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  • Want to Help Rid the Ocean of Plastic? Grab an Oar

    Alexander Turner

    March 27, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: England, Cornwall

    Clean Ocean Sailing is a volunteer-based organization that boats to largely inaccessible parts of Cornwall’s coasts to pull plastic pollution out of the ocean and off the beaches using kayaks, rowboats, and physical labor.

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  • Facing floods: What the world can learn from Bangladesh's climate solutions

    Lauren Frayer

    March 26, 2023 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    An early warning system in Bangladesh that uses a mix of technology and community connections is saving lives during storms and natural disasters. The mixture includes increased storm tracking, climate change mitigation solutions, and information-sharing systems that reach even the most remote areas. An essential part of the solution comes in the form of human capital - a human chain of communication that spreads the warnings across villages by word of mouth.

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  • How this Nigerian state is minimising the risk of flooding

    Muhammad Auwal Ibrahim

    March 25, 2023 |

    Halal Reporters |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Gombe

    The Gombe State Environmental and Protection Agency in Nigeria cleared waste from waterways in metropolitan areas to increase the flow of water and mitigate flood risk.

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  • With a support fund, CATAI is addressing the barriers to girl child education in Adamawa

    Yahuza Abdulkadir

    March 23, 2023 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Adamawa

    The Centre for Advocacy, Transparency, and Accountability Initiative oversees the Educate A Girl project, which advocates for increased funding for public schooling and distributes radio dramas that discuss gender barriers to education for girls.

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  • ‘That's Entertainment' drag show raises over $12,000 for Leeds Center

    Warren Taylor

    March 21, 2023 |

    The Winchester Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Winchester, Kentucky

    A sold-out drag show at the Leeds Center for the Arts in Winchester, Kentucky, raised over $12,500 for the theater and its programs. The money raised came from ticket sale proceeds, performer tips, and donations.

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  • Microbes on the farm: a solution for climate change?

    Emiko Terazono Alice Hancock

    March 19, 2023 |

    Financial Times |

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    Response Location: Australia, New South Wales

    Agricultural microbial technology can be used to create different soil applications like fertilizers and fungicides. These products can improve soil health and reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere by the industry.

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  • How Mass Bird Death In Philadelphia Catalyzed A Local Lights-out Program

    Bridget Reed Morawski

    March 16, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A light pollution mitigation pledge in Philadephia called Lights Out Philly asks building managers to agree to turn off their lights late at night during bird migration periods to decrease bird collisions with windows.

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  • A Forgotten Barrio Fights to Keep the Water Running

    Alfie Pannell

    March 16, 2023 |

    The Bogotá Post |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá

    The “La Asociación de Usuarios del Acueducto Comunitario ‘Aguas Calientes’” is a comunity water plant built with government grant money to address the potable water scarcity in the area. Over the course of two decades of operation, the Association is the primary water supplier of the area’s 6,000 residents.

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  • Reproductive justice organization shifts culture in a new film

    Tina Vasquez

    March 14, 2023 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    A full-length feature film made by a reproductive justice organization in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is helping to destigmatize and humanize substance dependency and substance abuse recovery during parenthood. The film is based on conversations with women in recovery.

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  • Shootings Remain High in Philly, But City-Funded Violence Interruption Shows Promise

    Mensah M. Dean

    March 14, 2023 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia’s city-funded Group Violence Intervention program identifies people who commit crimes together and offers them help to get a job, GED, or whatever assistance they need. The program brings together a variety of community members to conduct outreach, offer social services, and warn them of the consequences of continuing to participate in crimes.

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