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  • Learning to live with — and love — bears and eagles in Colombia's cloud forest

    June 08, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Colombia

    A group of conservationists created Techo de Agua to engage communities in Colombia with conservation efforts for endangered species like the black-and-chestnut speckled eagles and spectacled bears. The nonprofit educates locals about the importance of these animals and reduces human-wildlife conflict with individualized solutions.

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  • Climate Change: How Nigerian Community is Adapting Farming Practices to Dry Season

    June 06, 2023 |

    DA News |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Likpata, Kwara

    Nigerian farmers are adapting their practices to the dry season to avoid disastrous flooding during the rainy months. They use techniques like drip irrigation to conserve water by delivering it directly to plant roots and are cultivating drought-resistant crops. The government helps supports farmers in this endeavor by providing seedlings and fertilizer, too.

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  • Beyond the Yuck Factor: Cities Turn to ‘Extreme' Water Recycling

    June 06, 2023 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    San Francisco is popularizing centralized water reuse systems that collect blackwater from toilets and sinks and greywater from showers and washing machines to clean it and use it again. This is a cheaper, more sustainable option for nonpotable water used to water plants or flush toilets in a city struggling with water scarcity.

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  • Chanja Datti – the Nigerian plastic waste pioneer

    June 02, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Chanja Datti, a social enterprise in Nigeria, turns recyclables into commercially viable products to sell for manufacturing, like pellets and bales. The company collects waste from various organizations and pays locals who collect trash and turn it in.

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  • Ambikapur's women-led waste management system also generates revenue for the city

    May 30, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: India, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh

    Ambikapur, India, created a decentralized waste management system that allowed it to become a zero-landfill community while creating local jobs and earning revenue. Waste is collected from households, sorted into recyclable categories and compost, and then purchased by companies that will use it to create new goods.

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  • Cities Are Becoming More Like Sponges

    May 30, 2023 |

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    Response Location: China, Haikou, Hainan

    One of China’s many “sponge cities,” Haikou, experiences virtually no flooding after transitioning to primarily green, nature-based infrastructure instead of gray infrastructure like concrete and flood barriers. Prioritizing things like parks, wetlands, mangroves, and permeable pavement allows the city’s ground to soak up more rain.

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  • Vote like Voters in Minneapolis

    May 23, 2023 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    For its mayoral elections, Minneapolis uses ranked-choice voting, a process that allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference rather than choosing just one. The system, along with the state's culture of civic engagement and its ease of voting, is believed to have contributed to record-high turnout during the 2021 election, when more than half of registered voters in the city cast a ballot.

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  • Imagine a Renters' Utopia. It Might Look Like Vienna.

    May 23, 2023 |

    The New York Times Magazine |

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    Response Location: Austria, Vienna

    Vienna’s public housing is affordable, full of economically diverse residents, and extremely popular. The housing units are open to almost anyone, as 80 percent of residents qualify, and once you sign a rental contract it doesn’t expire even if your income increases. Plus, the rent can only go up based on inflation if it increases by 5 percent in a year.

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  • The Ancient 'Wonder Material' Sucking CO2 Out of the Atmosphere

    May 22, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Cameroon

    When organic materials like wood chips and manure are heated in the absence of oxygen they create a black powdery substance called biochar. This material prevents the release of carbon into the atmosphere from the natural decaying process. And it has other beneficial uses like improving soil fertility, too.

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  • Preschool alfresco: More states moving to expand access to outdoor learning

    May 19, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Preschool programs such as the one offered by the Carrie Murray Nature Center prioritize outdoor education, allowing children to learn through play while interacting with the natural world. These types of programs have become popular since the pandemic, with more than 800 operating in the United States in 2022, and research shows natural settings are an ideal environment for young children to learn skills such as resilience, leadership, and problem-solving.

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