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  • Wildlife Crossings Can Mend a Landscape

    February 21, 2024 |

    Sierra Club |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Netherlands

    The Netherlands built nearly 3,000 wildlife crossings over and under roads, railways, and waterways to reduce habitat fragmentation, allowing wildlife to roam freely without becoming roadkill.

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  • How a Northwest tribe is escaping a rising ocean

    February 19, 2024 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Quinault Indian Nation, United States, Taholah, Washington

    The Quinault Indian Nation is building new housing for its community about a mile from its current village on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. The goal is to relocate the whole village to a place further above sea level to avoid flooding and sea-level rise.

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  • Online game educating Africans on Climate Change

    February 18, 2024 |

    African Change Stories |

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    Response Location: Ghana

    Agric Connect is raising climate change awareness in Ghana with a video game called “The Planet Saver.” The game is structured like a quiz and incorporates a leaderboard, social sharing and a forum to ask experts questions.

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  • These farmworkers created America's strongest workplace heat rules

    February 17, 2024 |

    The Washington Post |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Immokalee, Florida

    To fight for safer working conditions, a coalition of farmworkers staged protests and led boycotts of corporations such as McDonald’s and Taco Bell, which helped persuade the companies to join their push for better treatment. This led to the creation of the Fair Food Program, an initiative that certifies farms that comply with strict safety standards and gives them access to some of the largest buyers of produce. Farms in 10 states now participate in the program, providing protections for roughly 20,000 workers.

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  • The all-women crew fighting Indonesia's peatland fires

    February 16, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Indonesia, West Kalimantan, Borneo

    The Power of Mama is an all-female firefighting unit that protects the health and livelihoods of the local community and environment by working with village authorities to educate local farmers on safe practices to prevent wildfires and preserve the ecosystem. The unit formed in 2022 with just 44 volunteers, but has since grown to 92 members aged 19 to 60 across six villages.

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  • After Shutting Down, These Golf Courses Went Wild

    February 16, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Land trusts, municipalities, and nonprofits across the United States are purchasing and rewilding golf courses to create nature preserves and parks. The organizations slowly bring the courses back to their natural state by moving soil, reconnecting flood plains, removing wildlife barriers, and allowing native plants to grow.

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  • Empowering Black Farmers and Landowners With Solar Energy

    February 14, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oxford, North Carolina

    The renewable energy company EnerWealth Solutions is helping Black farmers in the Carolinas install solar panels among their crops so they can benefit financially from the solar boom with a consistent stream of income.

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  • Minnesota-grown technology helps scientists track wildlife around the globe

    February 13, 2024 |

    MPR News |

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    Response Location: United States, Isanti, Minnesota

    The Minnesota-based company Advanced Telemetry Systems develops trackers specifically designed for hundreds of different animals. These devices allow researchers to do things like find invasive species, learn more about critically endangered species, or better understand population declines.

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  • Rewilding in Argentina helps giant anteaters return to south Brazil

    February 12, 2024 |

    Mongabay |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Argentina

    A rewilding project at Iberá National Park in Argentina is reintroducing giant anteaters where they were previously considered extinct by bringing orphaned pups onto wild, protected land and allowing them to roam freely.

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  • This unexpected material might be in your next sweater

    February 12, 2024 |

    The Washington Post |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

    The Amsterdam-based startup Human Material Loop, collects human hair from salons and spins it into yarn to make clothing and furniture. It aims to keep hair out of landfills and incinerators while reducing the demand for synthetic fibers and wool, all of which produce greenhouse gases.

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