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  • The World's Smartest City Is a Tiny German Village

    August 11, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Germany, Etteln

    The residents of Etteln, Germany responded to rural decline and digital exclusion by organizing grassroots collective action—including volunteer-led fiber-optic installation and community-driven digital innovations—which reversed population loss, doubled school enrollment, earned global recognition as the world's smartest city, and created a replicable model now used by 500+ cities worldwide.

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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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  • Garantizar el agua no es sencillo, pero las ASADAs muestran que es posible

    July 04, 2025 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    Las ASADAs (Asociaciones Administradoras de los Sistemas de Acueductos y Alcantarillados Sanitarios) son organizaciones comunitarias sin fines de lucro que administran sistemas de agua potable para sus comunidades, sirviendo al 33% de la población costarricense a través del compromiso voluntario y la gestión local del recurso hídrico.

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  • Solar minigrid brings light and hope to a Goma neighborhood, offering blueprint for rest of Congo

    June 30, 2025 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Goma

    With investor backing, the utility company Nuru built a 1.3-megawatt minigrid that, due to its interconnectivity with a hydropower grid, can power streetlight, phone, and internet services, plus a private company that pumps, treats and distributes water to the Congolese community of Goma. Residents report financial savings and greater feelings of safety.

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  • This city is exploring an unconventional solution to water scarcity: sewage

    June 09, 2025 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, St. George, Utah

    St. George, Utah, is building wastewater recycling plants to convert sewage into usable irrigation and drinking water, a solution already proven effective in communities like Las Vegas in conserving water resources and supporting sustainable urban growth.

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  • Where the garbage goes

    June 01, 2025 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Soap Creek, Oregon

    A grassroots community initiative (VNEQS) organized local expertise, advocacy, labor activism, and legislative collaboration to oppose a landfill expansion and push for stronger environmental monitoring and accountability, resulting in increased public awareness, regulatory scrutiny, and pending policy reforms.

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  • Power-Hungry Data Centers Are Warming Homes in the Nordics

    May 13, 2025 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Finland

    By integrating data centers with district heating systems, Nordic countries are successfully reusing waste heat to warm thousands of homes, significantly reducing energy costs and emissions while highlighting geographic, regulatory, and power consumption challenges to scaling the approach further.

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  • Balcony solar took off in Germany. Why not the US?

    April 25, 2025 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: Germany

    Utah legislators passed a bill exempting small-scale balcony solar installations from utility interconnection regulations to replicate Germany's successful approach, but the absence of national electrical standards and safety certifications have so far prevented widespread adoption and impact in the U.S.

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  • How bitcoin drives cheap green energy production in Kenya

    April 01, 2025 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    To use up excess renewable energy and help finance the expansion of power grids, companies such as Gridless are connecting energy producers in African countries with cryptocurrency miners that are eager to buy up unused power. By selling off energy to cryptocurrency companies, one hydropower system was able to expand its electricity service to 500 more homes.

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  • As the Colorado River Shrinks, Southern California Is Embracing Water Recycling

    March 14, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Orange County, California

    Large-scale wastewater recycling is emerging as a crucial response to water shortages in Southern California, exacerbated by the declining Colorado River. The Orange County Water District's Groundwater Replenishment System has successfully produced over 450 billion gallons of recycled water since 2008, creating a reliable, drought-resilient local water source, despite high costs and issues surrounding initial public perception.

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