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  • The world's first 'infinite' plastic

    May 11, 2021 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    There are several chemical recycling methods being tested throughout the world, including one of the latest ones in the United Kingdom. Mura Technology is building the world’s first commercial-scale plant that can recycle all kinds of plastic and turn them into oil. Their method aims to process 80,000 tonnes of plastic waste every year once the plant opens in 2022. While some criticize that the chemical recycling process is very energy intensive and is not always profitable, the new Mura plant already has partnerships lined up with some plastic manufacturers.

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  • Homeless Oaklanders were tired of the housing crisis. So they built a ‘miracle' village

    May 11, 2021 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    A group of people experiencing homelessness have created Cob on Wood, a place where members can access free hot showers, food, shelter, clothing, books, a health clinic, gardens, and even an outdoor pizza oven. Most importantly, Cob on Wood provides a sense of community and dignity for the almost 300 unhoused people who live there. Local artists and organizations came together to create structures and provide the resources needed to bring the vision to reality.

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  • How Jos Neighbourhood Watch Makes Christians, Muslims Their Brother's Keeper

    May 10, 2021 |

    HumAngle |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Jos, Plateau State

    Following years of religious-based violence throughout Plateau State, Christians and Muslims in the Dutse Uku area of Jos formed a neighborhood watch program to intervene before one killing turns into many. Elders on both sides of the divided community agreed to take responsibility for violence in their area and to help the other side seek justice. Places of worship are guarded by members of the opposite faith, in a show of solidarity that has not completely erased fears and suspicions, but has bred a calmer atmosphere. People now mingle freely at the marketplace and business has improved.

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  • What to Do With Piles of Plastic Waste?

    May 10, 2021 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Malawi, Lilongwe

    From collecting plastic to transforming it into infrastructure, communities all over the world are implementing solutions to tackle the growing amount of plastic waste. In Malawi, women are separating garbage from plastic and creating new products like fire briquettes, doormats, and organic compost that they can sell to others. A town in Tasmania turned their plastic waste into a road made of recycled asphalt that is expected to last 15 percent longer than regular asphalt. And Zimbabwe is employing youth to recycle plastic into eco-friendly construction materials.

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  • Taharka Bros: Ice cream with a side of worker ownership

    May 06, 2021 |

    The Real News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Baltimore ice cream maker Taharka Brothers is six Black men, worker-owners, who lost most of their business accounts at the start of the pandemic. They saved their business, and their jobs, by starting home delivery and tapping into collectives that help worker-owned cooperatives with financing and business advice. Gratitude for a decent job, good working conditions, and pride of ownership help sustain such a business through tumultuous times.

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  • The Ferguson movement is on the cusp of revolutionizing political power in St. Louis

    May 06, 2021 |

    Missouri Independent |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Frustrated at the slow pace of criminal justice reform after the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, the grassroots group Action St. Louis formed to seize political power and make change happen from the inside of the system rather than pressuring for change from the outside. After years of organizing and politicking, it flipped key offices – St. Louis city and county prosecutors, the Board of Aldermen, and the mayor – outflanking the police union's candidates with officeholders committed to re-imagining public safety policy.

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  • Local Organizations Use Social Marketing Campaign to Inform About COVID-19

    May 06, 2021 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Georgia

    A marketing campaign complete with graphics, billboards, social media outreach, and paper print outs has been an important tool in disseminating relevant COVID-19 information in northeast Georgia. Three local organizations have created several campaigns to reach as many people as possible, especially vulnerable populations.

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  • Huge success for Mother's Day bailout, as annual Philly effort blows past fundraising goal

    May 06, 2021 |

    Billy Penn |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The Philadelphia Community Bail Fund freed more than 400 people from jail in 2020, thanks to $3 million donated amid the COVID-19 crisis and racial justice protests. Organizers of the Black Mama's Day Bailout, an annual targeted campaign that gave rise to the community bail fund five years ago, expected donor fatigue this year might limit their work. But they exceeded the 2020 Mother's Day campaign, freeing 25 women, in part from sales of art made by formerly incarcerated women in a partnership with an arts co-op. Cash bail penalizes people too poor to afford to remain free before trial.

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  • How Asians Became the Most Vaccinated Group in New York City

    May 05, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Community centers in New York are playing a crucial role in helping to connect the city's Asian residents with Covid vaccine appointments. From training translators on medical lingo to collecting local resident's information for online scheduling, these community organizations are "filling the gaps government agencies have left behind."

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  • Indonesia coral reef partially restored in extensive project

    May 05, 2021 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Indonesia

    A coral reef in Indonesia has been partially restored due to the collective efforts of conversation groups, nonprofits, and even a pet food company. They laid structures on the seabed to help stimulate reef growth. Because of their efforts, they have been able to increase coral cover from 5 percent to 55 percent.

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