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  • 'Nuisance' Organic Waste Offers Farmers Better Fertilizer, And Feed Deal

    Rhonet Atwiine

    August 26, 2024 |

    Solutions Now Africa |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    The social enterprise Marula Proteen Limited is providing farmers in Uganda with a cheaper source of livestock feed, allowing them to stay in business. The enterprise uses soldier fly larvae produced with food waste to create animal feed and crop fertilizers.

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  • Can Backyard Farming Fix Kampala's Food Prices?

    Rhonet Atwiine

    August 26, 2024 |

    Solutions Now Africa |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    Residents of Kampala, Uganda, are turning to various urban farming practices to grow their own food in light of rising food prices. Many of them grow enough excess that they're able to sell crops at local markets for additional income.

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  • A youth summer program builds on the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement

    Denisa R. Superville

    August 26, 2024 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    The Freedom Schools program in Seattle, which is modeled after the Civil Rights-era movement of the same name, offers summer programming designed to promote literacy skills and delve deeper into topics that may not be covered comprehensively during the school year, including Black history and civic advocacy.

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  • Can bringing back nature save our cities from floods?

    Laura Bicker Jordan Dunbar

    August 26, 2024 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: China

    Cities and neighborhoods around the world are trying to transform into sponge cities to soak up enough rainwater to prevent flooding. They’re doing so by ripping up asphalt and concrete, replacing it with nature-based solutions like native plants and parks.

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  • El Paso solar cooperative helps homeowners save thousands on rooftop solar. It may be back next year.

    Diego Mendoza-Moyers

    August 25, 2024 |

    El Paso Matters |

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    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    Several nonprofits are running a solar cooperative in El Paso, Texas, that helps homeowners come together to buy and install solar panels in bulk, which makes them more affordable.

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  • Jos Nigeria: How residents fight cold

    Yahuza Bawage

    August 24, 2024 |

    African Change Stories |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Jos, Plateau

    To help locals survive through the area’s cold climate, one local began selling boiling water to residents so they can use it for bathing, cooking and whatever else they may need it for, to save them time and reduce the health risks associated with using cold water.

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  • 2 Oregon companies forge sustainable path for beer and wine

    Allison Frost

    August 24, 2024 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    A brewery and a winery in Oregon are setting the standards and building the infrastructure for a reusable glass bottles system to reduce their environmental impacts. They sell their products in bottles that customers are incentivized to return so they can be cleaned, refilled, and sold again.

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  • An air conditioning law, the first in its region, changed tenants' rights in this Maryland county

    Ysabelle Kempe

    August 22, 2024 |

    Smart Cities Dive |

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    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    To protect tenants from extreme heat, lawmakers in Montgomery County, Maryland, passed a policy requiring landlords to provide air conditioning capable of cooling units to at least 80 degrees Fahrenheit from June through September.

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  • Researchers Turned to Churches To Study St. Louis Air Quality

    Rebecca Randall

    August 22, 2024 |

    Sojourners |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    A St. Louis faith and advocacy organization, Metropolitan Congregations United, helped scientists bring together a group of churches willing to install air quality monitors to gather data on pollution and call for solutions.

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  • Collaborating to create more resources for rural students

    Neal Morton

    August 21, 2024 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

    The Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative pools the resources of nine rural school districts to give students better access to career and technical education, with programs focused on building trades, hospitality and tourism, health sciences, education, and the environment. The Collaborative also connects students to local businesses for job shadowing, internships, and career fairs.

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