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  • B.C. group offers model for national climate corps

    Stefan Labbé

    November 20, 2023 |

    Times Colonist |

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    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    An independent group in British Columbia is engaging young people with climate change adaptation and mitigation through its Youth Climate Corps programming. The programs work on projects specific to community needs, like green infrastructure installation, and prepare the participants for related careers.

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  • Trash is a lifeline for 'los cartoneros,' Argentina's army of recyclers

    Philippe Bernes-Lasserre Nina Negrón

    October 20, 2023 |

    Buenos Aires Times |

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    Response Location: Argentina, Buenos Aires

    People across Argentina are earning an income during a severe economic crisis by joining recycling cooperatives. Members collect recyclables off the street and are paid by the co-ops by material and weight.

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  • The slow recovery of millennial-old salt marshes in Spain

    Helena Rodríguez

    October 19, 2023 |

    Ereb |

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    Response Location: Spain, Bay of Cádiz

    In Spain's Bay of Cádiz, locals have spent years collaborating with universities, scientists, and government entities to restore their bay's traditional salt marshes. The results? A revived economic sector, a community adapted to rising sea levels, and protected migratory birds.

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  • Cómo se ha consolidado el modelo de reciclaje inclusivo de Buenos Aires

    Florencia Tuchin

    October 16, 2023 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Response Location: Argentina, Buenos Aires

    Despues de años de colaboración entre funcionarios y comunidades, la Ciudad de Buenos Aires logró consolidar un modelo de reciclaje inclusivo, con un sistema de doce cooperativas que engloban a más de 6.500 personas, que gestionan diariamente 7.200 toneladas de residuos.

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  • For People in Prison, Career Training Begins in a Virtual World

    Ryan M. Moser

    October 09, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Transfr is a tech company that provides free virtual reality job training and education to help facilitate employment opportunities. Transfr specifically focuses on providing these opportunities for disadvantaged people in places like domestic violence shelters, mental health clinics, juvenile detention centers and state correctional institutions where access to skill-building and further education is often hard to access. So far Transfr has 30 partnerships across 18 states.

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  • Aging states to college graduates: We'll pay you to stay

    Jon Marcus

    October 04, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    As their workforces age, states across the United States are offering student loan repayment to incentivize college graduates to stick around. Now Maine and Vermont are the first to offer it to those with degrees in any field with very few caveats.

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  • Colorado Shows Impact, Challenges of Billions in Federal Clean Energy Spending

    Jennifer Oldham

    September 13, 2023 |

    Capital & Main |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Federal tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act and added incentives from the state of Colorado and its municipalities is drawing in clean energy companies, creating new jobs, and helping the state meet its decarbonization goals.

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  • Sea sponges offer lifeline to women in Zanzibar

    Kizito Makoye

    September 12, 2023 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Zanzibar

    The nonprofit Marine Cultures is teaching single mothers and divorced women in Zanzibar, Tanzania, to farm sea sponges to increase their income and improve gender equality. Sea sponges are a better option than typical seaweed farming because they are more resilient to climate change impacts like increasing water temperatures.

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  • This Organisation is Helping Women to Win Against Unemployment

    Abdullahj Jimoh

    August 10, 2023 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ilorin

    To combat unemployment, the Girls2Women Initiative runs 6- to 12-week training programs for girls and women in underserved communities in Nigeria. During this time they learn skills they can use to find a job or start their own business in industries like graphic design, decor, and tailoring.

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  • Loaves of bread bring happiness 

    Violet Ikong

    August 08, 2023 |

    Amjambo Africa |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    The ADAMÂ Bakery trains and employs refugees in Uganda to make bread. This way they can earn a living while also feeding unaccompanied minors in the refugee settlements.

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