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Agroforestry offers Thai rubber farmers a pathway to profit and sustainability

Carolyn Cowan

July 31, 2024 |

Mongabay |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Thailand

Government agencies, trade groups, and businesses are working together to provide agroforestry training and environmental education to rubber farmers in Thailand. Cultivating rubber alongside other useful trees and crops is better for the environment than monoculture farms and increases farmers’ profits.

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How colleges can become 'living labs' for combating climate change

Caroline Preston

July 30, 2024 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Colleges across the United States are adopting the “campus as a living lab” approach to integrate climate change mitigation and environmental education into curriculums and combine them with efforts to make campuses more sustainable. Students across departments work on projects relevant to their degrees and the environment, many of which are implemented by the schools.

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Songs for saving

Tanka Dhakal

June 28, 2024 |

Asia Democracy Chronicles |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nepal

A nonprofit conservation organization, Greenhod Nepal, works with local musicians to create songs inspired by traditional Nepali music about the consequences of poaching. The songs tell stories of real-life events or use the imagined perspectives of animals to educate the public in an accessible way.

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The cafeteria as classroom

Bridget Huber

June 06, 2024 |

Food and Environment Reporting Network |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Lawrence, Georgia

The nonprofit World Wildlife Fund is working with elementary schools in the United States to develop programs that teach students about food waste in hopes of encouraging environmental responsibility. They practice ways to reduce their waste at lunch, learn how to compost and sort garbage, and keep track of the amount of waste they’ve reduced.

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Revolution in the Soil: How One School is Responding to Food Insecurity

Latasha Rouseau

May 29, 2024 |

Sapelo Square |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

A community garden is part of the curriculum at the Mohammed Schools of Atlanta to teach students how to grow their own food. Amid a food desert, the garden provides fresh food for the school cafeteria and produces enough that students can take crops home to their families each week.

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Upcycling Waste Spurs Art, Farming Among Lagos Students

Adebola Adegoke

May 18, 2024 |

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

The Foundation for a Better Environment partners with public and private schools across Nigeria to make waste reduction a part of the curriculum. It's focused on teaching youth to reuse, recycle, and compost through practices like making art and building gardens.

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'Composting Our Emotions': How Climate Action Cultivates Well-Being

Elizabeth Hewitt

April 30, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Several groups are emerging to help youth cope with eco-anxiety and the mental health effects caused by climate change. Groups like the Bay Area Youth Climate Summit educate and facilitate conversations about climate change with young people, helping them build a sense of community with others who share their concerns. Research shows those who participate in climate work and have a social support system have reduced feelings of eco-anxiety and depression linked to climate change.

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Sustainable plastic recycling: Cleaner life for us, better livelihood for waste collectors

Sadiqur Rahman

April 22, 2024 |

Bangladesh First |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Bangladesh, Narayanganj

The Recycling for the Environment by Strengthening Income and Livelihoods of Entrepreneurs (RESILIENT) Project helps support the economy of waste collectors and aggregators by providing training, safety equipment and mentorship on how to handle finances and operate a waste business. Waste collectors and aggregators who have participated in the RESILIENT Project earn increased profits and are able to collect and recycle more plastics and other materials.

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Plastic-choked rivers in Ecuador are being cleared with conveyor belts

Kimberley Brown

April 22, 2024 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ecuador, Quito

The startup Ichthion created a system that skims plastic off of rivers in Ecuador to prevent it from reaching the ocean. A floating barrier stretches across the river to catch the plastic without disrupting fish, and a person manually guides the pollution onto the shore where it’s sorted for recycling.

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Taking the classroom outside: How nature is teaching valuable lessons in Uganda

Martine Moguem Alex Dines

April 18, 2024 |

Farm Radio International |

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Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Uganda, Kikandwa

The residents of Kikandwa, Uganda, came together to create the Kikandwa Environmental Association to implement nature-based solutions in their community. The solutions are combatting climate change and generating more income than options with a negative environmental impact. For example, many people traded cutting trees to make charcoal for selling seedlings at the local tree nursery.

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