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  • Rooftop Solar Power Is Struggling to Take Off in Hong Kong. What Went Wrong?

    August 08, 2025 |

    The Xylom |

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    Response Location: Hong Kong

    The Hong Kong Feed-in Tariff (FiT) Scheme is an ongoing government program that incentivizes rooftop solar adoption by allowing individuals and organizations to sell solar-generated electricity back to utility companies at rates higher than what customers pay for regular electricity.

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  • Recicla Ricaurte detiene la muerte antes de que llegue al mar

    August 03, 2025 |

    El Turbión |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Ricaurte

    Recicla Ricaurte por la Paz es una asociación comunitaria liderada por mujeres que desde 2017 ha desarrollado un sistema integral de recolección, clasificación y comercialización de residuos plásticos y cartón, creciendo de procesar 800 kilogramos cada tres meses a 7-8 toneladas mensuales, evitando así que estos materiales contaminen el río Güiza y lleguen al océano Pacífico, mientras genera ingresos económicos para sus integrantes en un territorio afectado por el conflicto armado y la falta de oportunidades laborales.

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  • Alaskans work to analyze and reduce risks of glacial outburst flooding

    August 02, 2025 |

    Alaska Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Juneau, Alaska

    In response to recurring glacial flooding outbursts, Juneau has implemented an early warning dashboard, $8 million temporary flood barriers, and ongoing scientific research. The solutions are too new to demonstrate measurable flood damage reduction, but increased community participation in preparedness activities is one promising impact.

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  • A forest garden project attempts to expand into the Sahel

    July 28, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Senegal

    The creation of forest gardens—the modern term for an ancient agroforestry model that mixes shrubs, herbs, vines, fruit and nut trees, and perennial vegetables—are helping supply communities in sub-Saharan Africa with food, medicine, and animal feed. The U.S.-based NGO TREES claims to have created 38,000 active forest gardens in five countries, each comprising about 4,000 trees. This has restored 99,743 acres of degraded land, having reached 56,273 farmers and their families across 174 community projects.

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  • Singapore's regreening is a model for cities everywhere

    July 22, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Singapore

    Government initiatives, certification programs, ecological consultants, and international environmental associations are all part of Singapore's concerted effort to coexist with its wildlife and reduce impacts of climate change like air pollution and stress.

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  • The Aromatic Roots Indians Turn to for Cooling Relief

    July 14, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Bharuch

    Khus (vetiver grass) curtains are a traditional, climate-friendly cooling method in India that is seeing a revival as extreme temperatures rise. Locals hang woven curtains made from dried vetiver roots in doorways or windows and spray them with water throughout the day. As hot air passes through them, evaporative cooling reduces indoor temperatures. This low-cost, low-energy solution has been implemented in homes and public areas like bus stops to combat the heat.

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  • Could beavers be the secret to winning the fight against wildfires?

    July 06, 2025 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: United States

    Beaver restoration programs across the American West are creating fire-resistant green refuges, improving water storage and quality, and supporting wildlife recovery by partnering with the dam-building rodents rather than eliminating them, demonstrating that a nature-based approach can simultaneously address wildfire risk, drought, and ecosystem degradation.

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  • New App Alerts Users to Rising Rivers and Streams

    July 02, 2025 |

    Seven Days |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    RiverAware, an app that uses real-time data from a national network of gauges, has helped citizens, first responders, floodplain managers, scientists, and recreational users such as paddlers and anglers access river-flow data, informing or alerting communities as to when it's time to evacuate or seek higher ground. The data is aggregated from more than 13,000 stream-gauging stations around the country maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bureau of Land Management and the National Weather Service.

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  • Beneath the blazing sun, Black Phoenix sows community

    July 01, 2025 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    In Phoenix's historically Black neighborhoods, community organizations have transformed vacant, heat-trapping lots into thriving urban farms. One initiative, Spaces of Opportunity, converted a 19-acre abandoned site into a community farm with 250 garden plots available. Spaces of Opportunity serves over 1,000 residents each month, and other community farming initiatives also help in providing food and jobs for participants, many of whom are formerly incarcerated or unhoused.

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  • What Hawai'i's 'Blue' Fee Tells Us About The New Green Fee

    June 27, 2025 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    The Aloha i ke Kai Ocean Stewardship User Fee ($1 per ocean activity per person) was passed by legislators in 2021 to create dedicated resources for marine–focused projects with support from the state’s Division of Aquatic Resources. While still in its early stages, the program raised $2 million, with 55% to 60% compliance in its first year.

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