
Giving Life To Dying Land': Solar Water Pumps Are Quenching Thirsty Kenyan Farms
Kenya's farmers have built sand dams to hold onto scarce river water — but solar-powered water pumps are making access hugely easier
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New "Eco-Score" Labels Are Making Shopping More Sustainable
A simple letter-grading system in the U.K. has led to a significant shift towards ecologically greener foods.
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A New Housing Program is Providing Stability for Kids After Wildfires and Climate Disasters
Wildfires often hit low-income, minority families and children the hardest. Talent, Oregon, offers a home-grown housing solution to the displacement that follows.
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Cities Are Mobilizing to Equitably Expand Public Transit
During the pandemic, commuter trains ran nearly empty while buses shuttled essential workers. Now, cities are reevaluating where they spent their transit dollars.
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Renewable Energy Jobs Grew Globally in 2020, Defying Expectations
Clean energy jobs rose to 12 million last year even amid the pandemic but officials say green employment must come with decent conditions and bring in more women.
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Churches and Libraries Are Partnering To Address Homelessness
Public libraries and faith-based organizations, such as mosques, churches, and non-profits grounded in religious belief, are supporting people experiencing homelessness.
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Global efforts to repurpose wind turbine blades lead to innovative designs
The Danish port city of Aalborg, where the new recyclable blades are being made, has found an innovative new use for old blades, by turning them into bike shelters for the city’s cyclists.
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The United Nations Declares Access to a Healthy Environment a "Human Right"
This is great news for the future of humanity: with this historic decision, this means the UN will be taking climate action more seriously on a global scale.
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Innovative Apps & Tech Tools Are Supporting Farmers Across Africa
From renting tractors to monitoring crops by satellite, a slew of agri-tech innovations have emerged over the last decade to serve Africa's long-neglected small-scale farmers.
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Art Is Helping Refugee Women Connect and Express Themselves
A new study in Australia has looked at the experiences of refugee and migrant women who shared creative art in community exhibitions. The women supported each other, learnt about each other’s cultures and taught each other new skills, including unique sewing techniques.
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Researchers Have Found a Creative Way To Save Forests: They're Letting Trees Tweet
The tweeting tree’s messages are based on data from a suite of sensors on and around its trunk, using a real-time approach to tree monitoring pioneered by Witness Tree’s inspiration and sister project TreeWatch.net.
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Researchers Used State Data To Find Out How Many Lives COVID Vaccines Have Saved. And It's Really Good News.
Clinical trials demonstrate how effective vaccines are individually, but the real world shows how effective they are at a population level.
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