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  • Oriente Recicla: un referente de reciclaje en El Salvador

    November 27, 2024 |

    Distintas Latitudes |

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    Response Location: El Salvador, San Miguel

    La iniciativa Oriente Recicla, liderada por ciudadanos comprometidos y recicladores locales, ha logrado recuperar más de 246 toneladas de residuos desde su fundación en 2021.

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  • A Tool to Tackle Climate Emotions

    November 25, 2024 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    An educational tool called the climate emotions wheel shows a variety of emotions that align with a survey to help guide users through their climate-related feelings. It’s used in schools as a way to address youth mental health concerns amid climate-related disasters and other impacts.

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  • Think Utah farmers should do without irrigation? Here's what that looks like

    November 25, 2024 |

    KUER Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Farmers in southeast Utah grow wheat and other select grains without irrigation, a technique called dryland farming. Relying only on rainwater eases water pressure amid droughts.

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  • Building for the climate: How it's done in Switzerland

    November 24, 2024 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Switzerland

    A cooperative in Switzerland is building sustainable apartments using recycled materials and green building practices to create carbon-neutral communal living spaces. These “cluster apartments” cut down on living space per person and save energy.

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  • Is giving old papers new life a sustainable solution for the environment?

    November 22, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory

    Joebliss Enterprise purchases and collects paper waste from homes, businesses, and collection agents in Abuja, Nigeria, and processes it for recycling, reducing the amount that produces methane emissions in landfills.

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  • Can desalination quench agriculture's thirst?

    November 21, 2024 |

    Knowable Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    Several pilot studies point to the viability of desalination projects being an effective option for farmers in certain fresh-water-scarce regions.

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  • Wisconsin advocates push home energy efficiency program funded with Inflation Reduction Act dollars

    November 19, 2024 |

    WUWM |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    By combining rebates from the Inflation Reduction Act and funding from the state’s Focus on Energy program, Wisconsin homeowners can make energy efficient upgrades at a fraction of the typical cost, with some low-income residents paying as little as $1. Though the future of the funding is uncertain with a new presidential administration, one Wisconsin contractor specializing in green projects currently has 10 projects in progress with another 50 on tap.

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  • Schmetterlingshunde in Österreich: Spürnase für den Artenschutz

    November 18, 2024 |

    Good Impact |

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    Response Location: Austria

    Hunde können eine große Hilfe dabei sein, bedrohte Tier- und Pflanzenarten zu finden und zu zählen, um sie anschließend besser schützen zu können. In Niederösterreich etwa hilft eine Hündin im Rahmen eines europäischen Forschungsprojekts, die seltenen Raupen des bedrohten Roten Apollofalters aufzuspüren.

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  • Grassroots Hurricane Relief Efforts Fight Disinformation, Slow Bureaucracies and More Frequent Catastrophes

    November 17, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Petersburg, Florida

    In the wake of Hurricane Helene and Milton, mutual aid groups across the country are emerging to get essential supplies to thousands of people in isolated communities and working to combat misinformation and government mistrust surrounding climate change. Because mutual aid groups aren’t bound to the bureaucracy of government organizations, they’re able to act quickly and connect with community members on a deeper level.

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  • Abandoned 'ghost gear' kills sea life. A Myanmar nonprofit is turning the tide.

    November 13, 2024 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Myanmar

    The nonprofit Myanmar Ocean Project is working to raise awareness of and remove ghost gear, abandoned fishing gear that kills marine life, from the country’s waters. Volunteer drivers remove the gear from the water and create public awareness campaigns.

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