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Pandemic Disruptions Created an Opportunity for Organic School Meals in California

Lisa Held

February 28, 2022 |

Civil Eats |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

The West Contra Costa Unified School District saw loosened regulations during the pandemic as an opportunity to tie up with local organic farms and producers and ensure hundred percent organic meals to students from low-income families. This is part of a growing effort in the state that recognizes school lunch as a way to not just provide the healthiest food to students but also to support a more sustainable food system that helps address climate change.

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California Gives a Big Boost to Corner Stores that Sell Fresh Produce

S. E. Smith

February 22, 2022 |

Civil Eats |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

In California, the state's Healthy Grant Refrigeration Program is enabling corner stores and small markets with means for refrigeration and distribution channels so they can offer fresh food to residents in their communities who otherwise do not have access to it.

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Switching Charcoal Burning To Beekeeping To Protect Environment

Jejje Muhinde

February 22, 2022 |

Rwanda Dispatch |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Rwanda

Former charcoal producers in Rwanda are leaving behind an environmentally taxing livelihood and make a steadier livelihood by learning a new trade — beekeeping. In 2021, an organization known as The APIARY started training people in six Rwandan districts, where over 28 people were trained to train others in their communities. So far, those who have switched have seen their income triple.

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Energy Pioneers

Lucie Cejkova

February 17, 2022 |

Transitions Online |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Czech Republic, Litomerice

A Czech city leads the way in alternative energy, saving money and improving the air. In Litomerice, solar panels adorn apartment bulidings and serve as a n example to surrounding areas of how communities and governement can work together to improve air quality, all while saving money.

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The Eco-Friendlier Future of the Disposable Spork

Michaela Haas

February 11, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Germany, Schwedt

A clean-tech startup in Germany is producing sustainable food packaging out of agricultural waste as an alternative solution to single-use plastic. Bio-Lutions claims its products are compostable and uses less water than other products, but the material used won’t work for some food items like hot beverages. The company already has investors such as Delivery Hero that will use its products when the factory is producing compostable packaging.

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How to recycle the unrecyclable

Kai Steinecke

February 11, 2022 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Germany

A chemical recycling plant in Germany is taking old tires and turning them back into their original components. From there, those materials can be used in the production of insulation, steel, and oil. The gas that is discharged during the process is also used to power the whole plant. Other plants around the world are also exploring how to take plastic waste and chemically recycle it instead of burning it, so there are less carbon emissions.

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The City Owned by Locals

Mary Hall

February 04, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, South Bend, Indiana

Incremental investment is gaining momentum in South Bend as an alternative to big developers. Residents are given the network and knowledge to become micro-developers so that ownership and money stay within the local economy. The project aims to cultivate community and strengthen the local economy.

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How Cleveland is salvaging old buildings to create a new circular economy

Marc Lefkowitz

February 01, 2022 |

The Land |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Developers in Cleveland are salvaging building parts that can be reused in other construction projects. The sustainable initiative known as deconstructing helps reduce carbon footprints and helps avoid the “high social and environmental costs of dumping demolition material in landfills.”

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Steel is recycled more than almost anything. Why does it create so much pollution?

Elizabeth McCauley, Lilian Manansala, Daniel T. Allen

January 25, 2022 |

Business Insider |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Australia

Steel is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, even though lots of it is recycled every year. Recycling steel uses coal too, but an Australian steelmaker is experimenting with alternatives. These alternative include using briquettes made from plastic waste, which is less polluting.

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Burning Sugar Cane Pollutes Communities of Color in Florida. Brazil Shows There's Another Way.

Nadia Sussman

December 29, 2021 |

ProPublica |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil

In Brazil, the world's largest producer of sugar cane, industry leaders have found a way to harvest the crop without sugar cane burning. Sugar cane burning is harmful to the environment and nearby residents. After complaints and regulations, producers invested in technology that allows them to cut the cane without burning it. This is a contrast to South Florida, despite producing less sugar cane than Brazil, producers in the state continue the practice.

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