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  • The world's fastest-growing source of food

    December 15, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India, Tamil Nadu

    Local villages along the coast of India are seen as a model for large-scale seaweed cultivation, which can be a form of sustainable agriculture and climate mitigation. As the country’s land is being lost to soil degradation, seaweed cultivation has had a positive socio-economic impact on the communities. About 1,200 families, mostly women farmers, are involved in collecting seaweed for industrial use, allowing them to increase their economic independence.

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  • Cross fostering helps Mexican wolf population boost genetic mix

    December 15, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Alpine, Arizona

    As the Mexican wolf population neared extinction, the Arizona Game & Fish Department and the Endangered Wolf Center have been placing pups born in captivity in wild dens. This effort, known as cross-fostering, has been successful in not only increasing the number of wolves in the Southwest, but also improving the survival skills of cross-fostered wolves. While the Mexican wolf population hasn’t completely rebounded, more people are understanding the importance that the species has on the ecosystem.

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  • Saving Slovenia's "Human Fish"

    December 15, 2020 |

    bioGraphic |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Slovenia

    Scientists in Slovenia are working to understand the mysteries of salamanders — known as olms — that live in natural caves and how best to protect this vulnerable species. Industrial pollution infiltrates the water systems where these creatures live, however more research is needed to understand how climate change and humans impact them. Recent efforts with captive breeding and rescue programs have shown success, but more international collaboration and funding are needed to fully understand this unique species.

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  • How A 24-Year-Old CEO Makes Sustainable Tees from Milk

    December 15, 2020 |

    Planet Forward |

    Broadcast TV Talk Show |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    After witnessing milk going to waste on his uncle dairy’s farm in China, Robert Lou came up with the idea to turn the leftover milk into clothing. It takes five glasses of milk to produce one t-shirt and he’s sold over 3,000 of them since launching his company Mi Terro. He hopes to use 15 percent of the world’s food waste in 20 years to lower greenhouse gas emissions and supply income to farmers. He’s also piloting a new flexible packaging material out of grain products.

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  • Powrót wilka

    December 14, 2020 |

    Tygodnik Powszechny |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Poland

    Współpraca naukowców, organizacji pozarządowych, ekologów i rządu pozwoliła na przywrócenie naturze polskiego wilka, gatunku, który był na granicy wyginięcia. Metody takie, jak lokalizacje GPS i badania genetyczne pomogły politykom podejmować decyzje redukujące konflikty ludzi ze zwierzętami oraz zapewniające zwierzętom siedliska bez presji oddziaływania człowieka. W rezultacie tych działań populacja wilka w Polsce w ciągu ostatnich 50 lat wzrosła 50-krotnie.

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  • Police Use Painful Dog Bites To Make People Obey

    December 14, 2020 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Police often use dogs as a form of "pain compliance," non-lethal tactics that get a criminal suspect under control without having to resort to potentially lethal means. But this use of dogs can inflict pain and injury far out of proportion to the threat posed, even to the point that the detained person cannot comply with officers' demands. A lack of national standards or consensus about how to use dogs responsibly and safely, and the existence of many other tools and tactics that can be used instead, make the existence of hundreds of dog-bite cases a study in a failed de-escalation strategy.

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  • Agroecologia é aposta para reverter cenários de degradação ambiental na Amazônia

    December 11, 2020 |

    InfoAmazonia |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Acre

    A reportagem é sobre atividades agroecológicas que promovem segurança alimentar, renda financeira e proteção à floresta amazônica, no Acre. Desde 1989, 1 milhão de árvores frutíferas de mais de 150 espécies e de madeira de lei foram plantadas na aldeia Apiwtxa.

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  • Lutte contre le réchauffement climatique : comment "décarboner" les usines ?

    December 11, 2020 |

    France Inter |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: France, Aisne

    Le secteur de l'industrie représente 20% des émissions de gaz à effet de serre de la France. Mais comment décarboner un outil industriel ? Une usine agroalimentaire de l'Aisne a déjà réussi à réduire sa consommation d'énergie fossile (du gaz) de 10 % et une économie d'énergie chiffrée à 250.000 euros par an, grâce au recyclage de la chaleur fatale des fumées. Une transition en partie soutenue par des aides publiques.

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  • Breaking Buildings' Addiction to Fossil Fuels

    December 10, 2020 |

    Gimlet Media |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    BlocPower retrofits buildings with energy-efficient equipment in financially underserved communities by offering loans to building owners for no money down. The company has completed about 1,000 projects by bundling the financing for many projects and finding investors willing to provide capital for the larger sum, which reduces investor risk. The group also created technology to reduce the costs of building inspections and energy usage monitoring. The new equipment increases building values and reduces energy costs so that owners pay less in monthly loan repayments than they would with the old equipment.

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  • The Weight of the World

    December 10, 2020 |

    Terrain.org |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Watamu

    Local Ocean Conservation is in Watamu, Kenya has made approximately 21,000 turtle rescues and "treated more than 650 turtles in its rehabilitation center and clinic" since it's inception in 1997. The group responds to fishermen who have accidentally caught turtles in their nets and then remunerates the fishermen for their "time, effort, and phone calls." This incentive-based relationship combined with a ban on the international tortoiseshell trade has helped decrease the poaching of turles, and the group has now expanded their efforts to include more initiatives to protect the endangered species.

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