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What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay

Noah Gallagher Shannon

October 05, 2022 |

The New York Times Magazine |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Uruguay

Uruguay has turned to biomass, solar, and wind energy to transition to a 98% renewable energy grid that decreased over half a billion dollars from their annual budget along with their carbon footprint.

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One Navajo community finally gets electricity after more than 10 years. It's still waiting for water.

Shannon Mullane

October 02, 2022 |

The Colorado Sun |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, San Juan County, Utah

Through a complex network of indigenous, governmental, religious and community resources, the Westwater community finally has electricity after a 20-year journey to bring the much-needed resource to the community.

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How Kenya Became the World's Geothermal Powerhouse

Eric Krebs

September 26, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya

Kenya is leading the world in geothermal electricity generation and infrastructure. The electricity is cheap, reliable, low-carbon, and a part of the country’s plan to industrialize.

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This German village managed to go off grid and become energy self-sufficient

Anne-Sophie Brandlin

September 09, 2022 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Germany, Feldheim, Brandenburg

Feldheim, Germany, built an entirely self-sufficient, decentralized energy grid with funding from residents, the European Union, and the state. They produce their energy with wind turbines, a solar farm, and agricultural waste.

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Cleveland Water replaces 100% of lead service lines to day care centers; interior work remains

Owen MacMillan Brie Camp

September 06, 2022 |

The Land |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Water has inspected water lines at the 445 state-licensed local childcare facilities built before 1953 to check for lead contamination since July 2021. Over half the inspected facilities were found to have lead-contaminated service lines and Cleveland Water replaced every single one of them and also provided educational water safety resources to childcare providers to ensure the water used in the facilities remains safe.

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‘Life changing': Collaborative effort brings free solar panels to low-income families in Greensboro

Sayaka Matsuoka

September 01, 2022 |

Triad City Beat |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Greensboro, North Carolina

A collaborative partnership among local and national organizations made it possible to install solar panels on 10 Greensboro homes for free. Because of this effort, many low-income families have seen a significant decrease in their energy bills and an increase in value of their homes. Although convincing people to install the panels was a challenge, organizers are now figuring out how to scale the initiative and make it sustainable in the longterm.

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We tried Singapore's sewage beer. What can we learn from their water recycling story?

Albert Han Ashley Jiang

August 16, 2022 |

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Documentary |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Singapore

Singapore uses wastewater recycling to generate what it calls NEWater to address the country’s water shortage. The government funded program involves processing waste water to filter out debris, bacteria, and viruses and using reverse osmosis to create water that is safe for drinking. NEWater currently meets 40% of the country’s water needs, mostly for industrial purposes, but a small portion is used for drinking, including a partnership with a local brewery that created NEWBrew, a beer made from recycled drinking water.

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Weber Basin study: Secondary water meters drive down consumption

Mark Shenefelt

August 15, 2022 |

Standard-Examiner |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Utah

Water meters at homes that get their supply from the Weber Basin Water Conservancy are used to help reduce water consumption by informing residents how much water they are using.

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Curbing the tide of open defecation in Nigeria; the Kwara example

Usman Aliyu

July 28, 2022 |

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

The Kwara Government and the Open Defecation Free Program provide public toilets to citizens in areas where public defecation is an issue and also provides basic sanitation services to those in need. Since the program began, the rate of open defecation has dropped by 14%, while the rate of access to basic sanitation services in the state has increased from 14% to 31%.

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Flip Your Strip gaining traction, leading to removal of water-guzzling turf

Tim Vandenack

July 16, 2022 |

Standard-Examiner |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington Terrace, Utah

In order to use less water in drought-ridden Utah, many residents are replacing their grassy park strips with vegetation and rocks that don’t need as much irrigation. As part of the “Flip Your Strip” initiative, the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District provides participants with money per square foot of grass removed. While the program is new, this idea has been tried and tested in California, where studies have shown that it is making an impact.

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