FastCompany
10 September 2018
Text / Under 800 Words
Scope of Response: International
United States
Founded by Google, the Environmental Insights Explorer is an online tool that shows the amount of emissions being released from city structures and transportation. Although still being tested, the tool guides cities towards ways to reduce their carbon footprint and better increase sustainability efforts.
http://www.cgdev.org/blog/7-hopeful-climate-stories-around-globe?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Jonah Busch
Center for Global Development
20 April 2015
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Evidence continues to build that humans are contributing to a climate change issue that is nothing but bad news for the planet. Hopeful stories from seven countries, including India, Indonesia, and China, show that efforts to combat climate change might finally be working.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/a-change-in-the-weather-on-wall-street?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
7 November 2012
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Climate change has a political problem: the countries most affected by it are not the ones in a position to do anything. In many ways, the United States was unconcerned about the issue - until Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast and politicians started to pay attention.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2015/0125/Africa-s-quiet-solar-revolution?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Lorena Galliot
The Christian Science Monitor
25 January 2015
Text / Over 3000 Words
Electricity is hard to come by in much of Africa. Now, skipping over the fossil fuel age, solar panels are bringing a cheap form of electricity to the continent.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/30/world/middleeast/water-revolution-in-israel-overcomes-any-threat-of-drought.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker#
Isabel Kershner
The New York Times
29 May 2015
Text / 800-1500 Words
Israel has grappled with crippling drought for years. But people have learned to use Mediterranean sea water and recycled wastewater to provide the country with enough water for all its needs.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/amazing-new-process-treats-wastewater-captures-carbon-and-producing-renewable-energy?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Trent Knoss
Alternet
18 August 2015
Text / Under 800 Words
Cleaning up wastewater can often be a process that harms the environment. But an electrochemical reaction that absorbs more CO2 than it releases while creating renewable energy could transform emission-heavy industries.
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/02/04/climate-change-infrastructure?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Dan Kraker
Minnesota Public Radio
4 February 2015
Radio / 5-15 Minutes
While some parts of the United States struggle with drought, others are faced with more water than they know what to do with. Minnesota reconstructs roads and drainage systems in order to be more prepared for the large amounts of rain fall they are now receiving.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/a-light-in-india?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
David Bornstein
The New York Times
10 January 2011
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Access to electricity in India takes a huge economic, educational and health-related toll. A small company’s innovative system is turning rice husks into electricity and illuminating India’s poorest state.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/19/opinion/bill-gates-cant-build-a-toilet.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Jason Kass
The New York Times
18 November 2013
Text / 800-1500 Words
More than one-third of the world’s population, approximately 2.5 billion people, doesn’t have access to a toilet. Ecological toilets that use natural composting to break down waste are simple to construct, waterless and are easy to fix.
http://www.journalismwithoutwalls.com/kenya2013/?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Dipti Kumar
Michael Ruiz
Ansa Varughese
Journalism Without Walls
3 February 2013
Video / Under 800 Words
In order to hunt for the oldest fossils in Africa, scientists needed to produce alternative forms of energy to allow them to live in these desert regions.One such project is the gasifier, which turns discarded doum palm nuts into energy.
http://thetyee.ca/News/2014/09/29/Fix-Climate-Hawaii?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Geoff Dembicki
The Tyee
29 September 2014
Text / 1500-3000 Words
The world is struggling with smart ways to confront climate change. Hawaii's '2050 plan' for sustainability, though, could be a good model for the rest of the world.
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