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  • The Black-Owned Startup “Turning NYC Buildings Into Teslas”

    July 30, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A startup is making buildings more eco-friendly by converting their energy needs from oil and gas to electric heat pumps. BlocPower is a Black-owned clean tech startup that provides a no money down lease option, making it financially accessible.

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  • Shootings and murders are down in Chester as new community-driven program takes root

    July 30, 2021 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Chester, Pennsylvania

    Barely half a year after creating the Partnerships for Safe Neighborhoods, the Delaware County district attorney's office and Chester police have seen a sharp drop in shootings. While multiple factors may affect the violence levels, officials and community members give much of the credit to the new program, which uses a focused deterrence approach to threatening to arrest people at risk of committing violence, but in return offering trade school training, rental aid, and counseling from community partners. The program shows the residents officials want to address the root causes, not just lock people up.

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  • Wight Gift Card helping local businesses emerge from the pandemic

    July 30, 2021 |

    Isle of Wight County Press |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Isle of Wight

    For 50p a month, businesses can be part of the Wight Gift Card scheme which offers £50 gift cards to spend in participating shops. Residents purchase the gift cards to support local businesses and the data shows that for every £50 gift card, people actually spend £82.50. Similar gift card schemes have successfully helped businesses in other cities withstand COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns. Initial data show that the Wight program has increased purchases at local businesses.

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  • Faith-Based Vaccine Outreach Underway to Reach Northern Nevada Latinos

    July 30, 2021 |

    KUNR |

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    Response Location: United States, Reno, Nevada

    To increase vaccination rates among Reno’s Latino/a population, organizers conducted outreach with congregants at a local church that offers Spanish-language masses. Confidence in clinic locations and feeling safe due to immigration status presented as the biggest obstacles keeping people from getting vaccinated, so organizers used the church to hold pop-up clinics. The initial outreach helped build trust and gave organizers a chance to provide information and answer questions. Hundreds turned out for each clinic and the vaccination rate among the surrounding Latino/a community increased from 22% to 41%.

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  • When earthquake and storm unite: Sarapiquí's early alerts

    July 30, 2021 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Sarapiquí

    Early warning systems in Sarapiquí have proven effective in the wake of natural disasters. After hurricanes in 2016 and 2017, “institutions were able to carry out and fulfill their tasks” in response to alerts. Funding for the systems has been approved by other communities that wish to replicate the results.

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  • In Conversation With The Black-Owned Startup Turning Buildings Into Teslas

    July 30, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    BlocPower is retrofitting old city buildings and making them environmentally friendly. The startup offers leasing options, making it financially accessible.

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  • Short term Rental Tax Raises Funds for Housing

    July 30, 2021 |

    Koto Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Short-term rental taxes are contributing to affordable housing projects in Colorado. In places like Telluride, where rentals account for about 35 percent of the housing stock, the new tax has not impeded rentals and has created a consistent revenue stream for affordable housing.

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  • Building a Just Energy Future in Michigan

    July 30, 2021 |

    Belt Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    After the 2008 economic recession hit, Carla Walker-Miller shifted her energy services business model to not only supply electrical equipment but also implement energy efficiency programs for communities of color in Detroit. She has been able to service 75 households, which has resulted in energy bill savings up to $600 a year for families. The company also has a robust recruitment and training program for young people and those experiencing economic hardship.

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  • Singe'nge ya Kasaine Inayotoa Suluhu ya Mzozo Kati ya Wanyamapori na Binadamu

    July 30, 2021 |

    RadioRahma |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    Singe’nge inayotengenezwa kwa mabati madogo madogo ambayo hufungwa kwa kamba na kuzungushwa katika mpaka wa shamba imesaidia kupunguza mzozo kati ya wanyamapori na binadamu katika kaunti ya Taita Taveta. Mabati hayo madogo yanapogongana hutoa sauti inayotishia ndovu na wakati wa usiku mabati hayo yanang’aa kiasi cha kuwatishia ndovu wasifikie mashamba hayo.

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  • Fighting fire with fire

    July 29, 2021 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Seeley Lake, Montana

    Regular burns of forests in the American West historically occurred naturally or as a forest management tactic by Indigenous people, but suppressing all fires has been the predominant policy for well over a century. As a result, what would be small fires that benefit flora and fauna have turned into giant, uncontrolled wildfires that feed off uncleared brush and deadwood. The Forest Service and others use prescribed burns, in fairly limited ways at this point, to prevent bigger fires in the future. More could be done but budgets are consumed fighting the many uncontrolled wildfires.

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