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EcoWatch
The Revelator Sep. 15, 2019 11:00AM EST
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Mother and child in Columbian Amazon Rainforest
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Obviously hunting of wild animals is unpopular among conservationists, and meaningless poaching for exotic pets and animal parts can never be justified.
However, in many areas around the world, Indigenous and forest communities have hunted, and continue to hunt, for subsistence. For them hunting is not a sport or a recreational activity. It's a food source and a way to balance animal populations.
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So, even though it may sound paradoxical at first, hunting can actually strengthen long-term environmental management, because it's how Indigenous and forest communities assess forest health and meet their food-security and livelihood needs. It's also why Indigenous and forest communities often have a vested interest in healthy forests and thriving wildlife.
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Columbian Amazon Rainforest
Full article:
Why Indigenous Hunting Is Essential to Forest Sustainability (https://www.ecowatch.com/indigenous-hunting-forest-sustainability-2640365410.html)
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USA
https://www.amalgamatedbank.com/onlin...
https://www.cityfirstbank.com/
https://www.ncb.coop/
https://www.amalgamatedbank.com/newre...
https://banksouthern.com/
https://sunrisebanks.com/
https://www.veritycu.com/
https://www.vsecu.com/
Here's a list of web addresses, alphabetically by country, of all the members of The Global Alliance for Banking on Values -
Afghanistan
http://fmfb.com.af/
Australia
https://www.tmbank.com.au/accounts/ev...
https://www.bankaust.com.au/
Bangladesh
http://www.brac.net/
Bolivia
https://www.bancofie.com.bo/#/
https://www.bancosol.ao/
Canada
https://clearwatercreditunion.org/che...
http://www.gabv.org/members/caisse-de...
https://www.kindredcu.com/
https://www.vancity.com/
Colombia
https://www.bmm.com.co/
https://www.bancompartir.co/#!inicio
Denmark
https://www.esafbank.com/
https://merkur.dk/privat/
Dominican Republic
https://bancoademi.com.do/
https://banfondesa.com.do/
El Salvador
https://www.integral.com.sv/
Equador
http://www.banco-solidario.com/
France
http://www.gabv.org/members/credit-co...
Germany
https://www.gls.de/privatkunden/
https://www.umweltbank.de/
Greece
https://bankofkarditsa.com/site/
Honuras
https://bancopopular.hn/
Hungary
http://www.gabv.org/members/magnet-hu...
India
https://www.esafbank.com/
Italy
https://www.bancaetica.it/
Japan
http://www.daiichikanshin.com/
Malaysia
https://www.muamalat.com.my/
Mongolia
https://www.xacbank.mn/
Nepal
https://www.nmbbanknepal.com/
Netherlands
https://www.triodos.com/
Nigeria
https://www.lapo-nigeria.org/
Norway
https://www.cultura.no/
Palestinian Territory
https://www.bankofpalestine.com/ar
Paraguay
https://www.visionbanco.com/
Peru
https://www.cajaarequipa.pe/
https://www.abaco.com.pe/
Russia
https://www.centrinvest.ru/en/
Serbia
http://www.obs.rs/en
Sweden
https://www.ekobanken.se/
Switzerland
https://www.abs.ch/
https://www.gemeinschaftsbank.ch/home
Tajikistan
https://fmfb.tj/en/
Uganda
https://www.centenarybank.co.ug/
UK
https://www.triodos.co.uk/change-your...
https://charitybank.org/
https://www.ecology.co.uk/
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CleanTechnica
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January 4th, 2020 by Rocky Mountain Institute
10 Puerto Rican Schools Receive Resilient Microgrids
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A year after Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated Puerto Rico and left millions without power, schools have equipped themselves to withstand future weather events and grid outages to continue providing education to their students.
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), Save the Children, and Kinesis Foundation have completed the installation of 10 renewable microgrids in 10 schools located in the mountainous region of Puerto Rico. (https://renewablerevolution.createaforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frenewablerevolution.createaforum.com%2Fgallery%2Frenewablerevolution%2F1%2F3-120818185039-1655102.gif&hash=1a13ffad2c8451cba6f45b04a1249447d50c3e73)
Many of the schools that received microgrid systems were without power for six months after the hurricanes. Four hundred faculty members and 3,600 students were impacted by this project and now have access to clean, resilient power if future severe weather events or grid outages occur.
Save the Children focused on helping schools and their communities become more resilient in the event of future natural disasters, and on strengthening social and emotional learning for the schools’ students. RMI managed the solar microgrid system installation at school campuses to ensure learning was not disrupted as it was following the hurricanes in 2018. Kinesis Foundation and other generous funders provided financial support for the project.
The project included the installation of sufficient battery and solar capacity to back up school libraries, administrative offices, kitchens, and critical water pumps indefinitely in the event of an outage. Additionally, the project provided roof waterproofing, energy efficiency retrofits such as LED lighting, and curriculum support for teachers to incorporate climate change and renewable energy into their classrooms.
“We are pleased the schools microgrid program will ensure students and faculty members now have access to a resilient learning environment. We hope this project will inspire and encourage other schools and critical facilities to explore solar microgrids as a pathway to building local energy resilience,” said Roy Torbert, RMI’s Puerto Rico program leader.
“This project demonstrates Save the Children’s commitment to the island’s most vulnerable children, since the earliest days after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico. Over our nearly 100 years of working around the world to support children, we know the important role that schools play in the lives of children, families and communities. We are very grateful to Rocky Mountain Institute for their leadership in ensuring lights stay on, even in the darkest moments after a disaster,” said Teruca Subira, Save the Children’s Puerto Rico director.
