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  • The world sees invasive seaweed. This gardener sees housing bricks.

    April 19, 2023 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Puerto Morelos

    A small business in Puerto Morelos uses invasive seaweed that washes up on Mexico’s beaches to create construction blocks. The company, Sargassum, mixes the seaweed with organic materials, presses the mixture into block shapes, and lets them bake in the sun to harden. The owner sells some of the blocks and uses some to build affordable housing in his community.

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  • Philippine tribe boosts livelihoods and conservation with civet poop coffee

    April 18, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Mindanao

    Members of the B’laan ethnic group in a community in the Philippines are improving their livelihoods by foraging for coffee beans excreted by wild palm civets. They can sell the beans at a premium price because they are used to make a luxury coffee brew. And the practice encourages the locals to protect the wild animals, which benefits the ecosystem, too.

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  • The quest to build wildfire-resistant homes

    April 18, 2023 |

    MIT Technology Review |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The shelter-in-place approach is slowly becoming a more common way to survive wildfires that are too violent and fast to evacuate. People using this method congregate in “defensible” buildings created with wildfire resilience in mind that sit in an area clear of flammable vegetation and fuel.

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  • Are 'sponge cities' enough to curb climate-fuelled floods?

    April 18, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States

    The design firm Arup calculates cities' ability to retain water through nature and helps them implement other solutions to flooding, like building rain gardens or public messaging strategies, depending on individual needs.

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  • ‘It's about Healing the Earth:' How Nebraskans are Building Sustainable Farms Through Biodynamics

    April 17, 2023 |

    The Reader |

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    Response Location: United States, Nebraska

    Biodynamic farming is slowly spreading across the United States as a practice that improves the health of a farm’s ecosystem by creating a sustainable system that uses its waste to generate its energy. This way of farming also involves practices like crop rotation, cover cropping, and eliminating the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

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  • These Farmers Recharged their Groundwater by Catching California's Atmospheric Rivers

    April 17, 2023 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Farmers in California are taking advantage of recent heavy rainfall by intentionally flooding their fields to restore the underground aquifers after years of drought.

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  • Over 2,000 Companies Buy and Sell Recycled Plastic at This Online Marketplace

    April 17, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Germany, Hamburg

    A startup in Germany created an online platform, Cirplus, that connects recycling companies with manufacturers and distributors in the plastic industry. The site encourages the move towards a circular economy by improving transparency for buyers and sellers.

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  • Athens Repair Café Tackles Climate Change By Repairing Items, Attitudes

    April 17, 2023 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    The Athens Repair Café allows locals to bring in their broken items — like bikes and appliances — to be repaired by skilled volunteers in an effort to utilize a reuse model that extends the life of the items, preventing the need for purchasing replacements. The Athens Repair Café is one of 2,664 Repair Cafés worldwide registered under Repair Café International and over the past year, about 100 items have been successfully repaired.

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  • Rice Insurance helping Rwandan Farmers Overcome Climate-Induced Losses

    April 15, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Rwanda’s National Agriculture Insurance Scheme helps farmers access financial protection for their crops to provide income security in the face of climate change events that can ruin harvests.

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  • Biological Breaks Helping Improve Fish Production on Lake Kivu

    April 14, 2023 |

    The Chronicles |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    The Rwandan government bans fishing on Lake Kivu during August and September for what they call a “Biological Break.” They pause fishing when the climate is best for fish reproduction and growth to ensure the fish population remains stable.

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