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  • What the 1970s Can Teach Us about Inventing a New Economy

    Geoff Dembicki

    October 27, 2014 |

    The Tyee |

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    Response Location: United States, Honolulu, Hawaii

    Nations are reluctant to give up consumerist growth; however, working with world leaders, an activist found that reflecting on the future can be a powerful tool for re-imagining the present.

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  • Hit by climate change, Assam river communities bury their pride, move into houses on stilts

    Priyanka Borpujari

    October 13, 2014 |

    Scroll.In |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Dhemaji, Assam

    Building a house on stilts is an age old tradition created by the Mishings, a tribe in India. The practice allowed them to live close to the river, without flooding their homes. In Assam, a state in India, the Mishings are viewed as a lower caste. But, heavy rainfall and flooding is forcing some Assamese to build their own houses on stilts. Still, some Assamese resist because they don’t want to be associated with the Mishings.

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  • Can We Fix the Climate by Being More Like Hawaii?

    Geoff Dembicki

    September 29, 2014 |

    The Tyee |

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    Response Location: United States, Honolulu, Hawaii

    Amidst a world struggling with smart ways to confront climate change, Hawaii's 2050 Plan for sustainability is working to be a model for the rest of the world. So far, it is on it's way to being a leader in solar energy, with Honolulu having the most "solar panels per capita than any other North American city," and the state is working to produce more food locally, as well.

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  • Sun and Wind Alter Global Landscape, Leaving Utilities Behind

    Justin Gillis

    September 13, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Germany, Bremerhaven

    With climate change continuing as a threat to the planet’s health, Germany has contributed efforts to curb greenhouse gases by installing wind turbines and solar panels to generate renewable energy. Germany’s commitment and financial investment in renewable energy beats other industrial countries but, at the present, the cost is still high.

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  • How Weeds Could Help Feed Billions in a Warming World

    Lisa Palmer

    June 05, 2014 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    The demand for food crops is increasing globally while the crop resilience is decreasing due to a warming climate and elevated CO2 levels. Scientists in Washington, DC are testing how to cross food crops with weeds, which have resilience against heat and many other environmental challenges.

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  • The Lady of the Mangroves

    Wanjohi Kabukuru

    May 18, 2014 |

    Seychelles News Agency |

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    Response Location: Seychelles, Roche Caiman, Bel Air

    The 2004 tsunami that hit Asia caused significant damage in the islands of the Seychelles, destroying roads, homes, and shoreline. A teacher determined to restore her home through tangible action took a lead role in helping her students take conservation into their own hands by working to restore the mangroves that can protect their island from future storms.

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  • Fighting back a rising tide

    Dan Morrison

    April 21, 2014 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Chittagong

    Bangladesh is fighting rising sea levels due to climate change. It's doing so with the help of foreign money and Dutch-inspired engineering.

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  • Coral cultivation offers hope to devastated western Indian Ocean reefs

    Wanjohi Kabukuru

    March 29, 2014 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Seychelles, Roche Caiman, Victoria

    Warming water has led to the collapse of coral reef systems in the western Indian Ocean, essential to fisheries, protecting shorelines, and reducing beach erosion and sea-level rise. Marine scientists from Nature Seychelles, as part of an international project to protect and restore the reefs, are promoting varieties of coral that they have found to be resistant to the rise in temperature.

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  • Malawian Farmers Say Adapt To Climate Change Or Die

    Jennifer Ludden

    January 01, 2014 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Malawi, Chikwawa, Southern Region

    In just the next couple of decades, the World Bank says, farmers across Africa could lose more than half their cropland to drought and heat - the issue is considered so pressing that, a few years ago, Malawi's Department of Meteorological Services added "Climate Change" to its name. A new aid group group now works with farmers in more than 60 villages — with plans to expand — helping them become more resilient to a changing climate.

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  • Solutions to the Climate Crisis: Hidden in Plain Sight

    Sarah van Gelder

    October 04, 2013 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    Climate change is obviously a real and present problem - but it needs to become both more covered in the media, as well as respected by corporations, for it to start to be remedied.

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