“At Kinesis we are proud to be able to transform the lives of Puerto Rican youth and to do so permanently. Together with RMI and Save the Children, we continue to focus in sustainable initiatives that directly benefit our students and their communities and facilitate the positive transformation of Puerto Rico’s education and its infrastructure system,” said Jose Fernandez Richards, Kinesis Foundation.
RMI is a nonprofit organization and serves as an unbiased technical advisor and provides implementation support to governments, utilities, developers and other energy stakeholders. RMI operates in Puerto Rico under the auspices of the Islands Energy Program: rmi.org/islands, and focuses on implementing renewable microgrid programs across the country.
This project was made possible due to support from Kinesis Foundation, Save the Children, and individual donors.
About Rocky Mountain Institute (https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/527210744178167809/z6CbCdS5.jpeg)
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)—an independent nonprofit founded in 1982—transforms global energy use to create a clean, prosperous, and secure low-carbon future. It engages businesses, communities, institutions, and entrepreneurs to accelerate the adoption of market-based solutions that cost-effectively shift from fossil fuels to efficiency and renewables. RMI has offices in Basalt and Boulder, Colorado; New York City; the San Francisco Bay Area; Washington, D.C.; and Beijing.
About Save the Children
Save the Children (https://www.savethechildren.org/) believes every child deserves a future. Since our founding 100 years ago, we’ve changed the lives of more than 1 billion children. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/savethechildren).
About Kinesis Foundation
Because every student have the right to receive an equal and quality education, we seek to transform Puerto Rico by helping talented students with financial need in Puerto Rico overcome socioeconomic barriers and achieve excellence at the highest academic levels to ensure they get the best jobs in the future. www.kinesispr.org.
https://cleantechnica.com/2020/01/04/10-puerto-rican-schools-receive-resilient-microgrids/
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Fossil Free Virunga✨🌞👍
https://youtu.be/X1KW0z42dXU
2,244 views Premiered Jun 30, 2021
350.org 13.6K subscribers
It’s our job to fight back and dismantle the fossil fuel economy, hold accountable those who profit off corporate greed, and build a world that puts a liveable planet and public interest first. Fossil Free Virunga is a short film that tells the story of four activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo who are working to protect their home, to protect the Virunga National Park from oil exploration. ✊ ➡️ afrikavuka.org/virunga
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Oct 11 2021 By Emma Cotton
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Centuries-old dam removed in Rutland, pleasing safety officials and environmentalists
SNIPPET:
RUTLAND — The Dunklee Pond Dam is gone, bringing relief to safety officials and the local ecosystem. (https://renewablerevolution.createaforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frenewablerevolution.createaforum.com%2Fgallery%2Frenewablerevolution%2F1%2F3-120818180835-1624479.gif&hash=92c92575625c10582f9c1c6f9db969ad24bf62a8)
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https://vtdigger.org/2021/10/11/centuries-old-dam-removed-in-rutland-pleasing-safety-officials-and-environmentalists/
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October 13, 2021 BY William Rivers Pitt
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Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Rep. Pramila Jayapal speaks to reporters after a closed-door meeting with fellow Progressive Democrats at the U.S. Capitol on October 1, 2021, in Washington, D.C. DREW ANGERER / GETTY IMAGES
SNIPPET:
This was an impossible conundrum: Everything in the bill is important, and quite a lot of it is nothing short of life or death. Everyone with skin in the game was prepared to fight to the knife for their priorities, and the possibility of actual party immolation became more than just an easy headline with a print deadline looming. Talk of doing “fewer things well” (https://renewablerevolution.createaforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frenewablerevolution.createaforum.com%2Fgallery%2Frenewablerevolution%2F1%2F3-120818185040-16582181.gif&hash=0d99dd3e7a01101b8b7d5d1d810050efa1fc13df)(https://renewablerevolution.createaforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frenewablerevolution.createaforum.com%2Fgallery%2Frenewablerevolution%2F1%2F3-120818180835-1625583.gif&hash=a2eb9b0838b0a6c6a52f7ffe11949f008333d97a) had House members seething all over the building, while (https://renewablerevolution.createaforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.createaforum.com%2Fgallery%2Frenewablerevolution%2F3-311013200859.png&hash=a7aaaa9f04c1e3e2c948723b5f8c13fe814dacd4)(https://renewablerevolution.createaforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frenewablerevolution.createaforum.com%2Fgallery%2Frenewablerevolution%2F3-130418193910.gif&hash=633dd399cd6006279afd7efb5ef953673b96bd78)Republicans stood back and waited for the explosion.
Enter the Congressional Progressive Caucus with a wondrously simple solution: Chop the thing in half.
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https://truthout.org/articles/progressive-dems-offer-simple-brilliant-path-forward-for-build-back-better-act/
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Jun 13, 2021
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Just Have a Think 349K subscribers
Renewable energy sources like wind and solar are here to stay, and their dominance on global electricity grids is growing every day. But for them to work, grids also need energy storage and the ability to respond instantly to fluctuations in frequency. Lithium batteries provide a lot of that functionality today, but now a new smart domestic hot water storage tank has been developed that not only heats water 20% more efficiently, but can also use electrical energy when it's free or even negatively priced. Plus it can talk to the grid and store energy when renewables are producing too much. Edward De Bono would be proud! (look him up).
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