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Waste to Wealth

Gudfala Fly: The Norman Family Foundation Supports Composting, Livelihoods and Community Resilience in the Solomon Islands

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In island communities, waste is not just an environmental issue. It affects public health, local livelihoods, food systems, coastal waters and the reefs that communities rely on every day. In the Western Province, Solomon Islands, Positive Change for Marine Life’s Waste to Wealth (W2W) program is working to strengthen locally led circular waste systems that

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Waste to Wealth

Turning Waste into Soil: Intrepid Impact Grant Supports Community Composting in Kerala

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Positive Change for Marine Life’s Waste to Wealth program in Kerala is already seeing strong early results from support provided through The Intrepid Foundation’s Impact Grant. In Vizhinjam, our India team has been working with local families to strengthen community composting and reduce the amount of organic waste entering streets, drains, waterways, and coastal ecosystems.

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Ocean Health & Governance

Ocean Acidification Pushes the Planet Beyond Safe Limits

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The ocean has always been Earth’s greatest stabiliser. Covering more than 70% of the planet, it regulates climate, absorbs carbon dioxide, generates oxygen, and supports ecosystems that billions of people depend upon. But new research shows that the ocean’s ability to perform these vital roles is faltering, under unprecedented stress.  Last week, scientists at the

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Climate Resilience

Pacific Leaders Launch the PRF Treaty – A Step Forward for Our Communities

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The signing of the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) Treaty in Honiara marks a truly historic step for the region. After more than a decade of advocacy, including leadership from former Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Dame Meg Taylor and other Pacific leaders, the world now has its first Pacific-owned climate finance institution. This is a milestone

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Waste to Wealth

When Plastic Policy Fails, Coastal Communities Pay

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No Treaty in Sight, But Kerala’s Coast Is Still Paying the Price While negotiators in Geneva walked away without a plastics treaty—’deadlocked’ over production limits and toxics—Kerala’s beaches kept telling the story for us: plastic nurdles and mixed waste washing ashore, pellets showing up in nets (and sometimes in fish), and families asking the same

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Climate Resilience, Ocean Health & Governance, Waste to Wealth

USAID Funding Cuts – What This Means for Our Communities.

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After years of building a grassroots waste management program with local communities in the Solomon Islands, our USAID funding has officially been cancelled. This has placed the future of our Waste to Wealth program, and the livelihoods of the local team behind it, at immediate risk. One of those team members is Jerold Bruno. The

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