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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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  • 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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  • 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 dashboard empowers North Carolinians to track air pollution in real time  

    June 13, 2025 |

    North Carolina Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    CleanAIRE NC, an organization that trains residents to collect and share air quality data, uses AirKeeper Dashboard—an interactive mapping tool that displays real-time data from sensors across the state—to help North Carolina communities track and understand local air pollution and advocate for cleaner, healthier air.

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  • For the few right whales left, technology and teamwork are showing promise

    May 21, 2025 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    A collaborative coastal network of signaling devices called StationKeepers is enabling ship operators to receive real-time whale location alerts directly on their navigation screens, resulting in significantly reduced collisions and greater protection for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.

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  • Out of the Wild: How A.I. Is Transforming Conservation Science

    May 19, 2025 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: Canada

    Using artificial intelligence, scientists and conservationists can rapidly analyze vast environmental data sets—from audio recordings of nocturnal birds to millions of camera trap images—which has led to quicker and more efficient wildlife monitoring and decision-making, while also growing concern about ecological knowledge biases and decreased field engagement.

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  • De la exclusión al empleo: la formación digital que transforma vidas

    April 28, 2025 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Response Location: Argentina

    Potrero Digital es una iniciativa argentina que ofrece formación tecnológica gratuita e integral a jóvenes vulnerables, logrando que más del 60% acceda a empleos formales en la economía digital y mejore significativamente sus habilidades socioemocionales y autoestima.

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  • Jakarta's Urban Farms Come To The Rescue Of Food-Insecure Residents

    April 23, 2025 |

    The Xylom |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Jakarta

    Community-led urban farms in Jakarta empower residents to transform underused city spaces like alleyways and campus grounds into productive local food sources. These initiatives often blend traditional gardening with community organizing, educational outreach, and sometimes smart technology or agricultural research to improve food access, enhance green space, and foster local resilience.

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  • Global warming is melting Arctic ice. Can science refreeze it?

    April 14, 2025 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: Canada

    Researchers from Real Ice, a United Kingdom-based climate-focused nonprofit, are piloting an ice-sheet conservation project that pumps ocean water to freeze on top of preexisting sea ice, aiming to reverse glacial melt.

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  • Clean energy: Nigeria's move away from diesel generators

    April 11, 2025 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    A Berlin-based non-profit, Access to Energy Institute (A2EI), is providing traders at Wuse Market in Abuja :solar generators," which has reduced noise and fumes while also saving the community money by no longer having to buy fuel for generations. The installed solar panel system sends real-time data back to Berlin for monitoring and maintenance.

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