Earth’s Fountain of Life Is Vanishing Beneath Our Feet

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By Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics With each passing year, the world’s groundwater reserves shrink. Groundwater aquifers provide vital freshwater to homes, farms, and industries, but decades of mismanagement and political action are draining this resource around the world. A new study from an international team of scientists concluded that depleted …

In Wyoming, Sheep May Safely Graze Under Solar Panels in One of the State’s First “Agrivoltaic” Projects

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By Jake Bolster, Inside Climate News The elevated photovoltaic panels can actually improve grazing conditions, a novelty that could help make solar projects more land-efficient and accepted in the ranching-heavy state. Converse County is one of the most welcoming areas in Wyoming when it comes to clean energy. For roughly …

Radical Sustainability Experimentation in Tourism Highlights Challenges, Opportunities

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By Joanna Haugen, Sustainable Brands “We don’t need everyone to do it perfectly to change the world; we just need double-digit percentages from a heck of a lot of buy-in.” — Natural Habitat Adventures’ Court Whelan In responding to the climate crisis, companies have committed to a wide range of …

The First Car-Free Community Built From Scratch in the US is About to Take Off: ‘For Some, Cars Equal Freedom, but for Me, It’s a Restriction’

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By Robert English, The Cool Down “Freedom is being able to just simply walk out and access places.” In the small town just a light-rail trip away from downtown Phoenix, residents of a place called Culdesac in Arizona are one of the first non-urban communities in the U.S. to boast a walkable, car-free …

Parisians Vote in Favour of Tripling Parking Costs for SUVs

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By Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian The referendum comes as the city aims to reduce emissions by targeting wealthy drivers in large, polluting cars. Parisians have voted to triple parking costs for sports utility vehicles (SUVs), as the city aims to tackle air pollution and climate breakdown by targeting rich drivers in heavy, …

FEMA Will Pay States to Install Solar Panels and Heat Pumps

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By Justine Calma, The Verge Deploying solar panels can make communities more resilient to the consequences of climate change. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that it’ll start reimbursing local governments for installing solar panels and more efficient appliances after a disaster strikes. The move can help communities prepare for another calamity …

Inside the Amazon’s Tallest Treehouse, Where Peruvians are Taught to Combat Deforestation with Tech

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By Euronews Green Education is changing the lives of Indigenous Peruvians in the Amazon. From a classroom in the Amazon’s tallest treehouse, young Peruvians are learning how to defend their rainforest home. Nestled in the crown of a strangler fig tree, the rangers have a bird’s eye view over the …

Navigating Nearshoring: An Evolution in Resilient Manufacturing

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By Misha Govsteyn, Sustainable Brands By shortening supply chains, optimizing resource utilization and reducing waste, nearshoring enhances economic resilience and embodies a shift towards a more sustainable and environmentally conscious approach to manufacturing. As a strategic imperative in the face of global supply chain disruptions, the nearshoring (or reshoring) movement has emerged as a viable …