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Miyawaki: A little forest with a towering task

Jingnan Peng

September 22, 2023 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Residents of Cambridge, Massachusetts, are planting Miyawaki forests to help regenerate the local ecosystem, sequester carbon, and cool the air. Originally created in Japan, these forests consist entirely of native plants made to mimic a natural forest in a small area of urban land.

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How artificial intelligence plus local expertise can promote ‘good fire' in Montana

Bowman Leigh

September 21, 2023 |

Montana Free Press |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Montana

The Potential Operational Delineations (PODs) framework combines analytics and local expertise to assess fire risk by marking out locations on a map where fire can best be stopped. The risk is then used to identify where best to suppress the fire and where it can continue to burn to benefit the environment and prevent future fires. From there, experts decide how to respond to a fire in each section of the map in advance, which can also include prevention tactics.

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California Leads the Way in Low-Carbon School Meals

Naoki Nitta

September 19, 2023 |

Civil Eats |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Schools in California are offering more plant-based options to make lunch more climate-friendly, healthier, and more inclusive for those with dietary restrictions or preferences.

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The Backyard Farmers Who Grow Food With Fog

Peter Yeung, Melanie Pérez Arias

September 18, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Peru

El Movimiento Peruanos sin Agua is leading an initiative to install fog catchers in communities across Peru that lack access to water as they continue to face a drought. The nonprofit provides communities with a netted device, a network of tubes, and storage containers that they put together to harvest water from fog.

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Why Iowa farmers are turning to irrigation during drought. And why some are not.

Brittney J. Miller

September 15, 2023 |

The Gazette |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Iowa

Farmers in Iowa are slowly turning to irrigation systems instead of relying solely on rain to combat more frequent droughts.

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One of Europe's Most Endangered Birds Is Bouncing Back

Anne Pinto-Rodrigues

September 14, 2023 |

Smithsonian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Portugal, São Miguel Island

For two decades, the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds has restored native trees on São Miguel Island to increase the food and nesting habitat available for the Azores bullfinch. As a result, the population of the bird increased enough to be downlisted from critically endangered to vulnerable.

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Colorado Shows Impact, Challenges of Billions in Federal Clean Energy Spending

Jennifer Oldham

September 13, 2023 |

Capital & Main |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

Federal tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act and added incentives from the state of Colorado and its municipalities is drawing in clean energy companies, creating new jobs, and helping the state meet its decarbonization goals.

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Sea sponges offer lifeline to women in Zanzibar

Kizito Makoye

September 12, 2023 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Tanzania, Zanzibar

The nonprofit Marine Cultures is teaching single mothers and divorced women in Zanzibar, Tanzania, to farm sea sponges to increase their income and improve gender equality. Sea sponges are a better option than typical seaweed farming because they are more resilient to climate change impacts like increasing water temperatures.

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An innovative solution to tackling Nigeria's water crisis

Yahuza Bawage

September 11, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Imo

The Filter X360 uses gravity to purify water without requiring any power supply or chemicals by using ultrafiltration technology to remove bacteria and viruses from fresh water sourced from nearby rivers, lakes and ponds. The machine can purify 1,000 liters per hour and reduces the risk of illness and also prevents locals from having to purchase bottled water or simply go without clean drinking water.

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'All these islands are full of trash': Activists take hands-on approach to clean our beaches

Ariel Rodriguez

September 08, 2023 |

WTVJ-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Florida

The Florida nonprofit Before It’s Too Late brings together children from different communities to teach them about the environment and their ability to create change through art, like painting murals.

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