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  • How female farmers are adapting to climate crisis in northeastern Nigeria

    October 22, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Yobe

    The Okpara-Osim Foundation is teaching women in Yobe State, Nigeria, climate-resilient agricultural practices to bridge the food security gap. All participants in its two-day sustainable agriculture training are taught about climate change and useful methods like how to cultivate crops with minimal water. Then, they receive seeds to plant at home.

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  • Can the tire industry be sustainable? Guayule farmers say yes.

    October 22, 2024 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    Tire manufacturers, farmers, university researchers, and government agencies in the United States are investing in growing and processing guayule. The drought-resistant, hardy shrub can be used to make rubber products, reducing the country's reliance on synthetic rubber and natural rubber, both of which come with significant environmental impacts.

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  • Voting access expands for Nashville jail inmates

    October 22, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    To improve voter access for people in jail, the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office hired an election worker to comb through county records and identify incarcerated people who are registered to vote. The staffer then went from pod to pod in the jail to deliver absentee ballot request forms and give others an opportunity to register. In all, 70 people were able to request their absentee ballots.

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  • Public EV chargers are good for the planet. They're also good for business.

    October 22, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Businesses like the convenience-store chain Racetrac, are seeing an increase in their annual revenue when they install electric vehicle charging stations for customers to use. Racetrac alone has installed eight chargers, contributing to the 61,000 currently available throughout the country. Several other businesses like Walmart, Kohl’s and Subway are also planning to follow suit.

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  • Tigray war rape victims turn to Rwandan genocide survivors to heal trauma

    October 22, 2024 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia, Tigray

    Groups of women, in collaboration with local charity organization Daughters of Charity, are working together to create HAL (helpful active listening) circles to help survivors of sexual and gender-based violence heal. HAL circles are women-to-women groups led by those trained in supportive communication skills, the effects of trauma on the mind and body and healthy coping methods. Over the past several years, the group has connected with 1,320 survivors.

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  • The Mental Health Café Helping Nigerians Navigate Climate Change Anxiety

    October 22, 2024 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The ZenCafé in Lagos, Nigeria, offers a safe space for people to talk about eco-anxiety and potential solutions to the problems they face with others who are experiencing similar feelings.

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  • Renewables Are Expanding on Indigenous Lands, Co-Ownership Offers a Solution

    October 21, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Arhauco, Colombia

    Energy developers and Indigenous communities are coming together to share ownership of renewable energy projects to promote equity and inclusion within the projects directly impacting Indigenous land. Co-ownership is on the rise globally and offers benefits like insights from Indigenous knowledge of the land and less risk of the project being canceled or protested in court.

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  • How one school is helping deaf immigrant children navigate trauma 

    October 21, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Queens, New York

    The Lexington School for the Deaf provides wraparound family services including free American Sign Language classes and assistance navigating the health, legal and shelter systems, particularly for immigrant families. The gaps immigrant families face in accessing necessary services creates psychological distress, especially for children. But research shows community-based supports, like The Lexington School, help address those gaps and improve mental health outcomes.

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  • How music therapy is quietly — and sometimes loudly — fighting the teen mental health crisis

    October 21, 2024 |

    MLive.com |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    Music therapy is helping teens identify, verbalize and cope with their emotions, and is emerging as a solution to bridge the gap in the national shortage of adolescent mental health professionals. Michigan State University alone has credentialed more than 9,000 music therapists since the degree program emerged in 1944. Studies show that when used in conjunction with medical treatement and traditional talk therapy, music therapy can improve health outcomes and reduce levels of depression and anxiety.

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  • Purdue program works to revive liberal arts as key part of the college experience

    October 21, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, West Lafayette, Indiana

    Amid a decline in students pursuing degrees in the liberal arts, Purdue University created the Cornerstone program, which integrates liberal arts concepts into the freshman curriculum, allowing students to learn about a wide range of subjects through the lens of classic texts. The initiative has allowed the university to hire more than 100 new liberal arts faculty and the model has already spread to more than 70 colleges across the country.

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