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  • Making 'Climate Candy' From Upcycled Fruits and Veggies

    Sue Williams

    February 07, 2024 |

    The Story Exchange |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    The Climate Candy brand makes fruit chews out of misshapen fruits and vegetables that would otherwise be wasted because they don’t meet the criteria to be sold in grocery stores.

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  • Giving buildings a new, green lease on life

    Krithiga Narayanan

    February 02, 2024 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: India, Chennai

    An architect in Chennai, India, is retrofitting private residences and public buildings to be more sustainable. They make changes like installing energy-efficient upgrades, solar panels, improved ventilation, and low-flow plumbing fixtures to reduce water and energy consumption.

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  • What Does Reproductive Health Have to Do With Climate Vulnerability?

    Veronika Perková

    February 02, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Philippines

    Organizations around the world are using an integrated approach to empowering women by addressing climate justice and health issues in their communities. PATH Foundation Philippines, for example, helped implement sustainable marine management practices to increase the fish stocks in fishing communities so families were less inclined to send their daughters away for financial support.

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  • Minnesota schools testing electric buses find benefits and barriers

    Dan Gunderson

    January 30, 2024 |

    MPR News |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Morris, Minnesota

    After adding electric school buses to its fleet with the help of grant funding, Morris Area Schools saw its fuel costs drop from about $3 per gallon to the equivalent of about $1 a gallon. Each bus is estimated to help cut roughly 140 tons of carbon emissions over its lifetime.

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  • Hot? Hungry? Step inside these food forests.

    Max Graham

    January 29, 2024 |

    Grist |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Organizations in cities across the United States, including Philadelphia and Tucson, are simultaneously combatting urban heat and hunger by planting fruit trees and edible plants that provide shade and food that community members can harvest.

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  • The race to build climate-resilient coral reefs

    Chris Lovenko

    January 29, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Australia

    Researchers and conservationists around the world are finding ways to help coral reefs grow quicker and survive the warming ocean temperatures caused by climate change. The Australian company Coral Maker is using artificial intelligence and robots to mass produce concrete skeletons for coral to grow on, and the Coral Restoration Foundation is growing coral on floating "trees."

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  • A Ranch, Rewilded: The Transformation of California's Next State Park

    Elizabeth Hewitt

    January 25, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    A floodplain restoration project in California’s Central Valley is preventing flooding, replenishing groundwater, and providing habitat for wildlife. Most of the restoration work involved rewilding the land after removing the berms that protected the area from flooding when it was an agricultural field.

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  • Pre-Pesticides, Pro-Farmer: The Rise of Agroecology

    Meg Wilcox

    January 23, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Philippines

    Farmers around the world are implementing agroecology practices to make their farms more resilient to climate change while promoting climate justice to strengthen farming communities. Agroecology follows 13 principles that include ecological practices, like using organic fertilizers, and political and social values, like embracing land rights.

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  • An overlooked climate solution unfolds in Memphis' energy challenges

    Ashli Blow

    January 23, 2024 |

    Tennessee Lookout |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    Memphis Gas Light and Water’s weatherization program is helping city residents prepare their homes for increasingly intense storms in ways that also reduce their energy use from fossil-fuel-derived sources and their utility bills. Contractors may install a new air conditioner or repair walls, but the resident is never charged for the services because ratepayers round up their bills to cover the cost.

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  • At Sahara's edge, old habits protect crops from new climate

    Jack Thompson

    January 19, 2024 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Senegal, Ndiob

    Farmers in Ndiob, Senegal, have returned to an ancient technique called zaï to combat drought, use less fertilizer, and increase their yields. Zaï involves drilling holes in the soil so rainwater can fill them and soak into the land instead of running off.

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