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What in the World is WWOOFing?

Cassidy Hough

November 08, 2022 |

The Food Fix |

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Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms pairs volunteers interested in traveling with farmers who need help with their farmwork to facilitate agricultural education and cultural exchange. The volunteers do farm labor at farms around the world in exchange for lodging and three meals a day for the time they are there.

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How Belize Cut Its Debt by Fighting Global Warming

Anatoly Kurmanaev

November 07, 2022 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Belize

The Nature Conservancy made a deal with Belize to lend the country over $350 million to pay off its international debts. In return, Belize agreed to use some of the money it would have spent repaying those debts each year to protect its endangered marine resources like coral reefs.

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135 students, 4 teachers, 1 classroom: Why a team approach to teaching is taking hold

Neal Morton

November 02, 2022 |

Dallas Morning News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Mesa, Arizona

Schools in Mesa, Arizona, are using the team teaching model to boost teacher morale and fill gaps in staff. The model allows teachers to work together to teach a large group of students in one big classroom rotating between one-on-one instruction, small groups, and large-group lectures.

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Meet the Millennium Forest: A unique tropical island reforestation project

Jeremy Hance

November 02, 2022 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

The community on St. Helena’s two-decade reforestation initiative is successfully revitalizing rare native species through a community-driven approach. The project began with the intention to create a public place for island residents and that sense of ownership has allowed the project to keep moving forward despite obstacles.

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Cannabis cloud kitchen helps entrepreneurs break into the industry

Carrie Graham

November 02, 2022 |

el Don |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Santa Ana, California

My Green Network is a “cannabis cloud kitchen” that offers a shared-use facility for those looking to enter the cannabis industry launch their small businesses. It also provides business needs like legal advice, meeting space, storage, distribution and help applying for state and local permits.

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How a rare butterfly returned

Jaclyn Moyer

November 01, 2022 |

High Country News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Kalapuya, United States, Oregon

A recovery plan in Oregon including controlled burns, seed production to increase the number of Kincaid’s lupine plants, and partnerships with private property owners to improve habitat is keeping the Fender’s blue butterfly from going extinct and supporting other plants and animals along the way.

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How Decades of Hard-Earned Protections and Restoration Reversed the Collapse of California's Treasured Mono Lake

Bob Berwyn

October 30, 2022 |

Inside Climate News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Kootzaduka, United States, California

An ecosystem restoration project that included a conglomeration of cutting water diversions, protection at different governmental levels, research, and stewardship has resulted in enough water reaching Mono Lake to keep the ecosystem alive and healing.

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Four WA communities tried to end youth homelessness. One is seeing success

Greg Kim

October 28, 2022 |

The Seattle Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Walla Walla, Washington

Washington’s Anchor Community Initiative helps youth experiencing homeless by improving communities’ response systems with better data, more funding, and better connecting community organizations and specialists.

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Could Seaweed Help Slow Climate Change?

Greg Bledsoe

October 26, 2022 |

NBCLX |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, California

A type of red seaweed can be added to cows' diets to reduce the methane they emit.

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Bees in the D

Cassidy Hough

October 25, 2022 |

The Food Fix |

Podcast |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

The nonprofit Bees in the D maintains 220 beehives at schools, businesses, and other nonprofits it partners with across Detroit. They are bringing bees back to the city to pollinate urban gardens and support the local ecosystem.

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