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Carbon credits versus the Big Gulp

Katherine Ellison

May 12, 2022 |

Hothouse Solutions |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Twitchell Island, California

By planting cattails and tule reeds in a California Delta farmland, scientists hope to change the area into a marsh with peat that can store carbon dioxide. This would also support levees from failing and prevent salty ocean water from ruining crops and threatening drinking water. Managing this kind of landscape can be expensive, and farmers are not always on board with converting their land, but this pilot project has already doled out 52,000 tons of carbon credit making it the first wetland project in the United States to do so.

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Training on pasture recovery is a win-win for Brazil's cattle ranchers and forests

Sarah Brown

May 12, 2022 |

Mongabay |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Brazil

Providing cattle ranchers in Brazil with training and monthly technical assistance in sustainable pasture restoration reduces carbon dioxide emissions while increasing productivity and revenue for ranchers.

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Eco-friendly firefighting foam is based on soap

Yui Sawada

May 11, 2022 |

J-Stories |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Japan, Fukuoka

Shabondama Soap, a company based in Japan, manufactures an eco-friendly foam extinguishing agent that can be used to fight wildfires. After an experiment showed that the shop can put out a fire quickly and with less water, the company started introducing it to other regions of the world including Indonesia and Thailand.

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Farmers trained to select healthy potato seeds finally making profits

Clementine Nyirangaruye

May 11, 2022 |

The Bridge Magazine |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Rwanda, Burera

Local farmers who received training in ‘positive selection,’ an inexpensive way to multiply potato seeds by selecting healthy-looking, vigorous mother plants, have increased their profits using this method.

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To Rewild a Rhino

Geetanjali Krishna Sally Howard

May 10, 2022 |

bioGraphic |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: India, Assam

A collaboration between the state government, tribal councils, and conservation organizations has allowed the greater one-horned rhino to make a comeback in India. Since this initiative started, the rhino population in Manas National Park has increased to almost 3,000. The program is largely successful because it sought buy-in from locals and they converted poachers into conservationists by offering them a monthly stipend.

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¿Cómo salvar la ganadería? Un grupo de productores en Guanacaste le apuesta a la regeneración del suelo

César Arroyo

May 06, 2022 |

La Voz de Guanacaste |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Costa Rica, Guanacaste

Ganaderos de la zona de Guanacaste, tradicionalmente conocida por esta producción agrícola, aplican ganadería regenerativa para mejorar la rentabilidad de sus fincas y disminuir la huella de carbono de las mismas.

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New England Program Helps Low-Income Communities Join the Green Energy Revolution

Hadassah Patterson

May 05, 2022 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

Revision Energy is bringing affordable solar energy to residents of New Hampshire. Nonprofits and investors have joined forces to bring environmentally-friendly energy to homes at a price that is cheaper than traditional energy. Investors are able to reap the solar tax credit.

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EU officials being trained to meditate to help fight climate crisis

Robert Booth

May 04, 2022 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Belgium, Brussels

A group of European Union officials that deal with green policy are participating in meditation courses as a way to help with negotiations and create compassion and empathy when dealing with climate change issues. Early results from the first participants suggest that the training has helped them become more mindful and motivated to tackle the problems ahead and helped them cope with the sense of climate grief.

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Helping Forest Firefighters Battle a Different Kind of Burnout

Lauren Kaljur

May 03, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

Resilient Minds is a peer-led program initiated by BC Wildlife Service with the help of the Canada Mental Health Association, which aims to provide preventative mental health support to wildland firefighters who find themselves dealing with more stressful events due to climate change. The peer-led program has led to increased awareness of mental health, reduced the stigma around it, and encouraged more firefighters to both offer and seek support.

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El agua que nace de los árboles: la masiva reforestación en los Andes para enfrentar el cambio climático

Musuk Nolte

April 30, 2022 |

Salud con Lupa |

Photojournalism |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Peru, Cuzco

La recuperación de una festividad tradicional en la cordillera del Vilcanota en Cusco, organizada por la Asociación de Ecosistemas Andinos (ECOAN), ha involucrado a veinticinco comunidades a participar en la reforestación de la cordillera con árboles nativos. El proyecto inición en el 2000 y ya ha reforestado más de 700 hectáreas.

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