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Germany's lessons learned from the 2015 refugee crisis

Anne-Sophie Brandlin

April 30, 2022 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Germany, Berlin

Drawing on lessons learned during the 2015 refugee crisis in Europe, organizations such as Zusammenleben Wilkommen are working to connect Ukrainian refugees with housing, employment, and social support. Since the Russian invasion, the platform, which helps match refugees with rooms in shared apartments, has seen a spike in users offering up accommodations.

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The Belarusian railway workers who helped thwart Russia's attack on Kyiv

Liz Sly

April 23, 2022 |

The Washington Post |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Belarus

A decentralized group of Belarusian railway workers, hackers, and dissenting security forces have caused logistical chaos among Russian troops by disabling and disrupting railway links that connect Russia to Ukraine through Belarus. The underground group has targeted signal control cabinets needed to run trains, impeding the movement of Russian troops, disrupting their supply lines, and giving Ukrainian officials more time to formulate effective responses. The tactics are based on disruptions by Belarusians opposed to the Nazi occupation who blew up train lines and stations to disrupt German supplies.

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Our Rivers' Keepers: How the Ohio River's trash collectors transformed the waterway

Céilí Doyle

April 22, 2022 |

The GroundTruth Project |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

A nonprofit with a barge and a 10-person crew picks up trash and plastics across seven rivers in the U.S. Midwest. In one year, Living Lands and Waters collected over half a million pounds of trash. Over the years, they’ve attracted hundreds of thousands of volunteers to help their operation. “No matter who you are, where you’re from, how old, young or what political party you belong to – it doesn’t matter, because no one likes seeing garbage in the river,” said the cofounder.

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La recolección y exportación de textiles logra desviar 9 millones de libras de ropa de los vertederos

Laura M. Quintero Gerardo E. Alvarado León

April 22, 2022 |

El Nuevo Día |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Puerto Rico

La Asociación de Coordinadores de Reciclaje Municipal en Puerto Rico ha logrado desviar 9 millones de libras de ropa a través de dos métodos—poniendo contenedores de recolección en varias áreas de diferentes comunidades de la isla, y también a través de la exportación.

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How Los Angeles Became the Leader of a Tree-Planting Revolution

Shawnté Salabert

April 22, 2022 |

Outside |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

City Plants, an organization in Los Angeles, is partnering with other nonprofits, government agencies, scientists, and residents to create a more equitable urban forest throughout the city. By working together and using technology, they have planted more than 65,000 trees to combat climate change, systemic racism, and high temperatures that affect all Angelenos.

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Indigenous knowledge and science team up to triple a caribou herd

Chris Arsenault

April 21, 2022 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

A collaboration between two First Nations communities, scientists, private businesses, and the Canadian government are recovering caribou populations in British Columbia. Because of their work, they have been able to triple the number of caribou in their herd over the last decades. While their methods of protecting the animals are controversial, they’ve been able to protect more than 7,000 hectares of additional land for caribou habitat.

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Jailed for a crime she didn't commit, Dreama Caldwell is now taking on the system

Jaisal Noor

April 20, 2022 |

The Real News Network |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Alamance County, North Carolina

Community organizers are leading grassroots efforts for racial and economic justice in North Carolina. Dreama Caldwell is working with the Down Home North Carolina group to engage with local residents, participate in political races, counteract misinformation, and build “a political platform that emphasizes multiracial and cross-class solidarity.”

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What Is the Future of America's Greenest Town?

Anne Kniggendorf

April 19, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Greensburg, Kansas

After a tornado devastated Greensburg, Kansas, the town decided to use the disaster as an opportunity to become more environmentally sustainable. For example, they built a new school out of recycled wood and it was powered with geothermal heat. While the maintenance of these sustainable features can be tricky, this shift to a greener town can be a case study for others looking to make the transition.

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Living with COVID in Toronto: When you feel alone even though 'we're all in this together'

Steven Zhou

April 11, 2022 |

The Green Line |

Text |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

During the 1918 influenza pandemic, a sophisticated network of volunteer groups mobilized across Toronto to help people in need. The organizations coordinated with the U.S. Postal Service to distribute survey cards to homes where people were isolating to gather requests for food aid and other assistance.

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The world's most polluted capital city

Kamala Thiagarajan

April 05, 2022 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, New Delhi

To address the issue of heavy outdoor pollution and related deaths and illnesses, Delhi-based Indian Agricultural Research Institute has formulated an "organic microbial spray" called the Pusa decomposer. It serves as an alternative to crop residue burning, one of the main sources of pollution. One of 12 companies licensed to use this technology, nurture.farm, has been working with farmers in neighboring Haryana to provide training as well as to make both access and use of the spray easier for them.

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