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Are prizes the best solution for climate change?

Neal Razzell Graihagh Jackson

October 16, 2022 |

BBC |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

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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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Netherlands

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

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At Water's Edge: Searching for solutions at the Great Salt Lake's sister lakes across the Great Basin

Leia Larson

October 14, 2022 |

Deseret News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

As the communities around the Great Salt Lake face overconsumption of its water and climate change effects, they can look to California’s Owens Lake and Mono Lake to see how they manage dust pollution and water levels from the same issues.

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E-bikes gain momentum as a climate, traffic solution

Alex Brown

October 14, 2022 |

Stateline |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Government officials in Denver, Colorado, are encouraging e-bike adoption with rebates for those purchasing one to reduce traffic and air pollution in the city. So far, over 4,000 e-bikes were bought with help from the rebates.

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How Angwan Gwuragwu, FCT women are earning while keeping community

Emiene Erameh

October 13, 2022 |

NewsWire NGR |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Angwan Gwuragwu, Abuja

In an effort to address issues of waste disposal, the Women Recyclers Empowerment Initiative empowers women in local communities by paying them to recycle plastics. Not only does the initiative address waste issues, but it also allows women to become financially independent. So far, 40 women have participated in the initiative.

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Hunting for elk solutions in Devil's Kitchen

Amanda Eggert

October 13, 2022 |

Montana Free Press |

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1500-3000 Words

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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A street lit by rotten onions? An Indian market embraces biogas.

Kavitha Yarlagadda

October 13, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Hyderabad

At a vegetable market in Hyderabad, India, food waste is collected and converted into biogas to provide gas and electricity for buildings and streetlights. The process keeps the waste from emitting methane in a landfill and reduces reliance on fossil fuels and coal.

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Denver's E-Bike Rebates Are So Hot They're Gone Within Minutes

Whitney Bauck

October 13, 2022 |

Bloomberg |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Denver offers rebates up to $1,700 for residents purchasing electric bikes to encourage their adoption, increase accessibility for low-income residents, and help reduce air pollution.

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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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1500-3000 Words

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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Group led by a university teacher saves Nigerian vulnerable, endangered pangolins from extinction

Oluwatobi Odeyinka

October 12, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

The Pangolin Conservation Guild Nigeria is a nonprofit educating the public on the importance of the declining pangolin population, the laws against hunting them, and how to keep them from going extinct. The organization also contains a task force to rescue captured pangolins and return them to the wild.

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