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  • LA reuses lots of stormwater, but wants to save more

    Caleigh Wells

    March 22, 2023 |

    KCRW |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    To help combat the water shortage, Los Angeles captures stormwater in giant dams and releases it later to slowly seep underground and recharge the aquifers. This water supplies about a quarter of the locals for the year.

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  • How do you grow crops with no water? A rancher on the Gila River is trying an old approach

    Jake Frederico

    March 13, 2023 |

    AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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    Response Location: United States, Gila Bend, Arizona

    An Arizona farmer became the first organic regenerative certified farm in the southwest using practices that conserve water and improve soil health along the drought-stuck Gila River. His practices include growing arid-adapted crops, integrating livestock grazing, and planting cover crops.

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  • Major companies pledged funding for Texas water projects. What are results so far?

    Haley Samsel

    March 11, 2023 |

    Fort Worth Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    A nonprofit created the Texas Water Action Collaborative to connect water quality conservation projects in need of financial support with companies that have related sustainability goals and will supply funding.

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  • Sustainable fish farming & agroecology buoy Kenyan communities

    David Njagi

    February 08, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Gatunga

    Small-scale, onshore fishing allows local farmers to increase their income, as well as their food security. Onshore fishing is also a more environmentally friendly practice as it doesn’t require the use of harmful chemicals, like synthetic fertilizers. So far nine counties have adopted the practice, with about 300 fish farmers in the Gatunga region of central Kenya alone.

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  • A California town's wastewater is helping it battle drought

    Naoki Nitta

    January 23, 2023 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Healdsburg, California

    To comply with federal environmental wastewater discharge regulations, Healdsburg, California, upgraded its wastewater-reclamation facility to purify water enough for reuse. In order to reduce the amount of water discharged into the local river, the city made the purified water free to use for pastures, agriculture, residential use, and non-dairy livestock.

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  • Restoring Hong Kong's oyster reefs, one abandoned oyster farm at a time

    Peter Yeung

    December 30, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: China, Hong Kong

    Conservationists in Hong Kong are restoring oyster reefs by refurbishing abandoned oyster farms and creating habitat along the coasts. Their work is increasing the oyster population and providing habitat for numerous other forms of marine life. They hope the oysters will act as filters to help clean the water, too.

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  • The vegan leather made from India's waste flowers

    Sushmita Pathak

    December 19, 2022 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: India, Kanpur

    Phool, a startup in India, makes a plant-based leather alternative using flower petals discarded from Hindu temples after rituals to feed microbes that grow the material. The product, named Fleather, keeps flower waste from contaminating rivers and is a sustainable, biodegradable alternative to animal leather.

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  • Perennial grains: great for beer, bread and the fight against climate change

    Jake Christie

    December 19, 2022 |

    Great Lakes Echo |

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    Response Location: United States

    The perennial wheat alternative Kernza can improve soil and water health because it will return yearly with less tilling and fertilizer than wheat, and it captures carbon and water pollutants.

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  • Peru is tackling water scarcity with nature-based solutions, leading the way in Latin America

    Kimberley Brown

    November 29, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Peru, Moyobamba

    Cities in Peru are adopting a nature-based solution project in which they charge residents one Peruvian sol with their water bill each month to fund local watershed and rainforest conservation.

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  • Kelp Farming Is Reviving an Ancient Practice -- and a Modern Economy

    Iris M. Crawford

    November 25, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Shinnecock Reservation, United States, New York

    A kelp hatchery run by residents of the Shinnecock Reservation in New York is creating jobs and cleaning up the bay because the seaweed soaks up carbon and pollutants.

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