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  • Fighting Global Warming, One Abandoned Oil Well at a Time

    August 05, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States

    Curtis Shuck started the nonprofit The Well Done Foundation with a mission to plug as many abandoned oil wells as possible. Since then, he’s worked with communities, landowners, regulatory agencies, and activists to plug 45 wells, stopping the release of methane and other pollutants into the air and local environments.

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  • Agroforestry offers Thai rubber farmers a pathway to profit and sustainability

    July 31, 2024 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Thailand

    Government agencies, trade groups, and businesses are working together to provide agroforestry training and environmental education to rubber farmers in Thailand. Cultivating rubber alongside other useful trees and crops is better for the environment than monoculture farms and increases farmers’ profits.

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  • How colleges can become 'living labs' for combating climate change

    July 30, 2024 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    Colleges across the United States are adopting the “campus as a living lab” approach to integrate climate change mitigation and environmental education into curriculums and combine them with efforts to make campuses more sustainable. Students across departments work on projects relevant to their degrees and the environment, many of which are implemented by the schools.

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  • All hands on deck — The social enterprise deploying young people to protect our seas

    July 25, 2024 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    Response Location: Netherlands

    A social enterprise that started in the Netherlands and is spreading to countries around the Celtic Sea is training young people to work in marine industries while restoring ocean biodiversity. The young trainees work on projects like marine mammal observation and planting seagrass.

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  • Can New York City Treat Its Food Scraps As More Than Trash?

    July 15, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City’s Compost Project supports a network of community compost operations to reduce the waste sent to landfills. Each composter operates differently based on local conditions and needs. BK Rot, for example, employs local Black and Brown youth to collect organic scraps from homes and businesses and sells its compost.

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  • Could maggots fed on Kenya's food waste replace wild-caught fish feed?

    July 04, 2024 |

    Dialogue Earth |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Mombasa

    Kenya-based Project Mila collects food waste from households and businesses in Mombasa and feeds it to black soldier fly larvae. Then, the larvae are harvested for livestock feed and their excrement is used to create a sustainable fertilizer.

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  • California Is Showing How a Big State Can Power Itself Without Fossil Fuels

    June 27, 2024 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    The California-based startup Magrathea Metals is producing magnesium with renewable energy to make the process less expensive and material-intensive. The company aims to make the more environment-friendly metal competitive with steel and aluminum.

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  • Need a new outfit? Try the library.

    June 26, 2024 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Dover, New Hampshire

    A pilot project at the Dover Public Library in New Hampshire provided locals with an alternative to fast fashion by hosting a clothing library. Like borrowing a book, people could check out up to five occasion-wear garments, which are the type of pieces you might only wear once, for two weeks at a time.

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  • Tidal kites: New technology harnessing ocean energy

    June 25, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Faroe Islands

    The renewable energy technology company Minesto developed tidal kites that generate electricity from ocean tides. The machines are attached to the seabed and pushed through the water in a figure 8 pattern. The movement spins a turbine that generates electricity.

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  • The High-Tech Tools That Can Bust Careless Oil and Gas Drillers

    June 18, 2024 |

    Sierra Club |

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    Response Location: Iraq

    To help reduce methane emissions, the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative invested in high-tech satellites that can detect equipment leaks that might otherwise be missed. The leaks identified and addressed thanks to the satellites accounted for the equivalent of one million tons of carbon dioxide.

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