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How a Community in Vieques is Responding to the Landfill Crisis in Puerto Rico

Camille Padilla Dalmau María E. Ocasio Torres

October 21, 2022 |

9 Millones |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Puerto Rico, Vieques

The island of Vieques’ community composting program, Isla Nena Composta, collects vegetative debris after hurricanes, processes it, and composts it to reduce the strain on local landfills.

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Mradi wa Skills Mtaani waboresha elimu kwa Vijana Mombasa

Athuman Luchi

October 21, 2022 |

RadioRahma |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya

Ili kuwaepusha vijana kujiunga na uhalifu na kuzama kwenye mihadarati kutokana na kukosa nafasi za kuendelea na masomo, mradi wa ujuzi wa mtaani katika eneo bunge la Mvita kaunti ya Mombasa umesaidia zaidi ya vijana 11,000 kujiunga na shule za ufundi stadi na kuwapa ujuzi wa kujikimu kimaisha. Mradi huo unawalenga vijana waliomaliza darasa la nane na kidato cha nne ambao hawawezi kuendelea na masomo kwa sababu ya umaskini.

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Hamasa zilivyosaidia wakazi wa Rabai-Kilifi kuepuka homa ya Chikungunya (Part Two)

Ruth Keah

October 21, 2022 |

RadioRahma |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya

Mbinu mbalimbali za kiafya zilitumika kuzuia kusambaa kwa mbu anayesababisha homa ya chikungunya kutoka kaunti ya Mombasa hadi kaunti jirani ya Kilifi.Hamasa hizo zilitolewa na wahudumu wa afya wa nyanjani wa kujitolea katika gatuzi ndogo 4 za Rabai.Ambapo wahudumu walizungukia nyumba kuhakikisha kuwa mazingira ni safi na kwamba hakuna maeneo ya mbu kuzaana.

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Technology and manpower collaborate to plug Johannesburg's pesky potholes

Aarti Bhana

October 20, 2022 |

Explain |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: South Africa, Johannesburg

The Pothole Patrol formed in May 2021 and launched an app that provides residents with a quick, centralized space for reporting any potholes they spot. Since it launched, more than 100,000 potholes have been repaired.

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A Sense of Community: Mexico City's Iztapalapa neighbourhood is undergoing a unique transformation

Andalusia Knoll Soloff Nick Olle

October 20, 2022 |

Al Jazeera |

Video |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Mexico, Iztapalapa, Mexico City

This city is rising above its history of high rates of crime and poverty by transforming the city with Utopias, where residents can go to do activities like sports, music, arts and other cultural and educational activities for free. There are currently 13 Utopias across the Iztapalapa municipality that see about 100,000 people every week.

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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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800-1500 Words

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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1500-3000 Words

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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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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1500-3000 Words

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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Proyecto de Bienestar Mental

Zinta Aistars

October 17, 2022 |

NEW/NUEVA OPINION |

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800-1500 Words

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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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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