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  • Planting trees – and hope – in a flood-prone Nigerian town

    Ahmad Adedimeji Amobi

    October 18, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Igbajo, Osun

    The community-formed Igbajo Development Association has spent years planting 50,000 trees to help protect the community from severe weather and flooding.

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  • New road surfaces for the future – a long and winding (and green) road

    Carla Diamanti

    October 17, 2022 |

    News48 |

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    Response Location: Italy

    Gipave is a new type of asphalt technology that combines plastic waste with bitumen, a material already used to pave roads, to make recyclable road surfaces with longer lifespans and reduce emissions from road work by 70%.

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  • Proyecto de Bienestar Mental

    Zinta Aistars

    October 17, 2022 |

    NEW/NUEVA OPINION |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    Fundado por dos recién graduados para ayudar a otros estudiantes hispanohablantes que sentían como extraños, Estruendo usa el apoyo de los compañeros como una intervención eficaz para ayudar con los sentimientos de depresión, el aislamiento y la idea de suicidio.

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  • Tiny homes, big change: How DC can adapt tiny homes to fight homelessness

    Hannah Loder

    October 17, 2022 |

    Street Sense Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Springfield, Missouri

    The Eden Village tiny home community helps to provide people without homes a place to live. Tiny homes communities allow municipalities to build more dense and affordable housing for the people who need it most. All the homes in the village are “permanent supportive housing,” meaning residents may live in their homes for the remainder of their lives as long as they follow the rules set forth by the community.

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  • Harvesting Water in Arid Lands

    Mitch Tobin

    October 17, 2022 |

    The Water Desk |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Water harvesting is collecting free water, such as rain, stormwater, and greywater, to use and finding ways to make it linger longer into the dry season. This can include active strategies like collecting it in tanks or passive strategies like directing it towards rain gardens to water plants. Water harvesting can help prevent the depletion of lakes and rivers and save money.

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  • E-bikes gain momentum as a climate, traffic solution

    Alex Brown

    October 14, 2022 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Government officials in Denver, Colorado, are encouraging e-bike adoption with rebates for those purchasing one to reduce traffic and air pollution in the city. So far, over 4,000 e-bikes were bought with help from the rebates.

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  • Here's how one metro district is working to combat school bus driver shortages

    Jorge Estevez

    October 14, 2022 |

    WSB-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Community members are volunteering to help combat school bus driver shortages by training and receiving their CDL to fill the positions and help out the local school district.

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  • How Angwan Gwuragwu, FCT women are earning while keeping community

    Emiene Erameh

    October 13, 2022 |

    NewsWire NGR |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Angwan Gwuragwu, Abuja

    In an effort to address issues of waste disposal, the Women Recyclers Empowerment Initiative empowers women in local communities by paying them to recycle plastics. Not only does the initiative address waste issues, but it also allows women to become financially independent. So far, 40 women have participated in the initiative.

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  • Could an ADU revolution be underway in the Capital Region?

    Jeff Wilser

    October 13, 2022 |

    Sacramento News & Review |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Accessory dwelling units are small homes in homeowners driveways and yards that can be rented out and might help address California’s housing crisis.

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  • Denver's E-Bike Rebates Are So Hot They're Gone Within Minutes

    Whitney Bauck

    October 13, 2022 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Denver offers rebates up to $1,700 for residents purchasing electric bikes to encourage their adoption, increase accessibility for low-income residents, and help reduce air pollution.

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