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  • Disaster debris is pushing Puerto Rico's landfills to the brink

    October 21, 2022 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States Minor Outlying Islands, Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico’s landfills are filling up quickly, but a nonprofit composting program in Vieques called Isla Nena Composta collects, processes, and composts organic materials from hurricane debris to help ease pressure on the landfills.

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  • How a Community in Vieques is Responding to the Landfill Crisis in Puerto Rico

    October 21, 2022 |

    9 Millones |

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    Response Location: Puerto Rico, Vieques

    The island of Vieques’ community composting program, Isla Nena Composta, collects vegetative debris after hurricanes, processes it, and composts it to reduce the strain on local landfills.

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  • Indigenous activists look to Rights of Nature laws to stop fracking

    October 20, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: Ponca Nation, United States

    Indigenous tribes are protecting natural resources and land from harmful practices by passing Rights of Nature laws. These laws set the framework to file legal claims to hold those violating the protections accountable.

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  • After her farm flooded, this B.C. farmer went looking for solutions

    October 18, 2022 |

    The Narwhal |

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    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    Local farmers, government officials, and nonprofits, including the faith-based conservation organization A Rocha Canada, partnered to prevent further loss of land due to flooding. They planted fast-growing plants, like willow and cottonwood shoots, into the eroded bank to replicate the ecosystem before agriculture and development cleared the land. The method — low-tech riparian restoration – is a cost-effective approach that has mitigated land erosion due to flooding. The project also helped to bridge longstanding divides between participants.

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  • Planting trees – and hope – in a flood-prone Nigerian town

    October 18, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Igbajo, Osun

    The community-formed Igbajo Development Association has spent years planting 50,000 trees to help protect the community from severe weather and flooding.

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  • New road surfaces for the future – a long and winding (and green) road

    October 17, 2022 |

    News48 |

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    Response Location: Italy

    Gipave is a new type of asphalt technology that combines plastic waste with bitumen, a material already used to pave roads, to make recyclable road surfaces with longer lifespans and reduce emissions from road work by 70%.

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  • Harvesting Water in Arid Lands

    October 17, 2022 |

    The Water Desk |

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    Response Location: United States

    Water harvesting is collecting free water, such as rain, stormwater, and greywater, to use and finding ways to make it linger longer into the dry season. This can include active strategies like collecting it in tanks or passive strategies like directing it towards rain gardens to water plants. Water harvesting can help prevent the depletion of lakes and rivers and save money.

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  • Are prizes the best solution for climate change?

    October 16, 2022 |

    BBC |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Innovation prizes funded by people like Elon Musk and Prince William spark innovation and investment to solve the world's biggest problems.

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  • Powering England with the world's largest offshore wind farm

    October 16, 2022 |

    CBS News |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: England, Grimsby

    Off the coast of Grimsby, England, the largest offshore wind farm in the world created over 500 jobs for a deteriorating fishing town while providing enough clean, renewable energy to power over 2 million homes each day.

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  • E-bikes gain momentum as a climate, traffic solution

    October 14, 2022 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Government officials in Denver, Colorado, are encouraging e-bike adoption with rebates for those purchasing one to reduce traffic and air pollution in the city. So far, over 4,000 e-bikes were bought with help from the rebates.

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