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A 'Cool Roof' Can Help You Beat The Heat — And Save Money

Erin Stone

August 17, 2023 |

LAist |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Cool roofs — or roofs that are bright white, reflect sunlight, and radiate heat instead of absorbing it — can help keep indoor temperatures lower and reduce the urban heat island effect.

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Episcopal mobile ministry distributes necessities to people displaced by Maui wildfires

Shireen Korkzan

August 15, 2023 |

Episcopal News Service |

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Response Location: United States, Maui, Hawaii

A Cup of Cold Water is a volunteer collaboration between four local Episcopal churches that has been providing assistance to residents who lost their homes in the recent wildfires through the group’s community outreach program. Since a day after the wildfires started on August 8, volunteers have driven a van around the island to distribute supplies like toiletries, food, clothing, bottled water and other necessities.

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The Dental-Mental Connection: A Clinic in Oakland's Chinatown Brings Mental Health Care to Dental Patients

Celeste Hamilton Dennis

August 14, 2023 |

MindSite News |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Dental offices like Asian Health Services are starting to incorporate mental health care in their dental services. By observing changes in oral health, building trust with patients to talk about their mental health and having them fill out questionnaires about how they’ve been feeling, dentists are able to identify patients that may be struggling and then help connect them with therapy and treatment. Asian Health Services screens 300 to 400 patients per year, about 7% of which are then referred to counseling.

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Rapid Radicals says there's a faster way to treat wastewater, begins pilot program in Milwaukee

Chuck Quirmbach

August 11, 2023 |

WUWM |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Milwa, Wisconsin

The startup Rapid Radicals uses a chemical process to treat sewage much quicker than the typical biological process. It hopes to use the technology to reduce the sewage released into local lakes and rivers in Milwaukee when the system is overwhelmed by rain or snowmelt.

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A Community-Led Approach to Stopping Flooding Expands

Maia McDonald Katrina Pham

August 10, 2023 |

Borderless Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Illinois

The Center for Neighborhood Technology’s RainReady program is creating flood mitigation projects most suitable for Illinois communities in need by ensuring community members have input. The program designs nature-based solutions, like widening creeks and installing rain gardens, based on demographics and flood data. And community committees are involved throughout.

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Kenyan fishers put new twists on an age-old marine conservation system

Anthony Langat

August 09, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Kwale

Several villages are establishing no-take zones, or tengefus, to address issues of overfishing, allowing fish to repopulate. With the help of several local organizations and government authorities, there are currently 22 tengefus in various stages of development across the country.

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How Well-To-Do Individuals Are Installing Boreholes To Mitigate Water Scarcity In Kano.

Victor Christopher

August 09, 2023 |

Nigeria Info FM |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kano, Lagos

In a village facing water scarcity, generous locals with funds to spare are installing boreholes in their homes with pumps outside for other residents in the village to access clean, safe water.

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New Health Department program puts nurses in the homes of high-risk moms, babies in Mississippi

Pam Dankins

August 09, 2023 |

Mississippi Today |

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Response Location: United States, Mississippi

Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies pairs registered nurse case managers with women experiencing a high-risk pregnancy, specifically targeting those in rural communities where access to care is limited. The program provides health education, emotional support and targeted care from nutritionists and social workers at no direct cost. Since launching, the program has provided services to about 640 patients around the state.

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In This Arizona City, Kids With Autism Are More Than Welcome

Michaela Haas

August 07, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Mesa, Arizona

The International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards trains employees in the tourism industry to become autism certified, ensuring they know how to care for neurodivergent youth and their families when they’re at places like restaurants or theme parks. Several of these businesses have practices in place like offering noise-canceling headphones, access to quiet rooms or even hosting autism awareness weekends, helping to make the city the first Autism Certified City in the world.

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How a mobile-home park saved its community from a corporate buyout

Kirbie Bennett Jamie Wanzek

August 04, 2023 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

When the Westside Mobile Home Park went up for sale, it brought the threat of displacement to those who lived there. So, the Elevation Community Land Trust partnered with the residents of the Durango, Colorado, community to form a housing cooperative. Now, the park's land is owned by a community land trust that offers each resident 99-year leases for significantly cheaper than if the park was attached to the real estate market.

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