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  • Can This Chicken Company Solve America's Food Waste Problem?

    Lisa Held

    November 30, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Do Good Foods makes chicken feed from supermarket surplus foods to keep food from ending up in landfills emitting methane.

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  • A Pellet That Stops Cows From Burping Climate-Warming Methane

    Sybilla Gross

    November 29, 2022 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: Australia, Perth

    Australian company Rumin8 is creating feed additives containing bromoform to reduce methane emissions from livestock without depending on seaweed farming.

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  • Once a Luxury Amenity, Smart Glass Emerges as an Energy Saver

    Jesse Chase-Lubitz

    November 28, 2022 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States

    Dynamic glass uses an electrical charge to darken the tint of windows when exposed to sunlight. The technology can save on energy use for air conditioning while still allowing natural light into the room.

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  • One crop uses more than half of Utah's water. Here's why.

    Brian Maffly Mark Eddington

    November 24, 2022 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Farmers in Utah cultivate alfalfa to improve soil health and reduce their carbon emissions. Their profits help sustain rural towns’ economies.

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  • Blue bonds: A market solution to the climate crisis?

    Wailin Wong Darian Woods

    November 15, 2022 |

    The Indicator |

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    Response Location: Barbados

    Through "debt swaps" and blue bonds, The Nature Conservancy helps governments trade high-interest debt for new debt with lower payments to free up funds for environmental action projects. A recent debt swap in Barbados resulted in $50 million in savings for the country, which is now being put toward protecting its oceans.

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  • Las Vegas has strict outdoor watering restrictions (with fines!) Should Utah do the same?

    Ben Winslow

    November 14, 2022 |

    KSTU-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Las Vegas, Nevada

    Strict laws put in place to regulate water waste have caused a 26% decrease in water use since 2002. Through practices like limiting outdoor watering and water recycling by The Southern Nevada Water Authority, the state has seen a 26 billion gallon reduction in the last year alone.

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  • 'The Green Steel of the 21st Century'

    Peter Yeung

    November 14, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: China, Hong Kong

    Bamboo is growing in popularity as a cheap, sustainable building option that can replace hardwoods and other common construction materials.

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  • The Forest Underground: How an Australian Missionary Regrew the African Sahel

    Jayson Casper

    November 10, 2022 |

    Christianity Today |

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    Response Location: Niger, Maradi

    Farmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR) allows local farmers who faced devastation to their crops due to drought to bring their land back to life and aid in reforestation. Over 20 years, the project has regenerated 200 million trees, improved crop yields by 30% and the concept of FMNR is practiced in 29 countries around the world.

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  • A Building Material That Consumes CO2 Has Finally Come to the US

    Peter Yeung

    November 10, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Belgium

    A building material made of hemp fibers, water, and clay or lime is a sustainable alternative to other options like concrete. Dubbed hempcrete, the product has many benefits including a very low carbon footprint, active sequestration of carbon dioxide, and using a sustainable, fast-growing crop as its base.

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  • How Belize Cut Its Debt by Fighting Global Warming

    Anatoly Kurmanaev

    November 07, 2022 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Belize

    The Nature Conservancy bailed Belize out of debt with blue bonds. In this practice, the nonprofit lends the country money to pay its bond debts provided Belize commits to using some of the money saved from paying the debts to protect marine resources.

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