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  • Waste worth watching: why Gree Energy wants your dirty water

    Sasha Gallick

    April 24, 2023 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    Response Location: Indonesia

    Gree Energy helps food processors in Indonesia overcome the financial barriers to installing anaerobic wastewater treatment plants. These plants turn methane emissions into biogas to be used as electricity or thermal energy. The company plans the builds, finds uses for the biogas, and establishes revenue to fund the projects.

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  • How New Yorkers' Food Scraps Get 'Digested' to Provide Gas for Homes

    Robin Shulman Agüeros

    April 19, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City’s new curbside composting program collects food waste from residents in Queens to divert it from landfills. Microorganisms break down the food scraps in a process called anaerobic digestion that creates biogas used to heat 2,500 homes.

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  • Over 2,000 Companies Buy and Sell Recycled Plastic at This Online Marketplace

    Michaela Haas

    April 17, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Germany, Hamburg

    A startup in Germany created an online platform, Cirplus, that connects recycling companies with manufacturers and distributors in the plastic industry. The site encourages the move towards a circular economy by improving transparency for buyers and sellers.

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  • ‘It's about Healing the Earth:' How Nebraskans are Building Sustainable Farms Through Biodynamics

    Ellie Kuckelman

    April 17, 2023 |

    The Reader |

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    Response Location: United States, Nebraska

    Biodynamic farming is slowly spreading across the United States as a practice that improves the health of a farm’s ecosystem by creating a sustainable system that uses its waste to generate its energy. This way of farming also involves practices like crop rotation, cover cropping, and eliminating the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

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  • Golden straw: how Ukraine can make money from bio-waste and give up gas

    Viktoriia Hubareva

    April 14, 2023 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine

    Ukrainian scientists invented a generator that uses organic waste from agriculture to produce cheap energy. This method can replace natural gas while disposing of agricultural waste in a way that doesn’t emit carbon dioxide.

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  • Cleaning the city to breathe easier

    Alastair Macdonald

    April 14, 2023 |

    WoW! News |

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    Response Location: India, Delhi

    One Step Greener collects trash from residents of Delhi, India, and sorts the recyclables to be sold to recyclers. This practice keeps trash out of landfills and improves the air quality of the city.

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  • Can regenerative wool make fashion more sustainable?

    Parisa Hashempour

    April 13, 2023 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: New Zealand

    The fashion brand Sheep Inc sources regenerative wool for its clothing products and claims to be carbon-negative. The regenerative farming practices used to make the wool are similar to what would happen naturally, the sheep graze across different grasslands, allowing unused ones to rewild using the manure as fertilizer. On top of that, the farm itself runs on renewable energy and supports native reforestation and the fashion brand uses solar power and a plastic-free supply chain.

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  • Solar shingles top Virginia home

    Elizabeth McGowan

    April 10, 2023 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Reston, Virginia

    The Timberline Solar Energy Shingle roof is made up of solar-power integrated, nailable shingles that allow homeowners to keep the look of traditional roofing shingles while reaping the benefits of solar energy. This prevents aesthetic-related issues with homeowner associations and installation bottlenecks that complicate the process of installing solar panels.

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  • This Evolving 3,000-Mile-Long Park Is Already Improving Cities Along Its Path

    Ashira Morris

    April 10, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

    The East Coast Greenway is a car-free trail network under development along the East Coast of the United States. The project organizers work with cities along the planned path to build the infrastructure and find funding. The goal is to connect Calais, Maine, and Key West, Florida.

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  • The Mexican women breathing new life into Yucatán's mangrove forests

    Lorena Arroyo Gladys Serrano

    April 10, 2023 |

    El País |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Yucatan

    A group of women from a fishing village in southern Mexico are restoring mangroves on the Yucatán Peninsula. While the group, known as las chelemeras, is reviving the local ecosystem, the members also find personal empowerment from the work and the pay.

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