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• Dutch kids declared the world’s happiest (again). Here’s why, positive.news (Jun 02, 2026, Netherlands; Earth) — Dutch children are consistently ranked the happiest kids in the developed world. What is the Netherlands getting right? And does the humble bike have something to do with it?
• Rubbish as a resource: How communities in Mozambique transform waste into climate solutions, globalvoices.org (Jun 02, 2026, Mozambique; Earth) — Transforming waste into resilience, creativity, and climate solutions in Mozambican communities
• Young South Africans take up sustainable agriculture for food security, climatechangenews.com (Jun 02, 2026, South Africa; Costa Rica; Lesotho; Africa; Earth) — Aquaponics is seeing a revival in South Africa’s schools, boosted by government support and climate concerns
• The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world, Adam Morton and Petra Stock, theguardian.com (May 15, 2026, Australia; Earth)
• Amsterdam, along with other major European cities, bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels [BBC], Daily Alternative (May 22, 2026, Amsterdam; Europe; Earth)

• Solidarity fields in Syria: Reviving local seed production, globalvoices.org (May 21, 2026, Syria; Earth) — A community garden on Damascus's edge is quietly rebuilding Syria's agricultural memory
• How reindeer herds, nature and Sámi culture can thrive when forests are restored across northern Europe, theconversation.com (May 15, 2026, Europe; Earth)
• How one Kenyan community is building a new future on reclaimed ground, globalvoices.org (May 14, 2026, Kenya; Earth)
• Argentina’s co-operativas escolares: A case study in co-op education, thenews.coop (May 12, 2026, Argentina; Latin America; Earth) — In 1946, national legislation formally established the teaching of co-operativism and the creation of school co-operatives
• Young inventor plans to stop 90% of floating sea plastic by 2040, positive.news (May 07, 2026, Netherlands; Earth)
• Rewilding giants: captive elephants rehomed in Europe’s first sanctuary, theguardian.com (May 07, 2026, Portugal; Europe; Earth)
• Hope is contagious and science is king: 10 big lessons on ending the fossil fuel era, theguardian.com (May 01, 2026, Oceania; Ireland; Colombia; Earth)
• In Indonesia, a schoolboy moves mountains on waste as government targets reform, news.mongabay.com (Apr 30, 2026, Indonesia; Earth)
• Notes from Vilnius’ first citizens’ assembly, demnext.substack.com (Apr 30, 2026, Lithuania; Earth) — How 39 residents reimagined their city’s transportation with 23 recommendations, DemocracyNext
• ‘My own contribution’: the Ottawa immigrants learning to retrofit homes and fight the climate crisis, theguardian.com (Apr 30, 2026, Ontario; Canada; Earth) — Canadian social enterprise hopes to help solve the urgent need for retrofits and shortage of skilled workers
• Santa Marta Process Begins: Tuvalu and Ireland to Host Second Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in 2027 in the Pacific, fossilfueltreaty.org (Apr 29, 2026, Oceania; Ireland; Colombia; Earth) — The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands, concluded today marking a historic breakthrough in building international cooperation for the phase out of coal, oil and gas extraction and production. This step fundamentally shifts power toward a growing coalition of courageous nations engaged in a new international process to manage an equitable phase out of fossil fuels
• Sail-power offers passengers new crossing between England and France, reuters.com (Apr 28, 2026, Europe; France; UK; Earth)
• Sick of power outages, this remote Indigenous town is planning to build its own renewable grid, theguardian.com (Apr 26, 2026, Western Australia; Australia; Earth)
• Kenyan women defy fishing taboos as climate change threatens Lake Victoria, aljazeera.com (Apr 20, 2026, Kenya; Earth)
• Judge rejects Trump administration bid to block Hawaii climate lawsuit, staradvertiser.com (Apr 15, 2026, Hawaii; Earth)
• ‘The danger and value of water are in my blood’: how rain fences are making Dutch homes more climate resilient, theguardian.com (Apr 09, 2026, Netherlands; Earth)
• Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas offer a glimpse of the future, theconversation.com (Apr 08, 2026, Arizona; Colorado; Nevada; Earth)
• Europe needs affordable, low‑carbon homes – here’s how Barcelona is reimagining its housing system, theconversation.com (Apr 08, 2026, Barcelona; Catalonia; Spain; Europe; Earth)
• How Pakistan’s solar boom is shielding it from worst of Iran war crisis, aljazeera.com (Apr 07, 2026, Pakistan; Earth)
• How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets, theguardian.com (Apr 05, 2026, Paris; Earth)
• Listening before helping: Why community involvement is essential for peace in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, globalvoices.org (Mar 31, 2026, Bangladesh; Earth)

• A housing commons for the Basque country - starting with bicycles and cars!, growingcommons.substack.com (Mar 29, 2026, Basque; Spain; Earth)
• NSW bans new coal mines in landmark shift towards fossil fuel phase-out, thepoint.com.au (Mar 20, 2026, New South Wales; Earth)
• A water solution for drought‑prone South Africa: we designed systems to replenish aquifers simply and cheaply in five towns, theconversation.com (Mar 19, 2026, South Africa; Earth)
• London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution, theguardian.com (Mar 12, 2026, London; San Francisco; Beijing; Europe; Earth) — Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%
• ‘In Romania now, you don’t see a bottle anywhere’, positive.news (Mar 09, 2026, UK; Romania; Earth)
• Across South America, canopy bridges evolve as a lifeline for tree-dwelling wildlife, news.mongabay.com (Mar 04, 2026, Brazil; Latin America; Earth)
• About 6.5 million people in Somalia face acute hunger due to drought, government and UN say, reuters.com (Feb 24, 2026, Somalia; Earth)
• Regenerative agriculture sows success in Kenya, positive.news (Feb 23, 2026, Kenya; Earth)
• How a Groundbreaking Indigenous Treaty on Whales’ Rights Could Change National Laws, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 22, 2026, New Zealand; Oceania; Earth)
• The world’s rainforests are vanishing. In this one country, they’re growing back., vox.com (Feb 19, 2026, Costa Rica; Earth) — How did Costa Rica beat back deforestation and buck the global trend?
