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  • Why don't we use more geothermal energy?

    October 07, 2024 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Germany

    Germany-based Vulcan Energy combines lithium extraction with geothermal energy production to make geothermal more financially feasible. It pulls the lithium directly from the hot water that's used to generate power and heat for local communities and sells it to be used for electric car batteries.

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  • Coffee agroforestry holds promise for smallholder growers in Malawi

    October 07, 2024 |

    Mongabay |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Malawi

    The Food and Agriculture Organization and the Slow Food Coffee Coalition are helping coffee farmers in Malawi adopt agroforestry practices by teaching them new techniques, helping them improve coffee quality, and showing them how to attract international markets. This way, the farmers earn more for their products and benefit the environment with their work.

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  • Precision agriculture promises rural farmers efficiency, but barriers hold local implementation back

    October 06, 2024 |

    The People-Sentinel |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, South Carolina

    Farmers are transitioning to precision agriculture to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The practice uses technology like artificial intelligence, satellite imagery, and soil probes to collect and analyze data so farmers know how to manage specific parts of their fields.

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  • How to build an AC that will get the world through hotter summers

    October 05, 2024 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: India, Thane

    Innovators are developing new air conditioning units to keep people cool as temperatures and humidity rise without contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. Alongside improved energy efficiency, the new tech focuses on sensing and reducing humidity in real-time and adjusting itself as humidity fluctuates throughout the day.

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  • The Corner Store Comeback

    October 02, 2024 |

    Bloomberg |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Spokane, Washington

    Cities in the United States are changing zoning restrictions in residential areas to allow businesses like corner stores and cafes to reestablish themselves there. It’s in an effort to improve walkability, cut emissions, and build a stronger sense of community — and people are responding well.

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  • The Californians Rescuing Surplus Produce to Fight Hunger

    October 01, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Bell, California

    At a 10,000-square-foot warehouse in Bell, California, Food Forward employees race to take in and redistribute 265,000 pounds of fresh produce every day. The organization receives excess fresh fruits and vegetables from wholesale businesses for free and delivers them to 300 nonprofits working to address food insecurity.

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  • School-age kids lead the fight for a greener future in Nigeria's Borno State

    October 01, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

    Volunteers from the Breath with Green Youth Development Initiative visit elementary schools in Borno, Nigeria, to teach students about climate change while planting trees. Their goal is to educate students about how they can take action to mitigate the climate impacts they’re experiencing.

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  • This Native-Led Group Is Bringing Solar Power to Tribal Lands

    September 30, 2024 |

    Atmos |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Hopi Reservation, United States

    Native Renewables, a Native- and women-led nonprofit, is bringing free, off-grid solar energy systems to homes in the Navajo and Hopi reservations that don’t have access to power. And it’s doing so by training local Indigenous peoples to work in the industry so they can reap the economic benefits of these careers instead of hiring out the work.

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  • They've Got a Plan to Fight Global Warming. It Could Alter the Oceans.

    September 23, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Canada, Nova Scotia

    The startup CarbonRun developed a machine that adds limestone to rivers to increase the amount of carbon dioxide they trap. Adding the alkaline substance to the water as a powder converts carbon dioxide into a stable molecule, which keeps it underwater.

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  • From wastelands to wetlands: The fight to save Sri Lanka's natural flood buffers

    September 21, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Sri Lanka, Colombo

    Sections of the massive network of wetlands in Colombo, Sri Lanka, went from being overwhelmed by garbage to biodiverse ecosystems that are a critical part of urban planning and flood prevention. The government and community groups worked to clean them up, and keep them clean, so the wetlands can do what they’re naturally good at.

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