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Mending Coastal Marshes

Kerry Rose Graning

January 20, 2020 |

Hakai Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Louisiana

Martin Ecosystems uses recycled plastic bottles to manufacture artificial islands and shorelines, allowing native vegetation to grow and preventing land erosion, which has restored Louisiana’s wetlands and barrier islands. Plastic mats are layered, injected with Coast Guard approved foam for buoyancy, and planted with native vegetation. Once anchored in rows of up to 20 or more, they act as breakwaters reducing wave height by up to 80% and minimizing erosion. The mats also provide cover for nesting birds and a complex ecosystem for aquatic life. They have withstood years of hurricanes and tropical storms.

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Reducing Fire, and Cutting Carbon Emissions, the Aboriginal Way

Thomas Fuller

January 16, 2020 |

The New York Times |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Australia, Cooinda, Northern Territory

With the dramatic increase in wildfire danger in Australia causing international distress, officials look to an ancient Indigenous fire-prevention technique that reduces the risk of large wild-fires. This Aboriginal technique - which involves lighting small, controlled fires throughout the year - eliminates excess debris that can easily catch fire in a wildfire, and it reduces greenhouse gas emissions from wildfires in the Northern region of the country by 40%.

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Are you pouring hundreds of dollars a year down the drain?

Angela Ross

January 15, 2020 |

ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Australia, Melbourne, Victoria

The use of rain gardens and rain tanks - which capture rainwater runoff, clean the water, and reuse the water for plants and gardens - helps to reduce water waste and toxic runoff. One Australian man built a rain garden to cut back on his waste (and his water bill) and estimates that he has cut down water consumption in his house by one third.

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How to Exorcise the Ghosts of Crab Traps Past

Dani Leviss

January 09, 2020 |

Hakai Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Jersey

Low cost sonar helps teams of crabbers in the Great Bay Estuary locate abandoned traps, which they use hook lines to remove to protect wildlife and damage to fishing boats. Funded by three grants, teams have retrieved around 2,200 traps and crabbers are compensated for their efforts. The initiative is modeled after one in the Chesapeake Bay, where 34,408 ghost pots were removed over six years. Similar efforts have been implemented around the world, including the Ghost Trap Rodeo in Tampa Bay, which is styled like a fishing tournament but competitors collect abandoned traps instead of catching fish.

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The pharmacists fighting high drug prices

Charlotte Horn

January 07, 2020 |

BBC |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Netherlands

Some Dutch pharmacists combat high drug prices by making small batches of drugs themselves, which they sell to patients at a fraction of the cost. Drug companies get a 10-year monopoly on new drugs but many simply re-registered old drugs for new diseases and significantly raise prices. Doctors at Erasmus Medical Center have used a drug to treat a rare cancer for many years, but after it fell back under a drug company monopoly, the price increased and insurance companies stopped covering it. In response, hospital pharmacists made the drug themselves so that they can continue to treat patients.

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How these Bay Street finance pros are helping mental-health agencies find efficiencies

Karen Black

January 07, 2020 |

TVO |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

In Toronto, Canada, two former finance professionals are using their business acumen to help mental health organizations find efficiencies through their non-profit organization Capitalize for Kids. Acting as pro-bono consultants, the two people at the helm of Capitalize for Kids have helped mental health organizations save money and improve services for clients.

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In Germany, How To Teach Empathy For The Disabled

Priti Salian

January 06, 2020 |

Folks |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Germany

Using role-playing techniques, a new program places future health workers in the shoes of people who face accessibility barriers. The program is intended to show students how simple tasks like going to the grocery store can be very challenging.

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'Scary Moms' Are Part Of The Citizen War Against Pollution In Pakistan

Diaa Hadid

January 06, 2020 |

NPR |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Pakistan, Lahore

In cities across Pakistan, smog and air pollution are dire health threats but the country's government hasn't done enough to take it seriously - so citizens are pushing back. Initiatives to crowd source air quality data and a push from local mothers to encourage parents to use school buses for their children to lower transportation emission is raising awareness and producing results.

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Solar Panels, Sustainable Workplaces Bring New Energy to Athens

Madeline Shepard

January 06, 2020 |

Grady Newsource |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

The town of Athens, Georgia has committed to a 100% renewable energy pledge. Both the local government and local businesses are working towards it by implementing sustainable practices such as solar panels and wastewater pretreatment systems.

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Fashion has a waste problem. These companies want to fix it

Rachel Cernansky

January 06, 2020 |

Vogue Business |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Fashion has long been known as a major contributor to climate change, but brands (from fast fashion to luxury houses alike) are taking steps to address their carbon footprint. This article lists several initiatives working on reducing fabric waste, such as FabScrap, a NY organization that collects and resells 6,000 pounds of discarded fabric weekly.

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