• Paris Court Holds Historic Climate Trial in Case Against TotalEnergies, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 19, 2026, Paris; France; Earth)
• The planet’s other forest crisis, latimes.com (Feb 19, 2026, California; Earth)
• Environmental defenders labeled ‘terrorists’ for bringing renewable power to Philippine communities, globalvoices.org/ (Feb 19, 2026, Philippines; Earth)
• Introducing Katcha: An African Democratic Innovation Network, demnext.substack.com (Feb 19, 2026, Africa; Earth)
• Amazon villages build autonomous energy systems after mega-dam failed pledges, news.mongabay.com (Feb 18, 2026, Brazil; Earth)
• Assam India: Where exchange has a home, grassecon.substack.com (Feb 16, 2026, Assam; India; Earth)
• Five Years Into a Fishing Ban, the Yangtze River Is Teeming With Life, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 12, 2026, China; Earth)
• ‘The trend is irreversible’: has Romania shattered the link between economic growth and high emissions?, theguardian.com (Feb 11, 2026, Romania; Earth)
• Geothermal could replace almost half of the EU’s fossil fuel power, grist.org (Feb 10, 2026, Europe; Earth)
• Climate storytelling often ignores young people – arts-based research can change that, theconversation.com (Feb 06, 2026, Birmingham; West Midlands; Northern Ireland; Kenya; Uganda; Earth)
• Bolivia Indigenous communities, local gov’ts help protect nearly 1 million hectares, news.mongabay.com (Feb 06, 2026, Bolivia; Earth)
• One of Africa’s Most Important Water Sources Just Got Some Very Good News, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 05, 2026, Angola; Africa; Earth) — Angola’s vast highland wetlands feed rivers that deliver freshwater to millions. They just gained global recognition that could help keep it that way.
• Uganda’s first peace journalism awards redefine the media landscape, globalvoices.org (Feb 03, 2026, Uganda; Earth)
• Where Stewardship Starts, A Conversation with TreesForDev, Aude Peronne, audeperonne.substack.com (Jan 29, 2026, Kenya; Earth)
• Colombia’s persistent violence seems overwhelming. But this “systems approach to youth-led peace building” has affected millions, Daily Alternative (Jan 29, 2026, Colombia; Earth)
• The quiet lessons of Minnesota, supervivalism (not survivalism), “Storm Networks”, and more insights from mutual-aiders [Collapse Club], Daily Alternative (Jan 28, 2026, Minnesota; Earth)
• Amsterdam Defies Last-Minute Lobbying to Become First Capital City to Ban Fossil Fuel Ads, desmog.com (Jan 23, 2026, Amsterdam; Earth)
• Half the world’s 100 largest cities are in high water stress areas, analysis finds, theguardian.com (Jan 22, 2026, Beijing; Delhi; Los Angeles; Rio de Janeiro; New York City; London; Bangkok; Jakarta; Earth) — Beijing, New York, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro and Delhi among those facing extreme stress, while London, Bangkok and Jakarta classed as being highly stressed
• I developed an app that uses drone footage to track plastic litter on beaches, theconversation.com (Jan 21, 2026, Ireland; Europe; Earth)
• my country has established a pilot network for product carbon footprint labeling and certification in 25 provinces, ideacarbon.org (Jan 20, 2026, China; Earth)
• Dublin Bay’s oyster graveyard rises from dead in effort to restore rich ecosystem, theguardian.com (Jan 18, 2026, Dublin; Ireland; Earth)
• India shows how urban forests can help cool cities – as long as planners understand what nature and people need, theconversation.com (Jan 14, 2026, India; Earth)
• The Syrian volunteers rebuilding their shattered schools, positive.news (Jan 12, 2026, Syria; West Asia; Earth)
• Pakistan seeks justice for environmental harm through climate litigation, globalvoices.org (Jan 11, 2026, Pakistan; South Asia; Earth)
• Indigenous women lead a firefighting brigade in Brazil’s Cerrado, news.mongabay.com (Jan 07, 2026, Brazil; Earth)