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Tiny Blue Bubbles Designed to Help Save the Planet

Alan Jeffries Amy Marino

March 16, 2015 |

Bloomberg |

Video |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Livermore, California

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has designed a new technology that captures carbon dioxide at power plants before it goes into the air. This new method, which is much more efficient and affordable than other carbon dioxide capturing methods, uses microcapsules filled with a fluid that absorbs carbon dioxide. While it’s not going to solve climate change entirely, this new technology has shown promising results for at least slowing it down.

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Refugee camp in Nepal adopts eco ethos

Seán Dagan Wood

March 13, 2015 |

Positive.News |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nepal, Damak

A Bhutanese refugee camp in Damak, Nepal is giving its displaced inhabitants a brighter future thanks to green investment through sustainable, eco-friendly projects that respond to refugees needs.

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Looks swell

The Economist

March 12, 2015 |

The Economist |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Australia, Perth

Carnegie Wave Energy created a system to generate electricity from the ocean’s waves to power Australia’s largest naval base. The system, known as CETO 5, has buoys bobbing up and down below the ocean’s surface that drives a pump attached to the seafloor and pushes water through a pipe to the power station. Each buoy can create 240 kilowatts, and all together the system produces about 5 percent of the base’s electricity. The system will need to be upgraded if they plan to put buoys further at sea where the swells are greater.

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Seattle's micro-housing booms offers an affordable alternative

Susan Kelleher

March 04, 2015 |

The Seattle Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

People need a place to sleep and eat, they need privacy, but they also need community. Seattle had a recent boom in micro-housing which offers a community living model where individuals have a personal tiny room and bathroom but share a kitchen.

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It Takes a Village

Kirsi Jansa

February 11, 2015 |

Sustainability Pioneers |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United Kingdom, Balcombe

Two towns are fighting back against fossil fuel companies. From fossil free energy fairs in Pennsylvania to a solar energy co-op in the UK, citizens are relying on the idea of community power to unite in favor of renewable energy. In the UK, the creative financing structure of the co-operative REPOWERBalcombe will generate both financial and environmental returns.

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Investing in Energy Efficiency Pays Off

David Bornstein

February 06, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Granville, Ohio

Retrofitting buildings for energy conservation in the United States could save $1 trillion over a decade, reduce American greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent, and create employment across the country. Many universities and other institutions are creating green investment funds to sustain projects that enhance efficiency.

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Running on renewable energy, Burlington, Vermont powers green movement forward

William Brangham

January 31, 2015 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

Urban areas contain the highest in concentration of burning fossil fuels, which negatively contributes to climate change. Spearheading the green energy movement, Burlington, VT claims that its city uses 100% renewable energy for electricity. Burlington’s efforts pilot a model for larger U.S. cities to follow.

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Africa's quiet solar revolution

Lorena Galliot

January 25, 2015 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Tanzania, Arusha, Arusha

Electricity is hard to come by in much of Africa. Now, skipping over the fossil fuel age, solar panels are bringing a cheap form of electricity to the continent.

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Green-Energy Inspiration Off the Coast of Denmark

Diane Cardwell

January 17, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Denmark, Samsø

Mainers can learn how to implement green energy in change-resistant rural areas from a Denmark island. In Samsø, Danes rely on wind energy and burn hay. These solutions may be adapted for the windswept coast of Maine. To be effective, they need to appeal to the practicality of the switch.

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Climate Change Mitigation's best-kept secret

Jim Motavalli

January 06, 2015 |

Ensia |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Bridport, Vermont

The breakdown of the ozone layer is one of the most well-known effects of climate change. Citizens enact different ways to protect the atmosphere from a build up of methane gas.

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