Cool Solutions

Series produced by Wendy Ring

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Stories about climate action from the bottom up.

Inspiring stories about climate solutions and people who make them happen from communities all around the US.


61 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
The Battle for a Climate Friendly Farm Bill
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Progressives and ultra-rights clash over $20 billion allocated to promote "climate smart agriculture" . Farmers say the practices this would defund...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, RadioStPete Florida, and WFHB


  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
This Is My Home: Women whup petrochemical giant
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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The story of 2 successful battles against petrochemical pollution on the Gulf coast.

Bought by WFHB and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 08, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Reviving Repair: Recovering the lost skills and rights to fix our stuff
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Stories about Chicago's Community Glue repair cafe and the Minnesota coalition of techies and farmers who won the nation's strongest Right to Repai...

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Decarbonize Based on Need, Not LEED
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Chicago bungalow, Credit: Jim Roberts
Research is finding the answers Chicago needs to jumpstart wide scale equitable home electrification

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  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Out of Gas, In with Justice
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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NYC Housing Authority is the city's largest landlord. Pilot programs to electrify its decrepit housing stock find successes and stumbling blocks w...

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Throwing Shade
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Farmer/researcher team finds some crops do better and use less water when grown in solar arrays.

Bought by KVNF, WFHB, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
An E-Bike Loaves & Fishes Story
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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It started with 13 bikes for essential workers and grew into the biggest state e-bike program in the US.

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  • Added: Mar 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Homegrown Community Owned Solar
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Olympia Community Solar's millennial solar powerhouse, Credit: Olympia Community Solar
We don't have to wait for utilities or for-profit solar developers to expand solar power in our communities and, if we do it right, we can keep the...

Bought by KZYX, KMUN, KICI Iowa City, and WFHB


  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
A Garment Worker Victory
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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California garment workers organize and win passage of a state law that holds fashion brands responsible for unpaid wages.

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  • Added: Dec 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
It's getting hot, let's wear less clothes
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Exploration of avenues to end fast fashion

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  • Added: Nov 12, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Citizens Drive Switch from Coal to Clean in MI
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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A environmental justice coalition brings the people's voice to the state Public Service Commission- and wins!

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Save the Planet, Go Solar With A Friend
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Solar United Neighbors is building a movement by helping neighbors go solar.

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  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Fox in the Henhouse
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Protesters at Cambridge BP Institute, Credit: Zakary Coleman
Students and faculty are fighting to end fossil fuel funding of university climate and energy research. Biased research funded by oil and gas comp...

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Irresistible Force Beats Immovable Object: Harvard (finally) Divests
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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It took 9 years, but Harvard students finally got the wealthiest university in the world to divest from fossil fuel.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WFHB


  • Added: Jun 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Greening a Rural Charging Desert: The Intertribal Electric Highway
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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A new EV charging network fills a big gap in the nation's charging map and brings electric vehicles, jobs, and healing to reservations.

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  • Added: May 11, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Clean Truck Coalition Puts Pedal to the Metal
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Sierra Club staff and volunteers attending virtual meeting of California Air Resources Board, Credit: Sierra Club
Activists accelerate states' switch to zero emission big rigs

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Old Docs Take New Patient: The Climate
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Robin Cooper, Psychiatrist and Climate Activist
Older doctors talk about their journey from medicine to hardcore climate activism. Bill McKibben introduces his new group Third Act and explains w...

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Farewell to Factory Farms
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Meet farmers pioneering the movement away from industrial meat production

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  • Added: Feb 11, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
New Year's Pledge Helps Millions Eat Healthier
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Veganuary is a month long challenge to substitute plant products for meat and dairy. Even those who don't stay vegan make long term cuts in consum...

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  • Added: Jan 11, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Got Methane?
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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A look at the climate and health impacts of dairy digesters

Bought by KICI Iowa City, RadioFreePalmer, WFHB, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4

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