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Crowdfunding and suitcases full of cash: How Gazans are paying to escape war

Yasmine Salam Tavleen Tarrant

May 02, 2024 |

NBC News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Palestine, Rafah

Palestinians trying to cross the border into Egypt to escape the war are starting crowdfunding campaigns with the help of strangers from other countries on social media to afford the rising cost of doing so.

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Mexico's Floating Gardens Are an Ancient Wonder of Sustainable Farming

Peter Yeung

April 26, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

Farmers in Mexico are keeping a 1,000-year-old tradition alive to produce reliable yields of healthy crops despite facing historic droughts. They're using chinampas, which are man-made “floating gardens” created by placing soil from the lake on top of reeds and grasses.

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As Climate Change Intensifies Wildfire Risk, Prescribed Burns Prove Their Worth in the Heat-Stressed Plains of the Texas Panhandle

Keaton Peters

April 15, 2024 |

Inside Climate News |

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Response Location: United States, Borger, Texas

Private landowners in Borger, Texas, are hiring certified burn managers to do prescribed burns on their land that remove excess vegetation and help prevent wildfires. The landowners are legally liable for any issues that may arise and front the initial cost, but they can be reimbursed by the Texas A&M Forest Service, which is working to encourage adoption of the practice.

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How to Revive a Burned Forest? Rebuild the Tree Supply Chain

Lydia DePillis

April 04, 2024 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Mast Reforestation sells carbon credits to fund its work replanting trees where forests were decimated by wildfires. The company collects seeds from local, native trees, uses x-ray machines to ensure they are likely to sprout, and plants them.

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He's Got a Plan for Cities That Flood: Stop Fighting the Water

Richard Schiffman

March 28, 2024 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: China

Cities in China are moving away from using traditional water managment approaches, like drainage pipes and flood walls. Instead, they are becoming “sponge cities” by installiing green infrastructure designed to absob excess water, like green roofs and ponds.

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Months after devastating floods, Vermont renews efforts to aid climate-friendly rebuilds

Annie Ropeik

March 20, 2024 |

Energy News Network |

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Response Location: United States, Hardwick, Vermont

After extreme flooding damaged homes, the energy efficiency utility Efficiency Vermont offered emergency flood rebates to those impacted. Recovery teams helped people plan and find funding to repair and replace energy systems and appliances with more efficient models that will help them reach their decarbonization goals. In this circumstance, exceptions were made to include rebates for high-efficiency fossil fuel systems, too.

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Canoes Become a Lifeline for Farming Communities Cut Off by River Flooding in Nigeria's Sokoto

Muritala Abdullahi

March 14, 2024 |

The Solutions Paper |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Shinaka, Sokoto

Some farmers in Sokoto, Nigeria, are cut off from their crops when the Rima River floods during the wet season. So, they use canoes, known as Jirgi, to ferry people and their harvests across the water.

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How a Colombian City Cooled Dramatically in Just Three Years

Peter Yeung

March 04, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Colombia, Medellín

Medellín, Colombia, is combating the urban heat island effect by creating green corridors across the city. Over 2.5 million plants and trees were carefully selected to maximize impact and planted on buildings and along roads and waterways.

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Wildfires are killing California's ancient giants. Can seedlings save the species?

Lauren Sommer Ryan Kellman

February 26, 2024 |

NPR |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, California

The United States National Park Service is planting giant sequoia tree seedlings in groves that were decimated by extreme wildfires in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. The effort aims to preserve the endangered species as the organization doesn’t believe the trees in these areas will regenerate on their own.

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How a Northwest tribe is escaping a rising ocean

John Ryan

February 19, 2024 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Quinault Indian Nation, United States, Taholah, Washington

The Quinault Indian Nation is building new housing for its community about a mile from its current village on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. The goal is to relocate the whole village to a place further above sea level to avoid flooding and sea-level rise.

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