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  • The Tribe that's Moving Earth (and Water) to Solve the Climate Crisis

    Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Alex Blumberg

    February 04, 2021 |

    Gimlet Media |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Yurok Nation, United States, Yurok Reservation, California

    The Yurok Tribe is tackling climate change through the use of a carbon-offset program, sustainable forestry principles, watershed and river recovery methods, and even beaver restoration practices. Over the years, the Indigenous community has worked to restore their territory using sustainable land management initiatives and because of their efforts, they were awarded the Equator Prize from the United Nations Development Programme in 2019.

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  • Can global innovation competitions help unearth the next sustainability solution?

    Fanni Daniella Szakal

    January 28, 2021 |

    Ensia |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    Initiatives set up by NGOs and private-public partnerships aim to make innovation possible around the world and support sustainability entrepreneurs in countries that often don’t have access to those opportunities. The European Institute of Innovation and Technology set up the ClimateLaunchpad competition to provide entrepreneurship coaching and training to clean-tech finalists and the Uplink global platform from the World Economic Forum brings innovators and investors together to support sustainability ideas.

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  • Worker-Owned Cooperatives are Building Their Own Investment Network

    Oscar Perry Abello

    January 28, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Cooperatives are getting the funding they need through a “nationwide network of loans funds and incubators that specialize in supporting and investing in cooperative businesses.” Coops lack access to traditional funding and are typically member funded. The new source of funding has allowed historically marginalized Black and Hispanic communities the opportunity to create coops where workers share ownership equally.

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  • Charlotte may have cracked the code on affordable housing. Here's how

    Nate Berg

    January 25, 2021 |

    FastCompany |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    A real estate investor has led the charge in creating a Housing Impact Fund in Charlotte, NC, to preserve affordable housing. The housing it seeks to preserve is not considered public housing but it does serve those who make less than the area’s median income. This type of housing is known as Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH) and can be profitable over a longer period of time while simultaneously providing a service for the rapidly growing city.

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  • Planting crops — and carbon, too

    Gabriel Popkin Gabriella Demczuk

    January 22, 2021 |

    The Washington Post |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Rock Hall, Maryland

    Maryland farmer Trey Hill became the first seller in a tech startup’s carbon marketplace, paying him $115,000 for initiating regenerative farming practices. By introducing cover crops, he has been able to sequester about 8,000 tons of carbon in the soil, which then buyers can purchase the credits to offset the carbon they produce. If more farmers get on board, supporters say it can be a tangible solution to curbing climate change.

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  • Mutual aid networks find roots in communities of color

    Christine Fernando

    January 21, 2021 |

    Associated Press |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Although many mutual aid networks have formed to serve a need during the coronavirus pandemic, the concept has been in practice for centuries and has "deep roots in communities of color." While these grassroots community efforts aren't always referred to as mutual aid, they have nonetheless come into existence to provide economic stability for communities and individuals when governmental structures have failed to do so.

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  • The Sausage-Making to Revive a Black-owned Sausage Factory in New Orleans

    Oscar Perry Abello

    January 14, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Community land trusts typically provide affordable housing but now one is responsible for the revival of a family business in New Orleans. Commercial community land trusts are emerging as viable solutions for tenants being displaced by higher rents as well as the revitalization of historically Black centers of commerce. Commercial land trusts are an avenue for the Black community to have “economic self-determination.”

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  • CHOP financial wellness program helps local families recoup $700K Audio icon

    Jessica Blatt Press

    January 07, 2021 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    A pediatric care center in Philadelphia has partnered with a nonprofit that "helps people with tax prep and asset-building" as well as an organization that provides financial counselors to offer young patients free, on-site help with their taxes. The initiative is modeled after Boston Medical Center' StreetCred program which has "returned more than $5.3 million to more than 2,700 low-income families since 2016."

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  • The Island Where Everyone Owns the Wind

    Andrew Wear

    December 25, 2020 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Denmark, Samso Island

    Denmark’s Samso Island has not only succeeded in generating 100 percent of its electricity from renewable energy - which is the nation’s goal by 2030 - it is now carbon negative. Locals initially pushed back on the idea of loud and unsightly windmills but had a change of heart when part ownership of the turbines was offered. Samso Island’s success in addressing climate change so effectively was a result of civic participation and the opportunity for economic development.

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  • Halls of game: Bingo centers are unheralded pillars of the Corpus Christi community

    Clay Carpenter

    December 23, 2020 |

    Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Corpus Christi, Texas

    In Texas, bingo is considered a charitable operation and can act as a revenue source, offering a significant contribution to the funding of many 501c(3) nonprofits, but it also "nourishes the community in other, less obvious ways." Even before the coronavirus pandemic, the bingo operations around the state often provided scholarships and food distribution and offered a reprieve from social isolation. Although the pandemic has altered how many players can be a in a room together, the bingo halls are still attracting regulars.

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