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At This Alexandria Community, The Challenges Of Mobile Home Ownership Are Thrown Into Sharp Relief

Eliza Tebo

October 12, 2022 |

DCist |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Alexandria, Virginia

When an offer to buy the Harmony Place mobile home community in Alexandria, Virginia, came in, the residents worked with a nonprofit to make a counterproposal in an effort to turn it into a co-op. The seller did not accept the counterproposal, but it is now considered a template for other communities looking to do something similar.

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Waste workers on the frontlines to protect Apo Island from plastic threat

Jhesset Enano

October 11, 2022 |

Rappler |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Philippines, Apo Island

In the Philippines the War on Waste - Negros Oriental started a zero waste project on Apo Island to reduce landfill use and improve waste management. Waste workers train residents how to sort their trash into categories and collect the sorted trash twice a week.

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How we build political power: Lessons from Texas and Florida organizers

Anoa Changa

October 11, 2022 |

Scalawag |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Texas

Groups such as Texas Organizing Project are focusing on reaching out to voters year-round rather than just during election season, with the goal of reaching people who are often not a priority for traditional campaigns and political parties.

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Record Heat Waves And Droughts Can't Dry Up This Native Garden In Phoenix

Gabriel Pietrorazio

October 10, 2022 |

Next City |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

To tend their urban garden in extreme heat, the healthcare clinic Native Health of Phoenix partners with two nonprofits, Keep Phoenix Beautiful and the Salt River Project, to use flood irrigation techniques built on Huhugam agricultural practices and canals. Every other week during the hottest months 1,600 gallons of water flow through the garden and drain out.

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Losing cat in Mariupol, only to later recognize it in photo: how public organization "Vyvezemo" evacuates animals from occupied territories

Inha Pavlii

October 06, 2022 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ukraine

Vyvezemo is a volunteer-led organization evacuating animals from gray and occupied zones in Ukraine. The volunteers rescue stray cats and cats submitted on a Google form by owners who cannot return to get them.

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Prairie Lawns Help Nebraskans Alleviate Climate Change and Promote Biodiversity

Kirsten Wandrey

October 04, 2022 |

The Reader |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Nebraska

Nebraskans struggling to keep their lawns green during droughts are converting to prairie lawns. These lawns include a variety of native grasses and plants that are more resilient to changes in climate and can help retain water in the soil.

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Restoring Hawaiian fishponds revitalizes food systems and cultures

Ray Levy Uyeda

October 03, 2022 |

Prism |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Hawaii

Hawaiians are restoring fishponds to working order with tasks like fixing rock walls and removing pollution to reimplement land practices of the past into daily life. These ponds consist of a rock wall, a gate for midsized fish to enter, and things the fish feed on like algae and coral.

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Saving business and upgrading the city: how entrepreneurs get relocation help in Ivano-Frankivsk

Maria Smyk

October 03, 2022 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk

The Save Business Now initiative in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, is helping businesses to relocate from dangerous areas of the country. Businesses fill out an online application about their needs so the organization can help them through the process of looking for a new location and connect them with experts and other businesses for support.

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One Navajo community finally gets electricity after more than 10 years. It's still waiting for water.

Shannon Mullane

October 02, 2022 |

The Colorado Sun |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, San Juan County, Utah

Through a complex network of indigenous, governmental, religious and community resources, the Westwater community finally has electricity after a 20-year journey to bring the much-needed resource to the community.

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Successes Against Female Genital Mutilation in Enugu State

Alex Ogbodo

October 01, 2022 |

Dream Radio (92.5 FM) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria, Enugu State

Residents of Enugu State, Nigeria, are putting a stop to female genital mutilation by spreading awareness about the dangers of the practice to communities and enacting laws against it.

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