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  • Can saltwater quench our growing thirst?

    April 13, 2015 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    Population growth, climate change, and droughts are factors that have depleted the world’s freshwater resources. Scientists around the world have experimented with desalination of salt water to increase the supply the drinking water and have achieved positive results. In 2015, more countries and cities in the world look to provide desalination, including California’s $1 billion effort to build a plant for San Diego.

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  • Drinking More Vodka: A Green Solution to Melting Icy Roads?

    December 05, 2014 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Pullman, Washington

    Salt has become a costly and environmental problem in the twenty first century, with consumers overusing it in cooking and melting city roads during the winter. Salt has risen in price and has infiltrated the waterways, affecting the life in the water and contaminating drinking water. As a greener alternative to salt, Washington State University scientists have learned that the biproducts of vodka can help melt ice and snow.

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  • Can biomimicry tackle our toughest water problems?

    November 24, 2014 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Shepherd, Montana

    Clean water and healthy ecosystems are becoming increasingly difficult to come by. With floating islands and other inventions, eco-entrepreneur Bruce Kania thinks that biomimicry - such as reconstructing wetlands and growing biofilms - can tackle the toughest of water problems.

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  • In Bangladesh, 'Floating Farms' Overcome Monsoon Rains

    November 21, 2014 |

    Voice of America (VOA) |

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    During rain seasons in Bangladesh, rivers flooded villages and their agriculture so that local economies and food supplies were in jeopardy. A Bangladeshi non-profit Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha introduced small floating farms designed to be run by women. Consequently, the organization has initiated 40 floating farms that serve 300 rural women and save local agriculture.

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  • How Did the Meadow Vole Cross the Road? Designing travel routes for wildlife

    October 09, 2014 |

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    Response Location: United States, Missoula, Montana

    As a state with robust populations of wildlife, Montana has had its share of roadkill. Its Department of Transportation developed animal shelving, a type of wildlife crossing, to enable safe passage for small animals who need to cross the road. The measure, combined with other types of crossings, has reduced animal-vehicle collisions by half.

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  • The Roads Scholar

    August 13, 2014 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Missoula, Montana

    Many wildlife are killed each year as they are hit by cars when crossing highways. Montana built crossing structures over high risk sections of highways, such as grass covered tunnels, for animals to cross safely and reduce car accidents.

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  • On Columbia, ‘just add water' seems to be working

    August 02, 2014 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Brewster, Washington

    New water management technology implemented along the Columbia has significantly helped the fish population - specifically salmon - return to healthy numbers and has restored much of the community and industry that revolves around the river, including for native peoples.

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  • The Art of Water Recovery

    July 10, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Manila, Metro Manila

    While California is experiencing its worst drought in history, The World Bank estimates that water systems worldwide have real losses (leakages) of 8.6 trillion gallons per year, about half of that in developing countries. A new leak detection system aims to save 10 billion gallons of water, 7 million gallons of diesel, and 33 gigawatts of electricity over 10 years.

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  • Cities in motion: how slime mould can redraw our rail and road maps

    February 18, 2014 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Japan, Tokyo

    The twenty-first century city is a complex organism, and simulating it to anticipate traffic and transportation congestions can be problematic for urban planning. Researchers around the world from Japan to England have used slime models to simulate traffic and transportation patterns, observing realistic growths, congestions, and re-routing opportunities. Biomimicry demonstrates an unconventional but useful process to understand the pulse of the urban environment.

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  • Conservation Pays Off for Bangladeshi Factories

    March 21, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Saving money while conserving water and electricity is a win-win for the textile industry in Bangladesh. After a joint effort to improve the mechanics and upgrade the factories, the industry saw a savings of 1.2 million cubic meters of water, 16 million cubic meters of gas and 10 million kilowatt hours of electricity.

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