To counter climate change, we need “super” solutions. This year for Earth Week, NHPR and its partner stations in the New England News Collaborative are sharing stories about the efforts happening throughout the region, to see what kind of an impact they could have on local communities.
National Earth Week Dates: April 17-22, 2023
On NHPR, look for reporting on-air during Morning Edition and All Things Considered as well as on NHPR.org and the NHPR app, including news from NHPR's climate change reporter Mara Hoplamazian on the growing movement to incorporate Community Power in 14 New Hampshire towns.
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Allegra Boverman/NHPRHosted by NHPR’s climate and energy reporter Mara Hoplamazian, this summit brought together people from across New England to talk about opportunities for transformative action in the face of the climate change crisis. -
Raquel C. Zaldívar/New England News CollaborativeOne of agriculture’s top climate change solutions is not a new idea, but it’s starting to gain momentum in New England, a region that in recent years dealt with extreme rainfall and periods of extended drought.
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Electric vehicles are part of the solution to climate change. But what if they’re also part of the problem? -
Dozens of cemeteries across New England have started offering green burials. That’s where bodies can decompose underground, without the use of embalming fluids or concrete vaults. -
Fourteen communities in New Hampshire are launching programs this spring that aim to bring cheaper, greener power to residents. -
A project in Beverly, Massachusetts offers an alternative on-demand power source in the summer: the school district uses their electric school buses’ giant batteries as mini power plants to send energy back to the grid. -
Construction waste clogs landfills, worsens climate change. Two women's solution: salvage it insteadIn 2017, Ann Jarosiewicz and Liz Prete left their jobs as developers and started WasteNot, a building materials recycling company on Cape Cod. Since then, they’ve diverted over an acre of hardwood flooring, roughly 570 kitchen cabinets, and 500 windows from landfills. -
NHPR will present special programming during Earth Week 2023, April 17 - 22. -
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The problem for southern Maine and New England producers is erratic winter weather and shortening sap season.
