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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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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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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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What Does Reproductive Health Have to Do With Climate Vulnerability?

Veronika Perková

February 02, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Philippines

Organizations around the world are using an integrated approach to empowering women by addressing climate justice and health issues in their communities. PATH Foundation Philippines, for example, helped implement sustainable marine management practices to increase the fish stocks in fishing communities so families were less inclined to send their daughters away for financial support.

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Hot? Hungry? Step inside these food forests.

Max Graham

January 29, 2024 |

Grist |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Organizations in cities across the United States, including Philadelphia and Tucson, are simultaneously combatting urban heat and hunger by planting fruit trees and edible plants that provide shade and food that community members can harvest.

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A Ranch, Rewilded: The Transformation of California's Next State Park

Elizabeth Hewitt

January 25, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, California

A floodplain restoration project in California’s Central Valley is preventing flooding, replenishing groundwater, and providing habitat for wildlife. Most of the restoration work involved rewilding the land after removing the berms that protected the area from flooding when it was an agricultural field.

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Pre-Pesticides, Pro-Farmer: The Rise of Agroecology

Meg Wilcox

January 23, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Philippines

Farmers around the world are implementing agroecology practices to make their farms more resilient to climate change while promoting climate justice to strengthen farming communities. Agroecology follows 13 principles that include ecological practices, like using organic fertilizers, and political and social values, like embracing land rights.

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An overlooked climate solution unfolds in Memphis' energy challenges

Ashli Blow

January 23, 2024 |

Tennessee Lookout |

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Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis Gas Light and Water’s weatherization program is helping city residents prepare their homes for increasingly intense storms in ways that also reduce their energy use from fossil-fuel-derived sources and their utility bills. Contractors may install a new air conditioner or repair walls, but the resident is never charged for the services because ratepayers round up their bills to cover the cost.

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At Sahara's edge, old habits protect crops from new climate

Jack Thompson

January 19, 2024 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: Senegal, Ndiob

Farmers in Ndiob, Senegal, have returned to an ancient technique called zaï to combat drought, use less fertilizer, and increase their yields. Zaï involves drilling holes in the soil so rainwater can fill them and soak into the land instead of running off.

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