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How Kenyans help themselves and the planet by saving mangrove trees

Geoffrey Kamadi

September 14, 2022 |

Science News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Kenya

In Kenya, the Mikoko Pamoja project promotes the preservation and restoration of mangrove forests by selling carbon offset credits. The revenue is used to improve local villages by providing things like water, healthcare, and education.

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Great Salt Lake a sovereign entity 'worthy of legal rights,' group says

Ben Winslow

September 12, 2022 |

KSTU-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

Save Our Great Salt Lake is a group rallying local environmental activists to push legislators to care for the Great Salt Lake and take legislative action before the ecosystem collapses. Though it will be a long, uphill battle the group’s efforts have already led to some progress from local government, such as the newly built wastewater treatment plant that aims to get more water to the Great Salt Lake.

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Incarcerated People Are Saving a Disappearing Plant

Peter Yeung

September 08, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Boise, Idaho

Sagebrush in Prisons Project allows incarcerated people to restore sagebrush, a threatened plant that plays a crucial role in U.S. ecosystems. The program provides opportunities for incarcerated adults to cultivate team building and horticulture skills, hone an interest in ecology, and improve employability outside of the prison system.

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How Mushrooms That Eat Plastic Can Help Fight Pollution

Trevor Greene

September 07, 2022 |

Earth.Org |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Ecuador

Plastic-eating mushrooms that grow in the Amazon and thrive in oxygen-starved environments like landfills could be a tool to help fight issues with plastic pollution. There has been a recent rise in using mushrooms as a plastic alternative to fight pollution in a variety of industries including fashion and mechanical engineering.

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Why beavers matter as the planet heats up

Kimberly Mas

September 01, 2022 |

Vox |

Video |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Camarillo, California

Beavers and the dams they build have been found to be tools against climate change as the planet’s temperature continues to rise. Dams slow water down and allow it to seep into the Earth, providing groundwater for humans, and also cools down both water and air temperatures. Beaver dams also create wetland ecosystems that are practically resistant to wildfires.

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His family fished for generations. Now he's hauling plastic out of the sea.

Michael Birnbaum

August 31, 2022 |

The Washington Post |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Greece

Enaleia pays fishing crews a small monthly fee, between $30-$90 depending on how much plastic they can bring in along with their catch. The funding comes from local foundations as well as large international donors including the Ocean Conservancy, Nestlé and Pfizer. Some of the waste, including recovered fishing nets, is sold to sustainable clothing manufacturers, and the money is invested back into the fishing crews. More than half of Greece’s large-scale fishing fleet, which includes hundreds of ships, has signed up for the program.

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More than a day at the beach: Piping plover volunteers work to save a species

Peter Feuerherd

August 20, 2022 |

EarthBeat |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A secular community of volunteers formed the NYC Plover Project to watch over a group of the in-danger shorebird species that nests in sand dunes at a local beach. Volunteers scan the nesting ground for threats with binoculars and educate beachgoers about the problem at hand.

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The Saguaro Solution

Elizabeth Miller

August 18, 2022 |

bioGraphic |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Arizona

The United States Forest Service, local organizations, and volunteers came together at Tonto National Forest in Arizona to replant cacti in the Sonoran Desert after a wildfire devastated the area. So far, most of the over 700 cacti planted over the past two years have survived.

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How Salt Marshes Prevented Development but Forever Changed Wetlands in the South Bay

Skylar Knight

August 09, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, a collaboration between multiple nonprofits and government agencies, is restoring wetlands in an area previously covered with man-made salt ponds to recreate habitat for native species, maintain flood protection, and improve the ecosystem.

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Pakistan's Mangroves Are a Coastal Conservation Marvel

Marcello Rossi

August 05, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Pakistan, Balochistan

Mangroves are biodiverse growths that provide a variety of benefits to coastal regions including food security, a breeding ground for various species and protection from erosion and storms along the coast. Previously destroyed by deforestation, efforts to regrow mangroves are a cost-effective solution to climate change.

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