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  • Will Climate Change Help Hybrid Grapes Take Root in the US Wine Industry?

    June 16, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Hudson Valley, New York

    To combat extreme weather, pests, and disease brought on by climate change, the Heritage Grape Project produces wines that aim to conserve and promote hybrid grapes, which are becoming a beneficial option to help local viticulturists grow grapes in an ecologically and economically sound manner.

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  • Una ciudad con menos basura: reciclar en San Cristóbal

    June 16, 2022 |

    Historias que laten |

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    Response Location: Venezuela, Táchira

    En el 2020, ingenieros y arquitectos del estado se reunén para encontrar una solución a los problemas de manejo de desechos en sus comunidades y deciden crear un centro de recolección de desechos revalorizables y reciclaje. En el proceso crean además una escuela de reciclaje para educar a la población y además trabajan con los gobiernos locales para colocar una red de contenedores públicos para clasificación de desechos.

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  • Support for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder welcomed, but families say more needs to be done

    June 16, 2022 |

    CBC |

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    Response Location: Canada, New Brunswick

    The Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Center of Excellence — which recently received an increase in funding — works to connect families with education and resources regarding fetal alcohol syndrome disorder (FASD). The funding is intended to address the backlog of families in need of a formal FASD diagnosis.

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  • How an Interfaith Model Helped Local Coalition End Columbus Day

    June 15, 2022 |

    Sojourners |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    Indigenous and Italian American activists in Rochester, N.Y. built on an interfaith model to campaign for a resolution replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day. The committee focused on centering Indigenous perspectives, involving Italian Americans in the process, and encouraging community dialogue through mediated conversation circles.

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  • In Kalamazoo, a Warmline's early intervention may help some from needing to use a Hotline

    June 15, 2022 |

    Second Wave Michigan |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    Operators for the early crisis intervention line Warmline lend a listening ear to Kalamazoo, Michigan, residents feeling sad, overwhelmed, or in need of advice. The operator then provides information about organizations and groups that may help.

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  • Boat Clinics Are Taking Healthcare To The Remote And Inaccessible Islands Of Sundarbans

    June 15, 2022 |

    NDTV (New Delhi TV) |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    Boat clinics provide free mobile health care to those living in remote islands who typically struggle to access medical care. The clinics provide access to medicine, minor surgeries and testing and even set up camps off the boat in school buildings to make it easier for elderly locals to access care.

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  • How cash transfer beneficiaries build wealth in Kwara

    June 15, 2022 |

    The Nation (Nigeria) |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

    A guaranteed income program in Nigerian is helping recipients build businesses, expand existing ones, and build equity.

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  • Should Kalamazoo County's first-responders include mental-health clinicians?

    June 15, 2022 |

    MLive.com |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    Crisis Intervention Training classes provide law enforcement with the necessary knowledge to effectively help those experiencing a mental health crisis. Currently, planning is underway to enhance this training to help strengthen the relationship between law enforcement and the mental health system by better collecting data, screening calls and opening a downtown urgent care center.

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  • How Nigeria's Only Biogas Mini-grid Project Failed With Lessons To Learn

    June 15, 2022 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Rije

    A local farm builds a biogas electric grid for its community to access electricity. The grid is powered with chicken feces through anaerobic digestion, which occurs when bacteria break down the waste into a gas.

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  • Fire Returned: Putting fire on the ground with the Butte Prescribed Burn Association

    June 15, 2022 |

    North State Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Butte County, California

    Volunteers from the Butte Prescribed Burn Association trains landowners to conduct controlled burns on their properties, which reduces vegetation that fuels intense wildfires and opens up space to bring back native plant species. The trainings have made residents in high fire-risk areas feel more secure and the association has also helped them with things like applying for grants to fund prescribed fires.

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