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  • Nursing oil palm plantations back to nature in Malaysian Borneo

    July 26, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Malaysia

    In October 2020, the Rhino and Forest Fund in Malaysian Borneo began to buy land once cleared for oil palm plantations, and reforests and rehabilitates the tracts into wildlife corridors. After replanting 40 tree species in the last 3 years, an increase in several threatened species has been documented traveling through the project sites.

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  • A Campus Community Is Empowering Students With Sustainable Blockchain Skills

    July 26, 2023 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Enugu State

    Blockchain UNN is a student organization and campus tech community that focuses on educating the next generation of blockchain leaders. Through both physical and online training and tutoring, the group teaches students valuable tech skills like web development, crypto trading and financial market analysis for free. Since forming in 2021, the organization has trained more than 3,000 students, helping them to secure good jobs in the tech sector.

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  • Twin Falls Optimist Youth House has shown great success in the community; looking for community's help to expand

    July 26, 2023 |

    KMVT-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Twin Falls, Idaho

    The Twin Falls Optimist Youth House cares for at-risk youth and those who have aged out of the foster care system. Youth can join the program once they turn 18 and receive a place to live plus valuable life skills, employment and education assistance. The House opened five years ago and can house 17 people at a time, though there are plans to expand. Since opening, it has helped 50 kids in need.

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  • Newly disabled people aren't given a 'how-to' guide. Disability doulas are closing those gaps.

    July 26, 2023 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States

    Disability doula work is the practice of helping a newly disabled person navigate life changes. It typically involves another disabled person sharing knowledge, resources and lived experiences to support someone in need. Through the work if disabled individuals offering services on their own, or through groups like Project LETS, disability doula work can help reduce feelings of shame, grief and loneliness newly disabled people often face.

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  • Out of The Jungle

    July 26, 2023 |

    The Breakthrough Institute |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Having already eliminated the worst parts of slaughterhouse work by not using meat, the plant-based “chicken” company Rebellyous HQ is designing an autonomous system that will ease the physical demands of making its food. Developed with feedback from employees, the new machine will do the heavy lifting and repetitive scooping of ingredients for them.

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  • In Baltic Sea, citizen divers restore seagrass to fight climate change

    July 26, 2023 |

    Reuters |

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    Response Location: Germany, Kiel

    The SeaStore Seagrass Restoration Project in Kiel, Germany, is teaching locals to harvest and replant the underwater grasses. The project is restoring areas these plants used to inhabit because they store large amounts of carbon.

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  • A Year With 988: What Worked? What Challenges Lie Ahead?

    July 26, 2023 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s 988 hotline reached its one-year milestone this month and has greatly increased the accessibility of mental health care. Since launching last July, 988 has received about four million calls, chats and texts. The hotline offers 24/7 support and the average response time is now down to 35 seconds, a dramatic decrease from the previous one minute and 20 seconds.

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  • Portland drag performers raise funds at ‘Drag the House Up!'

    July 26, 2023 |

    Street Roots |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Groups like Portland: Neighbors Welcome and Black & Beyond the Binary Collective aims to provide safe, affordable housing to people in crisis — specifically members of the LGBTQ+ community. The group partners with other local organizations to raise funds through donations and events like drag shows to help address extreme rates of homelessness and housing discrimination within the LGBTQ+ community. These groups have helped more than 200 people access housing in the past four years and are continuing to acquire funds to expand their services.

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  • A non-profit is trying to save manatees by restoring seagrass

    July 25, 2023 |

    WMNF Community Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    The Ecosphere Restoration Institute received $5 million from the Florida State Legislature to restore the declining seagrasses on 100 acres of the coast. The organization partnered with experts who have permits to harvest the seeds, grow them in a nursery, and replant them in shallow areas. The project will also help prevent manatee deaths, as the animal depends on seagrass as a food source.

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  • Project Puffin: A 50-year triumph that brought puffins back to Maine

    July 24, 2023 |

    WMTW-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Saint George, Maine

    Project Puffin started 50 years ago as a way to replenish and sustain the Atlantic Puffin population. The techniques pioneered years ago are now being used around the world as the standard practice for aiding seabird populations. With the help of Project Puffin, the area seabird population is now thriving after almost being completely wiped out across the state.

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