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  • Could Harvesting Fog Help Solve the World's Water Crisis?

    Pauls Toutonghi

    March 22, 2016 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: Morocco, Aït Baâmrane

    The demand for clean water around the world continues to grow. In arid southwest Morocco, the region may only see “a few hundredths of an inch of rain per year,” which contributes to poor human health, as well as environmental, and economic conditions. A global collaboration with a Moroccan N.G.O. and German organizations have helped to bring clean water to the region with the use of CloudFisher technology that converts sea fog into water.

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  • Can we Quake-Proof a City?

    Neal Razzell

    March 22, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nepal

    Can we engineer buildings to prevent collapse in earthquakes? The answer is yes, and the Inquiry dives into how better building design can save more and more lives as urban density increases.

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  • A Tale of Two Leaks: Fixed in California, Ignored in Alabama

    Neela Banerjee

    March 17, 2016 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, Eight Mile, Alabama

    Eight years after a mercaptan spill in Eight Mile, Alabama, its mostly black and working class residents still suffer from respiratory issues, rashes and headaches.

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  • How Miami Beach Is Keeping the Florida Dream Alive—And Dry

    Sara Solovitch

    March 14, 2016 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami Beach, Florida

    Threatened by increasingly rising sea levels caused by climate change, leaders in Miami Beach are spending equally increasing amounts of money on technology and systems to combat flooding.

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  • The Farm that Grows Climate Solutions

    Eric Toensmeier

    March 09, 2016 |

    Ensia |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Las Cañadas, Veracruz

    A small agricultural co-op in the mountains of Veracruz, Mexico, has effectively implemented its own approach to climate change. The community adapts the main sector of its economy and livelihood-- farming-- to sustainable practices. "Las Cañadas" has increased the food security and health of the local community while simultaneously decreasing deforestation, soil degradation and carbon emissions.

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  • How NASA accidentally found a way to make buildings safer during earthquakes

    Margo Pierce

    February 22, 2016 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: United States, Huntsville, Alabama

    NASA developed a new stabilizing technology, known as the LOX Damper, in 2013 after working on a violently shaking rocket. Testing revealed that the technology could help design earthquake-proof buildings.

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  • After the floods: York and Nijmegen - a tale of two cities

    Allan Urry

    February 09, 2016 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, York

    After record-breaking rainfall and flooding, the city of York was at a loss for relief and reconstruction ideas. They turned to the Dutch city of Nijmegen, which had experienced similar flooding and found a solution in building a relief channel.

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  • Crossing the Rubicon for disaster response

    Catherine Cheney

    January 12, 2016 |

    Devex |

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    Response Location: Haiti, Port-au-Prince

    Last year, Team Rubicon carried out 35 domestic operations and three international operations, with overlapping missions in Kathmandu, Nepal, and Barikiki, Kiribati, as well as an operation in Roseau, Dominica. The humanitarian organization has two goals: improving overseas disaster response and finding new ways to bring military veterans into humanitarian operations.

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  • New York's Big Climate Plan Really Does Include Oysters

    Alec Appelbaum

    December 15, 2015 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Staten Island, New York

    Tottenville, on Staten Island, will get oyster-friendly breakwaters and a dune system as part of post-Sandy rebuilding efforts. The oysters will help revive the ecosystem and sustain the long-term fishing economy.

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  • November in Germany

    Tomáš Lindner

    November 23, 2015 |

    Respekt |

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    Response Location: Germany, Stuttgart

    Germany admitted around 1 million refugees in 2015. Different parts of the country have experienced success and failure. In Fischen, housing refugees is still a challenge, but business mentors have found a success in training refugees how to do jobs. The city of Stuttgart ran into a crisis housing refugees. However 3,000 volunteers are helping to control the situation. In the east, Halle housed refugees in the center part of its city, inside a “deluxe hotel.” The refugees are susceptible to hateful rhetoric, but there are demonstrators on both sides of the debate.

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