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Sustainability Pioneers: Becoming Energy Independent

Kirsi Jansa

May 12, 2015 |

Sustainability Pioneers |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Germany, Saerbeck

Saerbeck, Germany is setting the standard for sustainable energy use and the reduction of their carbon footprint through a series of projects. Through these projects, private and public buildings as well as farms have installed community owned solar power and transparency around the central heating plant has increased to help inform the community of ways to make less environmentally harmful decisions.

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Tiny Blue Bubbles Designed to Help Save the Planet

Alan Jeffries Amy Marino

March 16, 2015 |

Bloomberg |

Video |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Livermore, California

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has designed a new technology that captures carbon dioxide at power plants before it goes into the air. This new method, which is much more efficient and affordable than other carbon dioxide capturing methods, uses microcapsules filled with a fluid that absorbs carbon dioxide. While it’s not going to solve climate change entirely, this new technology has shown promising results for at least slowing it down.

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Seattle's micro-housing booms offers an affordable alternative

Susan Kelleher

March 04, 2015 |

The Seattle Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

People need a place to sleep and eat, they need privacy, but they also need community. Seattle had a recent boom in micro-housing which offers a community living model where individuals have a personal tiny room and bathroom but share a kitchen.

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Investing in Energy Efficiency Pays Off

David Bornstein

February 06, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Granville, Ohio

Retrofitting buildings for energy conservation in the United States could save $1 trillion over a decade, reduce American greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent, and create employment across the country. Many universities and other institutions are creating green investment funds to sustain projects that enhance efficiency.

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Running on renewable energy, Burlington, Vermont powers green movement forward

William Brangham

January 31, 2015 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

Urban areas contain the highest in concentration of burning fossil fuels, which negatively contributes to climate change. Spearheading the green energy movement, Burlington, VT claims that its city uses 100% renewable energy for electricity. Burlington’s efforts pilot a model for larger U.S. cities to follow.

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How the Fastest-Warming City in the Country Is Cooling Off

Erica Peterson

December 09, 2014 |

Politico |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

Although residents turn up their air conditioners, Louisville heat is increasing the city’s death rate by 39 people every year. The city mayor launched a tree commission for planting more trees and since 2011 has planted over 12,000 trees. The canopies from the tree offer cooling shade and bring down the temperature of the city as a whole. The response also includes the installation of green roofs and in-depth research on urban heat islands.

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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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1500-3000 Words

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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LED street lighting kindles interest in Michigan

Kat Friedrich

July 10, 2014 |

Midwest Energy News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

As the traditional sodium vapor lamps used for decades in street lights begin to burn out and need replacement, many municipalities, like Detroit, are turning to LED lighting - thanks to rebates and conscientious consumer demand. Though they sometimes have higher up-front costs, LEDs have multiple benefits including long-term cost savings (as they require less maintenance), increased energy efficiency, better lighting that can help decrease crime, and less light pollution and glare.

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Refurbished Wind Turbines to Power the Developing World at a Profit

Mary Mazzoni

January 30, 2014 |

Triple Pundit |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Emirate of Abu Dhabi

The commercially-based Wind for Prosperity initiative may have devised a solution to meet growing demands for electricity in developing economies, where fossil fuels are expensive, difficult to access, and take a toll on environmental and human health. The venture works to refurbish wind turbines from Europe and re-deploy them in the developing world, providing clean and affordable power where it’s needed most.

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India Increases Effort to Harness Biomass Energy

Amy Yee

October 08, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Punjab

With 60 percent of India's population relying on agriculture for living, the country faces a dire challenge of what to do with accumulated agricultural waste. Instead of burning it, as they traditionally would do, they are harnessing biomass energy that directly supplies the country's electrical grid.

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