mexico, the Mesoamerican Reef, a 100-mile long coral reef system, the second largest in the word, is insured. The insurance policy is the result of a collaboration between the local government, hotel owners, an in...
8 July 2021
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Casitas, also known as accessory dwelling units (ADUs), are being legalized and promoted by several western states. Arizona is the latest to legalize ADUs in a bid to ease the shortage of affordable housing. An ADU pi...
Living Here
Anna Lamb-Yorski
8 July 2021
Canada
Text
1500-3000 Words
Pollution caused by demolition is expected to be 2.2 billion tons by 2021. However, up to 75 percent of materials in a demolition can be recycled. An alternative method to demolition is deconstruction or unbuilding. T...
8 July 2021
Cairo, Egypt
Text
800-1500 Words
Organizations in Egypt and Bangladesh are greening their cities by turning rooftops into urban gardens that can grow food, reduce air pollution, and decrease air temperatures. Green Savers in Dhaka has installed more ...
23 June 2021
Oregon, United States
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
In 1971, Oregon became the first state to adopt a law that established refundable deposits on beer and soft drink containers. So, if a consumer returned their plastic bottle, they would get their deposit back and that...
22 June 2021
Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
Off the coast of Australia, the energy company Chevron is experimenting with new quarantine management techniques to ensure that any plants and pests don’t hitchhike to new places, which can devastate the global food ...
16 June 2021
Cairo, Egypt
Text
800-1500 Words
An environmental initiative in Cairo is enlisting fishermen on the Nile River to collect recyclable plastic bottles. The program pays double the rates paid elsewhere in the country, compensating the fishermen for the ...
4 June 2021
Ohio, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
States and businesses across the country are offering incentives, from entry into million-dollar lotteries, college scholarships, and gift cards to fulfilling fantasies like driving around Alabama’s Talladega Superspe...
3 June 2021
Akron, Ohio, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Akron, Ohio, is “creating a circular economy” in hopes of helping small businesses and encouraging residents to shop locally. A city-sponsored app, Akronite, is used by consumers to make purchases and earn reward poin...
27 May 2021
Pennsylvania, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The state of Pennsylvania set to plant 86,000 hectares of riparian buffers, the practice of planting trees and shrubs along a river or stream to filter water. Other benefits of riparian buffers include things like res...
27 May 2021
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Text
1500-3000 Words
Large cities like Vacounver and Seattle are increasingly leaning towards "green infrastracture," a method of managing stormwater through natural systems like green roofs and rain gardens that absorb rainwater. Cities...
18 May 2021
Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada
Text
Over 3000 Words
A hit TV show in the 1970s and ‘80s called The Beachcombers brought the town of Gibsons and its logging practices into homes across Canada. After years of pollution and land degradation, it became one of the first tow...
6 May 2021
Sacramento, California, United States
Radio Talk Show
5-15 Minutes
Advance Peace mentors young people at risk of committing or suffering gun violence, guiding them through a "life map" process to exit street life and set goals for a safer, healthier future. The program, which started...
5 May 2021
Placencia, Belize
Text
1500-3000 Words
After a hurricane hit the coast of Belize in 2001, it essentially destroyed the coral reefs in Laughing Bird Caye National Park. Lisa Carne wanted to start transplanting coral to regrow the reefs, but it took five yea...
3 May 2021
Boulder County, Colorado, United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
A new county initiative in Colorado aims to support regenerative agriculture projects on farms as a way to take carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the soil in an effort to combat climate change. Restaurants do...
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