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Amid Severe Drought, Arizona Turns to Sustainable Farming

Roe Medovoi-Klotz

July 16, 2023 |

The Sweaty Penguin |

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Response Location: Tohono O'odham Nation Reservation, United States, Tucson, Arizona

Tucson-based Mission Garden’s crops are thriving in a drought-stricken region because of the use of techniques and knowledge from the Tohono O’odham Nation to plant traditional local crops and native plants that can handle the lack of water.

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Helping girls in northern Nigeria take their first digital step

Yahuza Bawage

July 13, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

A digital literacy training program in Nigeria, the Gina Mata, Gina Al'umma, is bridging the country’s technology gender gap by teaching women and girls about the gig economy, STEM, graphic design, storytelling, and how to sell products online.

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More cities are offering no-strings-attached cash to residents. Here's what Philly can learn.

Layla A. Jones

July 10, 2023 |

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

Funded by a philanthropic donation and funds raised by the city, a guaranteed income program in Durham, North Carolina, provided people who were formerly incarcerated with a monthly stipend of $600. The no-strings-attached payments are meant to decrease recidivism by helping recipients meet their needs.

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Breadfruit: A starchy, delicious climate and biodiversity solution

Claudia Geib

July 06, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Puerto Rico

Nonprofits are spreading knowledge of breadfruit trees to communities facing food insecurity around the world because it is a reliable, resilient crop that produces abundant yields. Local farmers are taking an agroecology approach to planting the trees — which produce a nutritious, potato-like fruit — with other mixed crops so the plants can benefit from each other.

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The money wives in Cross River State

Jeremiah Archibong

June 30, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Cross River

The Basic Rights Counsel Initiative in Cross River State, Nigeria, teaches women who were forced into marriage and slavery as young girls the skills necessary to start their own businesses and support themselves and their children.

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One seed at a time: Lebanese project promotes agroecology for farmer autonomy

Áine Donnellan

June 29, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Lebanon, Saadnayel

An organic seed farm provides free education to Lebanese farmers on transitioning away from chemical pesticides and fertilizers into agroecology. The farm, called Buzuruna Juzuruna, is creating a network across the country and runs an heirloom seed cooperative with over 300 varieties of seeds to share for free.

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Moved by Experience: PWD-led Initiative is Building Safe Space for Persons with Disabilities in Borno

Yahuza Abdulkadir

June 28, 2023 |

BONews |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Maiduguri

Via educational workshops, the provision of mobility devices, and entrepreneurial support, a Polio-survivor-led initiative in Nigeria is reducing stigmas about disabilities and helping eradicate polio diseases. Since 2017, the crowd-funded group has assisted more than 200 people with disabilities and reduced the number of folks who have to ask for alms on the streets.

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The white roofs cooling women's homes in Indian slums

Vandana K

June 28, 2023 |

BBC |

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Response Location: India, Jodhpur, Rajasthan

The nonprofit Mahila Housing Trust provides women in India who are particularly vulnerable to extreme heat and heat-related illness with white solar reflective paint for the roofs of their homes. Painting the roofs white cools the inside of the homes by several degrees.

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LGBTQIA+-inclusive adult leagues creating safe spaces for queer athletes

Taylyn Hadley

June 22, 2023 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

LGBTQIA+ inclusive sports leagues in Phoenix, Arizona, provide a safe space for members of the community to participate in a variety of organized sports without fear of discrimination.

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Professor launches first happiness studies master's program

Sara Weissman

June 20, 2023 |

Inside Higher Ed |

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Response Location: United States, Hackettstown, New Jersey

Higher education institutions such as Centenary University and Yale University are now offering courses and programs in “happiness studies,” an academic discipline that draws on philosophy, theology, neuroscience, literature, and psychology to examine what helps people thrive. Nearly 1,200 students signed up for Yale’s first happiness course, and a 2021 study found that students who participated in a happiness class reported better mental health.

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