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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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Climate-conscious Indians tap carbon credits for greener fun

Anuradha Nagaraj

December 19, 2022 |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India

In India, the carbon offset market is growing in popularity as individuals look to reduce their personal carbon footprint by buying offsets online.

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Video games can make climate change real for players - here's how

Adam Smith

December 14, 2022 |

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Response Location: England, London

Video games are educating players on climate change and its effects while encouraging mitigative behavior through gameplay.

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Cities Take on a New Front in the Climate Battle: Meat Eating

Peter Yeung

December 13, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: England, Hayward Heath

A grassroots campaign to encourage more environmentally sustainable diets called the Plant Based Treaty is picking up support across the globe. Pledgers make their own decisions on how to best take action.

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U.S. carbon farming takes root - but do the economics add up?

Carey L. Biron

December 12, 2022 |

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Response Location: United States, Maryland

Farmers in the United States are participating in the growing carbon offset credit industry with regenerative farming. These farmers use practices like planting cover crops and not tilling fields to improve soil quality, therefore, trapping more carbon emissions which they can sell as offset credits.

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Twin Cities electric vehicle car-share program finds success

Frank Jossi

December 09, 2022 |

Energy News Network |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Evie Community Carshare is an electric-vehicle service in areas of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, with high poverty and pollution rates. Users can pick up a car and leave it anywhere within the service area.

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Why Avalon International Breads is rescuing spent grains to fight climate change

Eleanore Catolico

December 08, 2022 |

Planet Detroit |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

As a part of the Upcycled Grain Project, Avalon International Breads in Detroit makes crackers out of spent grains from breweries. The practice reduces food waste that would otherwise produce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Is This Biochar's Big, Carbon-Rich Moment?

Lisa Held

December 06, 2022 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States, Montana

Biochar, charcoal made by heating organic biomass like forest debris, can be used as an amendment to improve soil health and sequester carbon. The charcoal is incredibly porous, so it holds nutrients, water, and carbon.

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California Seeks Native American Help After Years of Environmental Abuse

Carl Smith

December 05, 2022 |

Governing |

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Response Location: Big Pine Paiute, United States, Owens Valley, California

California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) works with local indigenous people to discuss indicators of climate change and how best to mitigate it. The office crafts reports with input from more than 40 tribes in the state to ensure officials are responding to climate change in the most effective ways, using indigenous knowledge and voices to help lead their efforts.

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Public transit was free for many Coloradans in August. When fares returned, many riders stayed, data shows.

Olivia Prentzel

December 01, 2022 |

The Colorado Sun |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

Colorado’s grant-funded Zero Fare for Better Air program allowed riders to use public transit for free in August. When the fares returned at the end of the month many transit agencies still noticed an increase in users compared to before the free access.

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