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  • Europe's Green-Building Retrofit Leader Is One of Its Smallest Countries

    Kriston Capps

    September 21, 2022 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: Lithuania

    In Lithuania, building owners looking to retrofit to improve energy use, reduce heating costs, and lower carbon emissions, can make use of a lending approach that pairs grants and loans. The grants are intended to offset the expense of the loan and can act as a first-loss guarantee for investors.

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  • Colorado ranchers moove into the future with virtual fences that help sustain public grasslands

    Jason Blevins

    September 21, 2022 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Ranchers in the Upper Colorado River District use collars and virtual fences broadcast through antennas and cell towers to keep cows grazing in specific areas. The practice is used to promote native grass growth and sustain public grassland.

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  • Lebanese research preserves heat-adapted seeds to feed a warming world

    Marta Vidal

    September 20, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Lebanon, Terbol

    The International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) preserves genetic diversity and breeds climate-resilient varieties of staple crops to improve livelihoods and strengthen food security — specifically in dry, climate-change-affected areas — by creating seed vaults. Through breeding programs over the past four decades, ICARDA has released more than 30 improved varieties of wheat, barley, chickpeas, lentils, and fava beans.

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  • Money Growing on Trees

    Melanie Lenart

    September 20, 2022 |

    Native Science Report |

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    Response Location: Keweenaw Bay Bands of Lake Superior Chippewa, United States, Michigan

    The National Indian Carbon Coalition is helping tribes across the United States use the voluntary carbon market to earn revenue from their sustainable forest management and the carbon dioxide it traps. The coalition helps tribes with the preparation and contract work to set up carbon sales and gets paid back once the revenue comes in.

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  • ‘This is what a river should look like': Dutch rewilding project turns back the clock 500 years

    Phoebe Weston

    September 20, 2022 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Grevenbicht

    Rewilding Europe is a river-restoration project working to preserve rivers as biodiversity hotspots and prevent damage from human activity. Since Rewilding Europe was founded, its projects have stretched across the continent, including to countries like Spain Italy, Bulgaria, and Sweden and was recently awarded a grant of £4.1m to scale up its work.

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  • B.C. whales have their own police — but is it enough to fend off humans?

    Stefan Labbé

    September 19, 2022 |

    North Shore News |

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    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    A Whale Protection Unit in British Columbia, Canada, patrols the sea to protect whales from boats and ensure boaters are following federal regulations by staying out of whale sanctuary zones.

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  • Get paid to get rid of turf and switch to water-saving tech

    Ben Winslow

    September 19, 2022 |

    KSTU-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, St. George, Utah

    Residents of St. George, Utah, replaced the turf in their yard with native plants and rocks to conserve water. Now they’re using 14,000 fewer gallons of water per month than the year before.

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  • Inside a 50-year journey to reopen the 'lungs' of the Squamish River

    Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood

    September 17, 2022 |

    The Narwhal |

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    Response Location: Squamish Nation, Canada, British Columbia

    The Squamish Nation, the Squamish River Watershed Society, and the Canadian federal government are working together to restore the Squamish estuary and save the local salmon population. The coalition removed part of a spit that was placed in the river by a rail company in the 1970s without consulting the Squamish Nation.

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  • Japan's 'Zero Waste' Village Is a Model for Small-Town Sustainability

    Peter Yeung

    September 16, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Japan, Kamikatsu

    Residents of Kamikatsu, Japan, deposit, and sort 45 different categories of waste into designated bins to be recycled at the Zero Waste Center. The center is a part of the town’s effort to meet its Zero Waste declaration and reuse or recycle everything produced there.

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  • Technology is changing the face of farming in Egypt

    Mohamed Kotb

    September 15, 2022 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: Egypt

    Agricultural projects in Egypt are launching apps to help farmers get the best yield possible while dealing with the effects of climate change. The apps provide weather forecasts, advice, climate warnings, and connections to buyers.

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