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  • Refugee camp in Nepal adopts eco ethos

    March 13, 2015 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Damak

    A Bhutanese refugee camp in Damak, Nepal is giving its displaced inhabitants a brighter future thanks to green investment through sustainable, eco-friendly projects that respond to refugees needs.

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  • Moz digs garimpeiros out of trouble

    February 27, 2015 |

    The Mail & Guardian Online |

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    Response Location: Mozambique, Munhinga, Manica Province

    Artisan gold mining - most of it illegal - is one of the greatest environmental and health concerns in Mozambique, but it provides a critical source of labor and economic support, especially for small communities. To help address some of the concerns for land degradation and water pollution, the government is helping miners establish licensed associations, which also provides training on improved business and mining practices, as well as adding some formality and stabilization to the sale of their gold.

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  • Vancouver versus the rising sea: how the city is adapting to climate change

    February 23, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    The densely populated Canadian city is tenth most at risk of flooding in the world as climate change raises sea levels. The government has instated a number of successful flood adaptation projects, with an ambition to become the “greenest city in the world."

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  • Green-Energy Inspiration Off the Coast of Denmark

    January 17, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Samsø

    Mainers can learn how to implement green energy in change-resistant rural areas from a Denmark island. In Samsø, Danes rely on wind energy and burn hay. These solutions may be adapted for the windswept coast of Maine. To be effective, they need to appeal to the practicality of the switch.

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  • Suburban sprawl doesn't have to be ecologically devastating

    January 05, 2015 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Collins, Colorado

    In Fort Collins, Colorado, developments and shopping malls are eating away at farm fields, ranches, and forests. One development company is protecting biodiversity by putting houses clustered along a single access road leaving large areas untouched, a practice known as conservation development.

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  • Industrial-Sized Art Factory Signals Creative Renewal in Paterson

    December 22, 2014 |

    CivicStory |

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    Response Location: United States, Paterson, New Jersey

    Paterson, NJ used to be a home to manufacturing industries, many of which no longer exist in New Jersey. Fortunately, old factories are being repurposed in new ways. The oldest textile factory is now thriving as The Art Factory, a studio and art space for designers, artists, and builders of all types. Not only does it help artists, but it also helps the environment by revitalizing an old space rather than knocking it down and building something new.

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  • In drought, Rio Grande Valley irrigators feel the crunch

    December 14, 2014 |

    El Paso Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Clint, Texas

    Population growth, historical dryness and predictions of a warming climate all mean a future of scarce water in the Rio Grande's Upper Basin. Farmers and the irrigation districts are left to try and find ways to conserve what river water they have - and there's a lot to be saved. To minimize such losses, both irrigation districts have taken a number of steps.

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  • The Floating Gardens of Bangladesh

    November 18, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Each year the brown waters of the Gumani river swell during the summer monsoon, creeping over the surrounding fields to flood Charbhangura, a village of 2,500 people in the Pabna district of northwest Bangladesh - when the fields flood, the farmers have no work. Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha trains locals to create floating farms and provide work, money, and food in all seasons.

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  • 'Big Dry' Lessons: Southwest can learn from Australia's drought

    November 17, 2014 |

    El Paso Times |

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    Response Location: Australia, Kilmore, Victoria

    In Australia, the Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council was formed after a severe drought to bring together federal, state and regional governments and bridge parochial concerns. It was meant to manage the basin as a whole and end overuse and salinization of farm land, leveraging new technologies to adapt to new realities.

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  • Protecting the Rio Grande Basin's dwindling water

    November 16, 2014 |

    El Paso Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Elephant Butte, New Mexico

    The El Paso Times reports from the heart of the Rio Grande Basin - where drought has led to dramatic decreases in water supply, and serious changes in management of river resources are called for - on how the region plans to tackle the effects of climate change. Citizens work to increase water regulations and frugality in order to find a solution to the dwindling water problem.

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