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  • When New York Harbor Is Your Classroom

    May 25, 2017 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City’s Harbor School is a public school that provides students with a comprehensive education in oceanic issues. Classes happen in a traditional classroom on Governor’s Island as well as on the harbor. Through this school, students living in an urban environment have a chance to connect to the environment and receive hands on training for maritime jobs.

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  • Vietnam's response to climate change? A shrimp and mangrove cocktail

    May 23, 2017 |

    The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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    Response Location: Vietnam, Ben Tre Province

    Increasing salinization of water sources and droughts as a result of climate change have threatened traditional agricultural practices in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. But The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and the Netherlands Development Agency are helping teach farmers to adapt by showing them how to work with the saltier waters, establishing organic shrimp farms instead of growing rice and preserving the valuable mangroves that protect their coastline from storms.

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  • Hope, love prevail in conserving endangered Philippine cockatoo

    May 02, 2017 |

    Rappler |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Rasa Island, Palawan

    The Philippine Cockatoo Conservation Program on Rasa Island has taken a multi-faceted approach to conservation - by employing former poachers to help protect the very species they once threatened. Through a combination of education in local schools, coordinations with government bodies, NGO training and support, as well as local volunteers and engaging the community, they are striving to restore the iconic cockatoo population, as well as preserving the other plants and animals that call this area home, and the local villages that depend on these resources for survival.

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  • Making Energy with Waves and NASA

    March 24, 2017 |

    Paste Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    The United States is making its move to catch up with European countries that have found ways to convert the energy of the oceans' waves into a form or useable renewable energy.

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  • Shampoo bottle made from ocean plastics hailed as ‘technological breakthrough'

    January 25, 2017 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: France

    P&G, the manufacturer of popular shampoo Head & Shoulders, is teaming up with a recycling business and waste management company to turn discarded plastic found on the beaches of France into special edition shampoo bottles. Although the impact is small in terms of bottles produced, the amount of recycled content is a "technological breakthrough" compared to what other companies have achieved.

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  • Belize is working hard to save coral reefs. These kids may be their secret weapon.

    August 12, 2016 |

    Upworthy |

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    Could kids be part of the solution in the fight to save coral reefs? These researchers in Belize think so. The Community Researcher Training Program, managed by James Foley and the Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE), is an environmental institute in Belize that invites students from local communities to conduct research that may have a direct impact on saving these reefs.

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  • How startup ByFusion is turning plastic trash into a construction commodity

    August 02, 2016 |

    Waste Dive |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    As news and awareness about plastic pollution gains traction, a host of companies are looking for answers. Startup ByFusion is one of the latest to join in with a plan to turn plastic that washes ashore into construction blocks.

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  • United We Fish!

    June 28, 2016 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Local fisheries have been struggling to keep up with major manufacturers. Sustainable fishing practices have been countering that by creating Niche markets.

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  • The number one thing we can do to protect Earth's oceans

    May 23, 2016 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London, England

    Despite humanity's shared need for healthy oceans and marine biodiversity to support life as we know it, there is no central regulatory body able to protect the massive, critical swaths of ocean beyond any one country's marine borders, where pollution and climate change are proving disastrous to the ecosystem. But as the effects of the changing oceans become more prevalent to those on land, a few determined groups are slowly bringing together various governing bodies to create reserves and pass key legislation to hopefully give our oceans - and our planet - a chance.

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  • How Dwindling Fish Stocks Got a Reprieve

    April 19, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Giving fishermen a business incentive to fish sustainably can “unleash their creative capacity” to help solve the problem, says one expert.

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