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  • Get paid to get rid of turf and switch to water-saving tech

    Residents of St. George, Utah, replaced the turf in their yard with native plants and rocks to conserve water. Now they’re using 14,000 fewer gallons of water per month than the year before.

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  • In Recovery, Helping Communities Rebuild After Flooding

    When severe flooding hit Kentucky, the bakery at the Hemphill Community Center continued to pay its workers to do community support and flood recovery work instead of their typical jobs. The bakery is a recovery-to-work program for people facing addiction, so keeping their jobs and a sense of community helps them continue recovering despite stressful circumstances.

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  • How The Twin Cities Is Making Transit Accessible To Immigrants And Refugees

    The International Institute of Minnesota’s Bus Buddies program pairs volunteers with new Americans who need help navigating the Metro Transit system because it is run primarily in English. Volunteers take those in need of assistance on a ride to the place they need to get to so they can learn the route.

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  • Japan's 'Zero Waste' Village Is a Model for Small-Town Sustainability

    Residents of Kamikatsu, Japan, deposit, and sort 45 different categories of waste into designated bins to be recycled at the Zero Waste Center. The center is a part of the town’s effort to meet its Zero Waste declaration and reuse or recycle everything produced there.

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  • Douglas County woman strengthens democracy through ballot pickup service

    In Douglas County, Nebraska, a volunteer effort called Ballot Buddies collects sealed mail-in ballots from voters and delivers them to official Election Commission drop boxes. During the 2020 presidential election, vetted volunteers delivered hundreds of ballots at a time when the U.S. Postal Service was experiencing significant delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • SLC's drought tolerant turf is such a hit, other communities in Utah want some

    A grass blend formulated specifically for northern Utah’s environment uses at least 30 percent less water than typical turf.

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  • To build for a warming planet, architects look to nature – and the past

    A global movement to localize the construction process, and design buildings for the climate they reside in, is bringing back practices like green roofs and using natural materials like mud and salt to keep people cool as the planet warms.

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  • In Pa., climate change can increase flooding risk in places that rarely worried about it. This community is seeking solutions

    Increased flooding from storms labeled federal disasters led Dubuque, Iowa, to daylight, or uncover, a creek that was buried and turned into a sewer. This project combined with rain gardens and detention ponds to trap storm water prevents flooding.

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  • Great Salt Lake a sovereign entity 'worthy of legal rights,' group says

    Save Our Great Salt Lake is a group rallying local environmental activists to push legislators to care for the Great Salt Lake and take legislative action before the ecosystem collapses. Though it will be a long, uphill battle the group’s efforts have already led to some progress from local government, such as the newly built wastewater treatment plant that aims to get more water to the Great Salt Lake.

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  • Detroit's Black-Led Organizations Are Cultivating Access To Nature

    Amplify Outside is one of several initiatives emerging from Detroit to help eliminate obstacles people of color face when accessing nature. Following a survey of people of color in the area, Amplify Outside plans to raise money to create a mutual aid fund to support those who want to engage in outdoor activities but don’t have the means and is partnering with like-minded organizations to host events and create a sense of community.

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