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Venice Is Saved! Woe Is Venice.

Jason Horowitz Emma Bubola

April 01, 2023 |

The New York Times |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Italy, Venice

Venice, Italy, spent 50 years building 78 underwater seawalls that can be filled with air and brought to the surface to hold back high tides and prevent the city from flooding. The system, dubbed MOSE, was designed to rise up and down to maintain the passage of boats and water between the sea and the lagoon on the edge of the city of canals. It has been raised 49 times so far.

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Is There Anything 'Solar Meadows' Can't Do?

Elizabeth Hewitt

March 31, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Ramsey, Minnesota

Pollinator-friendly solar arrays, also called solar meadows, feature meadows of native flowers around the solar panels instead of turf or gravel to support pollinators.

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How old coal mines can help the climate

Martha Henriques

March 30, 2023 |

BBC |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: England, Gateshead

In Gateshead, England, Lanchester Wines keeps its storage warehouse at a stable temperature year-round using geothermal heat from an abandoned coal mine nearby. The water that naturally floods the mine is geothermally heated below ground, then a heat pump system pulls that water to the surface to transfer that heat to the warehouse.

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The Benefits of Greening Affordable Housing

Erica Sweeney

March 30, 2023 |

Next City |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

The Denver-based Triple Bottom Line Foundation funds projects to retrofit low-income, multi-family properties that house underserved groups. The projects include energy-efficiency upgrades, solar power installations, and weatherization upgrades among others.

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DCSEU Program Connects Job Seekers to Green Industry

Kayla Benjamin

March 29, 2023 |

The Washington Informer |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

A workforce development program in Washington D.C. gives locals the opportunity to intern at energy companies for on-the-job training four days a week and attend class-style training one day a week. Participants earn a living wage and graduate with the skills necessary for a full-time position in the sustainability sector.

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When Wildfires Choke California, This Activist Helps Get Masks To Those Who Need Them Most

Nina Thompson

March 29, 2023 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Mask Oakland uses donations to distribute masks to overlooked and marginalized committees that need them most when wildfire smoke fills the sky in California.

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When wildfires choke California, this activist gets masks to those who need them most

Nina Thompson

March 29, 2023 |

Grist |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

The organization Mask Oakland collects donations to supply masks to overlooked or marginalized communities when wildfire smoke worsens the air quality in the California Bay Area.

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From ukuleles to reforestation: Regrowing a tropical forest in Hawai‘i

Jeremy Hance

March 28, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Hawaii

Saving Hawai‘i’s Forests plants koa trees and other native plants to reforest plots of land degraded by grazing livestock. As a result, the group has noticed the return of native wildlife to the plot, many of which are endangered or threatened species.

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Want to Help Rid the Ocean of Plastic? Grab an Oar

Alexander Turner

March 27, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: England, Cornwall

Clean Ocean Sailing is a volunteer-based organization that boats to largely inaccessible parts of Cornwall’s coasts to pull plastic pollution out of the ocean and off the beaches using kayaks, rowboats, and physical labor.

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Facing floods: What the world can learn from Bangladesh's climate solutions

Lauren Frayer

March 26, 2023 |

NPR |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Bangladesh

An early warning system in Bangladesh that uses a mix of technology and community connections is saving lives during storms and natural disasters. The mixture includes increased storm tracking, climate change mitigation solutions, and information-sharing systems that reach even the most remote areas. An essential part of the solution comes in the form of human capital - a human chain of communication that spreads the warnings across villages by word of mouth.

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