Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
9 April 2021
Colbert, Georgia, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
After Georgian residents raised concerns about a pollutant that was being emitted by a nearby biomass plant, they banded together to pass legislation that effectively put an end to the practice. These concerned reside...
1 April 2021
Lindstrom, Minnesota, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
After talking about solar panels with his students, a teacher at a middle school in Minnesota worked with the school board to raise funds to install a rooftop solar panels for the entire district. All five of the scho...
Atlas Obscura
Luke Fater
31 March 2021
Bermuda
Text
800-1500 Words
There is no natural freshwater source on Bermuda, so residents turn to rainfall as a way to fulfill their water needs. The white limestone Bermuda roofs are used to catch and redirect rain into underground tanks that ...
29 March 2021
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A clean tech startup called Forever Ware created reusable, stainless steel containers for restaurants to use instead of single-use takeout containers. So far, four restaurants in Minneapolis are participating in the p...
26 March 2021
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Text
Under 800 Words
Evides Waterbedrijf, a drinking water company, created Europe’s largest floating solar park. They installed almost 3,000 solar panels on an island in the middle of a reservoir that allows it to move with the sun to ma...
24 March 2021
Cyprus
Text
1500-3000 Words
Thanks to efforts by the Society for the Protection of Turtles and a band of international volunteers, green and loggerhead turtle numbers in North Cyprus are rebounding. Last year, there were more than 2,400 nests co...
23 March 2021
Winterthur, Switzerland
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
A warehouse in Switzerland is being transformed into new creative workspaces. The catch: It’s being constructed out of reused building materials. About 70 percent of it is being made from old materials like wood floor...
19 March 2021
Denver, Colorado, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Platte Farm Open Space used to be a garbage dumping ground in Denver, but it’s now an urban green space thanks to the efforts from community members, organizations, and the government. This community-led project was a...
16 March 2021
Kendu Bay, Kenya
Text
800-1500 Words
A renewable energy project in Kenya is empowering women to catch their own fish instead of relying on “sex-for-fish” deals. Previously, men used to control the mechanisms for catching fish and would only sell to women...
12 March 2021
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In a science class in a local New Jersey school, students came up with a green solution to a storm water management and flooding problem in their parking lot when it rained. With help from the Cooperative Extension Wa...
11 March 2021
Lake George, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
An experiment in upstate New York showed how town officials could maintain clean and safe roads during the winter season and protect the environment. By using a salt brine before winter storms, they were able to plow ...
9 March 2021
Somalia
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
A greenhouse that is cooled by seawater and the wind is allowing farmers in Somaliland to grow crops like tomatoes and vegetables despite extreme heat. By creating an environment that is higher in humidity and cooler ...
8 March 2021
United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
States are creating microgrids with the use of large batteries and solar panels in an effort to fortify their utilities infrastructure against extreme weather. Such investments enable communities to prevent prolonged ...
8 March 2021
Saligao, Goa, India
Text
800-1500 Words
Through a government funding program, several communities are working on initiatives to improve their access to clean drinking water. In India, one community formed a citizen’s group, cleaned up a local pond, and rest...
3 March 2021
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
An apartment complex in Utah includes a solar battery in every apartment allowing the resident, power utility, and building developer to save costs for generating electricity. Through a unique partnership, the power s...
26 February 2021
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A tax credit was supposed to incentive Americans to buy electric vehicles, but testimony from car buyers and research has shown that only people who can afford the full purchase are getting access to the benefit. The ...
26 February 2021
Singapore
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Singapore recently became the first country in the world to allow cultured meat to be sold to the public, a move that scientists and environmentalists say is the future of meat production. U.S.-based company Eat Just ...
25 February 2021
Ghana
Text
1500-3000 Words
A growing number of governments, companies, and nonprofit organizations are working together with new technology and data to identify fishing vessels that are breaking laws and engaging in human rights violations. Usi...
The Philadelphia Citizen
Jessica Blatt Press
25 February 2021
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A residential recycling program in Philadelphia is picking up electronics and clothing from homes for a fee. Retrievr has already prevented 100,000 pounds of waste from ending up in landfills. The program was implemen...
25 February 2021
San Diego, California, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Aptera Motors, a California-based startup, is poised to roll out the first mass-produced solar vehicle this year: for $25,900. The car is a three-wheel, aerodynamic electric vehicle covered in solar cells that can pro...
25 February 2021
Dover Plains, New York, United States
Video
5-15 Minutes
Symbrosia, a clean-tech startup in Hawaii, is taking seaweed from the ocean and turning it into a powder that can be used to feed livestock to reduce the amount of methane they produce — a key contribution to greenhou...
Mongabay
Patricia Moll
24 February 2021
Ibirapitanga, Bahia, Brazil
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
After there was a fungal disease outbreak in the 1990s that affected cacao crops in Brazil, a group of 150 community members got together to collectively manage a farm to grow back cacao trees using agroforestry techn...
24 February 2021
New York, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
RefashionNYC provides bins for commercial and residential buildings with more than 10 units, though the Department of Sanitation, to recycle clothes and textiles. When full, the contents are sorted by Housing Works, w...
23 February 2021
Assam, India
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
Purnima Devi Barman has been building trust and working with various community members to save a stork species called the greater adjutant in India. Because of her work, she has inspired more than 10,000 women and the...
23 February 2021
Bennington, Vermont, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
To make their restaurant more energy efficient and to cut its carbon footprint, The Publyk House utilized the services of Efficiency Vermont, a publicly funded energy efficiency utility. As part of their Deep Energy R...
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