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In Rural Alaska, A Powerful Documentary Flips the Script for Child Care Funding

Anne Vilen

March 19, 2025 |

The Daily Yonder |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Kotzebue, Alaska

Frustrated by the lack of childcare funding and access, one woman created a documentary showcasing the issue. It received widespread attention throughout the state, leading to a state representative sponsoring a $7 million bill to increase childcare funding and provider wages and to expand access to subsidies for middle-income families. It also led the governor to create the Alaska Child Care Task Force to oversee state licensing regulations to make the process of becoming a licensed childcare provider and opening a facility more accessible.

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Helping the children of sex workers

Myra Anubi, Puja Bhattacharjee

March 18, 2025 |

BBC |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: India, Kolkata

The DIKSHA youth club looks after the children of sex workers when their mothers are working. The club teaches youth about their rights, bodily autonomy and empowers them to take control of their futures and avoid joining the sex trade themselves. The club started in 2001, and over the past two decades, it has helped prevent young girls from joining the sex trade, reduced rates of trafficking in the area and also helped reduce the stigma children of sex workers face.

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As the Colorado River Shrinks, Southern California Is Embracing Water Recycling

Daniel Rothberg

March 14, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Orange County, California

Large-scale wastewater recycling is emerging as a crucial response to water shortages in Southern California, exacerbated by the declining Colorado River. The Orange County Water District's Groundwater Replenishment System has successfully produced over 450 billion gallons of recycled water since 2008, creating a reliable, drought-resilient local water source, despite high costs and issues surrounding initial public perception.

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Florida is now a solar superpower. Here's how it happened.

Alexander Kaufman

March 11, 2025 |

Canary Media |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Florida

With the help of federal tax credits and localized policies for building, last year, Florida surpassed California as the state with the most new solar panels plugged into its grid, building three gigawatts of large-scale solar in 2024.

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As Heat Deaths Rise, Planting Trees Is Part of the Solution

Karen Mockler

March 10, 2025 |

The Revelator |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

To address shade inequality and rising heat deaths, the American Forests launched a digital tool in 2021 that scores geographic areas based on tree canopy and surface temperature, as well as other factors such as income, employment, race, age and health. It then calculates a Tree Equity Score and maps out the regions that have the greatest need for trees. With this information, Tucson aims to plant one million trees by 2030, and has already planted 120,000 over the past four years.

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How Upzoning in Cambridge Broke the YIMBY Mold

Kriston Capps

March 03, 2025 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge’s new zoning reform lessens housing restrictions by allowing property owners and developers to build six-story apartments — through a process called upzoning — to accommodate more residents on a single lot in areas that were previously restricted to single-family homes. The city previously aimed to build 350 new units by 2040, but with the new zoning reform, that estimate has grown to 4,880.

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A breath of fresh air: How Kigali's car-free Sundays keep people moving

Zano Kunene

February 21, 2025 |

Bhekisisa |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Rwanda, Kigali

Kigali's Car-Free Sundays encourage exercise and offer health screenings, with nearly 50,000 residents screened for non-communicable diseases, like high blood pressure, during these events between 2016 and 2020. The events aim to not only encourage healthier lifestyles, but also to promote cleaner air by reducing the number of cars on the road.

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States are moving forward with Buy Clean policies despite Trump

Maria Gallucci

February 20, 2025 |

Canary Media |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington

To reduce carbon emissions from transportation and buildings, states are implementing "Buy Clean" laws that go beyond electrifying vehicles and installing heat pumps, focusing instead on lowering the carbon footprint of construction materials like steel and concrete. These laws, enacted by nine states, require suppliers to provide Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), which act as "climate nutrition labels" detailing the emissions associated with material production.

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In the state with the most C-sections, these hospitals are challenging the status quo

Sophia Paffenroth, Erica Hensley

February 19, 2025 |

Mississippi Today |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Alabama

Three hospitals throughout Mississippi rank at the top for having the lowest number of C-sections in first-time, full-term pregnancies. The hospitals achieved this by making midwife care a regular part of the birthing experience, despite not having a midwifery certification program in the state.

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Inside Womanity Index: How Data is Fueling Action Against GBV in Nigeria

Prosper Ishaya

January 20, 2025 |

Social Voices |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

The Womanity Index is a comprehensive tool that annually evaluates Nigerian states on their performance in combating gender-based violence (GBV). The index measures states across five key areas: laws and policies, access to legal justice, information and awareness, support services, and budget allocation. It gathers data to create rankings for each state, as well as recommendations to improve. The tool has led to policy changes in several states.

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