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  • Pot luck: the paint recyclers who put leftover litres to good use

    October 01, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Home improvement projects often start with paint, but what happens when all of the purchased paint doesn't get used? Typically, it sits in someone's basement or storage closet with no plan for further use in sight. Community Repaint in the United Kingdom is committed to promoting the recycling of this paint, however, and has implemented 74 projects that work to re-sell or re-color unused paint, thus reducing the amount that's sent to landfills after it molds.

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  • Fight for Cleaner Air in the Bronx

    October 01, 2018 |

    The Innovator |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The New York-based organization, Sustainable South Bronx, is working to reverse the public health effects, namely asthma, that poor air quality has caused. The initiative works to educate residents about the environmental hazards they face while also working to reverse those hazards with projects like reflective roof coatings. With pollution disproportionately affecting low-income communities, the city too is taking steps toward reducing emissions in these areas.

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  • World Bank backs efforts to clean up cooking fuels in Uganda

    September 30, 2018 |

    New Vision |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Clean cookstoves can reduce indoor air pollution, along with a host of other social and environmental benefits. However, uptake has been slow in countries such as Uganda because such stoves tend to be more expensive for families in the short-term.

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  • This startup lets villagers create mini power grids for their neighbors

    September 28, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Shikarpur

    Solshare, a fast-growing startup in Bangladesh, created a system in which “neighbors can sell extra electricity to each other.” The number of home solar panels has been increasing since a 2014 government program put solar power as a priority on its agenda. Even though more and more people have power, up to 30% is estimated to be wasted. Solshare created a microgrid in which cabling connects people who want to buy and sell power.

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  • This building designed to flood is a glimpse of things to come

    September 28, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    At a factory in Mumbai, clever design and “resilient architecture” join together to form the “Concrete Void,” a space designed to hold water during India’s monsoon season. Rather than trying to keep the water out, the architect designed the factory such that this Concrete Void, positioned below the higher level of the factory, holds water in the rainy season. In the off-season, it functions as an amphitheater space for workers to gather. As climate change becomes more of a threat, more types of this resilient architecture are expected to be created.

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  • How Indonesia is using data to protect its oceans

    September 27, 2018 |

    Devex |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Jakarta

    Indonesia's fisheries are responsible for a significant portion of the country's gross domestic product and job market. The industry is also one of the most threatened outlets due to a history of abuses including illegal fishing by foreign vessels. Although still a problem plaguing the county, the combination of policy, open data and technology has shown significant success in bringing the fishing economy back to life.

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  • Meet the 'Brave Ones': The women saving Africa's wildlife

    September 27, 2018 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe

    Akashinga translates to "the Brave Ones," and is the name given to an all women anti-poaching unit in Zimbabwe. Although not the first anti-poaching group lead by women, it is the first armed unit. However, since it's creation, the women have been able to make over seventy arrests without firing their weapons.

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  • Back from the brink: the global effort to save coral from climate change

    September 26, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    As climate change worsens, species such as coral reefs have been impacted at a detrimental rate. As the reefs begin to die off, so do the species that rely on them. In Florida, however, scientists have found success by replanting corals on fibreglass and PVC trees.

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  • Spawning an Intervention

    September 26, 2018 |

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    Response Location: Curaçao, Willemstad

    Because of drastic reef declines globally, coral reef restoration efforts have gained support in recent years. To understand how to do it, a hardy band of conservationists in the Caribbean are looking at how corals reproduce. But as these scientists acknowledge, raising corals is challenging and complex. And such restoration is no silver bullet for continual habitat loss, pollution, and ocean acidification.

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  • Switching to LPG for habitat recovery and wildlife conservation

    September 25, 2018 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: India, Karnataka

    In rural communities, firewood extraction hurts both human health and wildlife habitat. In India, a group of conservationists are helping villages switch from wood-burning to liquified petroleum gas. While logistics around refills are still being ironed out, the program has already produced noticeable results.

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