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  • As warming climate hammers coffee crops, this rare bean may someday be your brew

    March 03, 2025 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: South Sudan

    Cultivating excelsa—a rare, climate-resistant coffee bean species—is helping farmers in South Sudan not only adapt to climate change, but also bolster economic opportunities.

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  • Ideas We Should Steal: Divest Fossil Fuels From City Pensions

    March 03, 2025 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Following the success of New York City's divestment of pension funds from fossil fuels, a process that started in 2015, other cities around the US are exploring ways to achieve net-zero portfolio emissions. In most cases, the divested pension funds have performed at least as well financially as a city’s non-divested funds.

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  • Trash to Cash

    February 28, 2025 |

    Chicoco Radio Viral Times |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Port Harcourt, River State

    In an effort to reduce plastic waste, recycling centers like Recyclift Recycling Technology Company collect plastic waste and crush it into processed pellets to be repurposed. The company employs over 50 people, all working toward the goal of crushing 100 tons of plastic each week.

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  • A breath of fresh air: How Kigali's car-free Sundays keep people moving

    February 21, 2025 |

    Bhekisisa |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Kigali

    Kigali's Car-Free Sundays encourage exercise and offer health screenings, with nearly 50,000 residents screened for non-communicable diseases, like high blood pressure, during these events between 2016 and 2020. The events aim to not only encourage healthier lifestyles, but also to promote cleaner air by reducing the number of cars on the road.

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  • States are moving forward with Buy Clean policies despite Trump

    February 20, 2025 |

    Canary Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    To reduce carbon emissions from transportation and buildings, states are implementing "Buy Clean" laws that go beyond electrifying vehicles and installing heat pumps, focusing instead on lowering the carbon footprint of construction materials like steel and concrete. These laws, enacted by nine states, require suppliers to provide Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), which act as "climate nutrition labels" detailing the emissions associated with material production.

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  • The Revival of Germany's Carbon-Sequestering Peatlands

    February 10, 2025 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: Germany

    Various initiatives are restoring farmlands to peatlands, which is helping lower CO2 levels in agriculture and create markets for the native grasses, reeds and sedges that peatlands support.

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  • How GoFundMe Became a $250 Million Lifeline After the L.A. Fires

    February 09, 2025 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Though not without certain flaws, GoFundMe has facilitated critical and rapid financial support for thousands of people. The company charges a 2.9 percent fee on all donations, as well as 30 cents for every transaction, to cover credit card and bank transaction fees, but its primary source of revenue is voluntary tips.

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  • In northern California, the Karuk Tribe is burning its way back to a centuries-old relationship with fire

    January 27, 2025 |

    Boise State Public Radio (KBSX) |

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    Response Location: United States, Orleans, California

    The Karuk Tribe of Northern California is revitalizing its ancient practice of cultural burning as both a proactive wildfire management strategy and a revival of crucial cultural traditions. Through coordinated, culturally-focused prescribed burns called KTREX, the tribe is restoring the ecosystem, improving community wildfire resilience, and strengthening traditional ecological knowledge.

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  • Cómo comunidades de Miami encontraron soluciones climáticas con un modelo de participación comunitaria

    January 27, 2025 |

    El Tiempo Latino |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    Usando herramientas de ciencias sociales, como el "design thinking" y el "photovoice," más la participación de funcionarios del condado de Miami-Dade y socios locales, proyectos estan transformando la planificación de adaptación climática en Miami. acercando los datos, y empoderando a las comunidades en la toma de decisiones.

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  • How 'Superblocks' Can Create People-Centered Cities

    January 16, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Spain, Barcelona

    Superblocks are areas in congested cities where traffic has been rerouted to prioritize people. Outfitted with green spaces and communal areas to connect, superblocks help reduce air and noise pollution. Residents living in the area report a higher quality of life and increased social interaction with their neighbors. The idea of superblocks has traveled around the world to cities like Vienna, Berlin, Buenos Aires, and Los Angeles.

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