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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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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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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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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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Yellowstone Club becomes first ski resort in Montana to turn wastewater into snow

Justin Franz

January 18, 2024 |

Montana Free Press |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Montana

The Yellowstone Club ski resort in Montana is misting treated wastewater into the air with machines to make snow. This keeps its ski runs open during dry winters and produces more runoff in the summers to recharge crucial aquifers.

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This Louisiana town moved to escape climate-linked disaster

Lucy Sherriff

January 13, 2024 |

BBC |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Isle de Jean Charles, United States, Louisiana

In the face of increasing land loss and flooding due to coastal erosion and climate change, the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe made the decision to relocate their community to higher ground. After winning a grant from the National Disaster Resilience Competition, the tribe worked closely with the Louisiana state government to figure out where and how the new community would be built.

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Harvesting Amaranth, a Superfood of Indigenous Agriculture

Sue Williams

January 09, 2024 |

The Story Exchange |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

The Qachuu Aloom Mother Earth Association is a farming collective bringing together the Mayan Achi people in Rabinal, Guatemala, and farmers in Ithaca, New York, to share and preserve ancestral knowledge of growing amaranth. The ancient grain is nutritious and resilient to climate change.

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Solar Pumps Are Empowering Women Farmers in India

Tanmoy Bhaduri

January 05, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Harpur, Bihar

In the Indian state of Bihar, women-led self-help groups are challenging traditional gender norms and saving money to buy and install solar irrigation pumps. The pumps increase the local agricultural capacity by providing a cleaner, more affordable alternative to the diesel pumps typically used to combat water scarcity in the region.

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How mobile home co-ops provide housing security — and climate resilience

Siri Chilukuri

January 02, 2024 |

Grist |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Mobile homeowners are buying the land their homes are on to form resident-owned cooperatives so they can upgrade infrastructure faster. This allows them to combat and adapt to climate change by installing things like solar panels and drainage systems.

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A Community-Driven Path to Replenishing Groundwater in a Parched Region

Geetanjali Krishna

December 07, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Jakhni, Uttar Pradesh

The community in Jakhni, India, reimplemented old farming practices, like building embankments to trap rainwater and planting trees to prevent erosion, to combat severe drought.

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