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  • Bike Libraries Are Boosting Access To Bikes Across The U.S.

    Cinnamon Janzer

    October 24, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

    A public library in Madison, Wisconsin, works with an e-bike-sharing company to allow residents with library cards to check out bikes for free for up to a week at a time.

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  • 'Tiny Farms' Bring Agriculture Jobs to the Work-Life Balance Generation

    Klaus Sieg

    October 20, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Germany

    Tiny Farms is making agriculture more accessible to people in Germany by allowing those interested in part-time farming to rent land for micro-farms that supply food locally. The company also gives farmers access to training, cultivation programs, seeds, and takes care of transport and organic certification.

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  • In Sierra Leone, this initiative is last hope for some children with life-threatening conditions

    Kehinde Ogunyale

    October 18, 2022 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Sierra Leone

    Volunteers of the Sick Pikin Project raise money for children in need of medical treatment by traveling the streets of Nigeria with postcards about their stories and asking for donations. The program has helped 226 children so far.

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  • New road surfaces for the future – a long and winding (and green) road

    Carla Diamanti

    October 17, 2022 |

    News48 |

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    Response Location: Italy

    Gipave is a new type of asphalt technology that combines plastic waste with bitumen, a material already used to pave roads, to make recyclable road surfaces with longer lifespans and reduce emissions from road work by 70%.

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  • Are prizes the best solution for climate change?

    Neal Razzell Graihagh Jackson

    October 16, 2022 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

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    Response Location: United States

    Innovation prizes funded by people like Elon Musk and Prince William spark innovation and investment to solve the world's biggest problems.

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  • Gluten-free and insect-friendly: buckwheat returns to Dutch farms

    Anne Pinto-Rodrigues

    October 14, 2022 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Netherlands

    Farmers in the Netherlands are re-establishing buckwheat farming to promote biodiversity and support pollinators.

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  • Hunting for elk solutions in Devil's Kitchen

    Amanda Eggert

    October 13, 2022 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    In Montana, landowners, hunters, outfitters, and biologists created the Devil’s Kitchen Working Group to facilitate conversations about elk management which led to a successful management framework that has been relatively unchanged for years.

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  • How to restore PH's lost mangrove forest? An Iloilo town shows the way

    Arnel Murga

    October 12, 2022 |

    Rappler |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Iloilo

    Leganes Integrated Katunggan Ecopark in the Philippines is a mangrove rehabilitation project in which volunteers planted over 1,700 seedlings to restore a 200-meter greenbelt.

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  • ‘Pretty remarkable': How Florida got power back for 2 million after Ian

    Noah Robertson

    October 11, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    After 15 years of fortifying the electric grid with swaps like concrete and steel electric poles and underground power lines, Florida utility companies were able to restore power to residents after Hurricane Ian faster than any previous storm.

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  • A Jordanian Collective Works Toward Food Sovereignty Through Urban Farming

    Shefa'a Qudah

    October 11, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Jordan, Amman

    The Al Barakeh Wheat Project is working to regain food sovereignty through urban wheat farming in Amman, Jordan, by partnering farmers with families to teach them how to grow and harvest wheat.

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