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Upcycling Waste Spurs Art, Farming Among Lagos Students

Adebola Adegoke

May 18, 2024 |

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

The Foundation for a Better Environment partners with public and private schools across Nigeria to make waste reduction a part of the curriculum. It's focused on teaching youth to reuse, recycle, and compost through practices like making art and building gardens.

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St. Louis Fills a Downtown Void With Soccer

Mark Byrnes

May 16, 2024 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

In an effort to restore a sense of urbanism and community to the city, CityPark repurposed an old manufacturing plant to develop a 32-acre soccer campus, attracting sports teams, fans and other patrons to the city for games, shopping, dining and other festivities. During CityPark’s first season, it brought in an extra $73 million in revenue for the city.

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The 'Save the Oceans' Tax Break: Recycling Oyster Shells

Kailyn Rhone

May 11, 2024 |

Wall Street Journal |

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Response Location: United States

Sometimes bolstered by state tax credits, oyster recycling projects across the United States are encouraging restaurants to save their oyster shells, which are used to restore reefs instead of ending up as waste.

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Inspired by Laudato Si', Catholics in Bangladesh work to protect environment

Stephan Uttom Rozario

May 06, 2024 |

National Catholic Reporter |

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Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka

Catholics in Bangladesh are working to increase environmental conservation efforts in the country through grassroots initiatives that encourage practices like tree planting and reducing litter.

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Election Disinformation Campaigns are Targeting Latinos. Fact Checkers are Fighting Back.

Timothy Pratt

May 03, 2024 |

Capital & Main |

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Response Location: United States

Spanish-language fact-checking organizations such as Factchequeado debunk disinformation targeting Latino voters, often monitoring online discussion in Spanish-speaking countries to anticipate viral content before it reaches U.S. audiences. Factchequeado also partners with community media organizations who can share the fact-checked information with their local readers and viewers.

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Can't install your own solar panels? Some areas let you join a community project.

Alex Brown

May 03, 2024 |

Stateline |

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Response Location: United States, Virginia

States across the United States are passing legislation that supports the development of community solar programs. These projects allow community members who can’t install their own solar panels to subscribe to other solar projects nearby, often on farms, schools, or stores. Alongside the property owner, subscribers help fund the project and save money on future electricity bills based on the power generated.

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How a Rural County in Texas Solved Its Broadband Problem

Carl Smith

May 02, 2024 |

Governing |

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Response Location: United States, Wise County, Texas

A rural county in Texas brought broadband access to locals with the help of internet service provider Nextlink, the Citizens Broadband Radio Service and Tarana Wireless. Following a $2.6 million investment, over seven months, the partners built infrastructure that offers download speeds of 100 megabits per second and upload speeds of 20 megabits per second.

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Crowdfunding and suitcases full of cash: How Gazans are paying to escape war

Yasmine Salam Tavleen Tarrant

May 02, 2024 |

NBC News |

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Response Location: Palestine, Rafah

Palestinians trying to cross the border into Egypt to escape the war are starting crowdfunding campaigns with the help of strangers from other countries on social media to afford the rising cost of doing so.

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Citec como agente de soluciones climáticas

María A. Carrasquilla R.

April 27, 2024 |

La Estrella de Panamá |

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Response Location: Panama

El Centro de Innovación, Investigación y Tecnología Hidroambiental (Citec) realiza proyectos e investigaciones de forma independiente, utilizando tecnologías de punta y disruptivas, que buscan respuestas a los cambios ambientales. Incorpora investigadores panameños y colabora con universidades locales y internacionales para destacar varias iniciativas.

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Taking the classroom outside: How nature is teaching valuable lessons in Uganda

Martine Moguem Alex Dines

April 18, 2024 |

Farm Radio International |

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Response Location: Uganda, Kikandwa

The residents of Kikandwa, Uganda, came together to create the Kikandwa Environmental Association to implement nature-based solutions in their community. The solutions are combatting climate change and generating more income than options with a negative environmental impact. For example, many people traded cutting trees to make charcoal for selling seedlings at the local tree nursery.

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