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  • How a small Colorado town fought the Japanese beetle and won

    July 29, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Palisade, Colorado

    Eradicating invasive species requires enrolling a community effort. Although quarantines and chemical treatments have not proven effective in preventing the spread of Popilia japonica, or the Japanese beetle, to farms on the US’s Front Range, the Colorado community of Palisade succeeded in eradicating the species through collective action. By combining pest control methods with a community program of reducing water use, Palisade farmers were able to push the beetles out of their farmland over the course of several years in the early 2000s.

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  • These high school runners train in 'nasty air,' so they're working to clean it up

    July 29, 2019 |

    AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    Grassroots organization can generate change in carbon emissions practices at the community level. In Phoenix, the Chispa nonprofit organization that promotes environmental and social justice, is working to get schools to apply to Arizona’s Lower-Emissions Bus program, funded by money paid to the state in the aftermath of Volkswagen’s emissions scandal. By mobilizing volunteers to canvass neighborhoods and attend school board meetings, the group has succeeded in getting at least one school district to purchase an electric bus and implement a pilot program.

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  • A police department asked for cat food instead of cash for parking tickets

    July 29, 2019 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: United States, Muncie, Indiana

    In Muncie, Indiana, parking violators can bring cat food to the local shelter in exchange for a parking ticket violation. Though the offer only ran for four days, the local shelter was overwhelmed with donations from parking violators and non-violators alike.

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  • Yellowstone Fights Lake Trout With Nets, ‘Judas' Fish And Pellets

    July 27, 2019 |

    Yellowstone Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, West Thumb, Wyoming

    Yellowstone Park’s invasive fish management team has been working to save the native cutthroat salmon by fighting non-native lake trout for over a decade. To save the cutthroat salmon, which are crucial to the ecosystem’s food web, the team uses gillnetting traps. Since starting this initiative – funded by donations and federal funding – they’ve caught and killed over three million invasive trout.

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  • Less Trash, More Schools — One Plastic Brick at a Time

    July 27, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan

    The recycling economy is helping Ivory Coast overcome a building shortage and create jobs. The Fighting Women, a community organization in Abidjan, collect plastic waste to resell to manufacturers. In partnership with UNICEF, the Columbian company, Conceptos Plásticos purchases plastic waste from the Women and recycles it into bricks, which are used to construct classrooms.

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  • Bring Containers, Leave Your Guilt at Home

    July 26, 2019 |

    DigBoston |

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    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Package-free shopping encourages more sustainable consumption. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cleenland offers package-free household products, including shampoo and cleaners. Customers use their own containers and pay by weight. Asking consumers to pay more attention helps reduce waste generated by packaging and contributes to municipal zero waste strategies.

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  • How Women Are Leading the Charge to Recycle Whole Houses

    July 24, 2019 |

    Smithsonian |

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    Response Location: United States, Leonardtown, Maryland

    To avoid the waste that would incur from demolishing structures such as houses and apartment buildings, a reuse center in Maryland works with deconstruction crews to disassemble the buildings and then sells the salvaged materials at a reduced cost. Although "the trend is hardly noticed," this type of movement has spread across the United States and is mostly led by women.

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  • These Gorgeous Fish Are Invading Florida's Coasts. One Solution? Eat Them

    July 24, 2019 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    Visiting Florida, one will find lionfish served as food, captured in derbies, and hunted as part of ecotourism efforts. The invasive species has become widespread and is having a disastrous effect on the coastal ecosystem. In a multi-pronged effort to rid the area of them, scientists, government agencies, and local communities have teamed up to eradicate them.

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  • This Is What the U.S. Could Look Like When Our Coasts Are Under Water

    July 23, 2019 |

    Vice |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    Over the last several decades, climate disasters have resulted in many communities relying on managed retreats. These "proactive, intentional shift(s) of civilization away from an environmental threat" are increasingly being seen as the best solution for many in harms way, but the focus is now shifting towards ways to make these retreats more efficient in the longterm.

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  • How Chattanooga churches are making changes to go green

    July 22, 2019 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

    Churches in Chattanooga, TN are taking steps to make their spaces more environmentally -friendly and -conscious. Places like St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Grace Episcopal Church are taking on initiatives like motion-detected lighting systems, upgrading faucets to curb usage, and creating raised beds for community gardening. While they’ve made great strides, they’ve also reckoned with the challenge of creating making such unique spaces, with its high ceilings and stained-glass windows, more green.

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