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California's Yurok Tribe grows solutions in soil of crises

Mackenzie Wilkes

August 04, 2021 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

The Yurok Tribe, located in Northern California, depends on fishing to sustain a living. However, a severe drought, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a crumbling highway severely affected the tribe. So, leaders are turning towards new ways of making an income: a community garden.

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Las Bici Catarinas, el rescate de las bicis JUMP

Juan Pablo Ramos Javier Mestre

August 04, 2021 |

Cletofilia |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Mexico

El concepto de las bicicletas compartidas se aplica en comunidades de la Ciudad de México en alianza con organizaciones no gubernamentales y gobiernos locales, después de recuperar 1600 bicicletas que estaban destinadas al basurero por una empresa privada que frente a la pandemia decide cerrar operación.

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Suomija migrantų srautą sustabdė dvišaliu susitarimu su Rusija: ar galėtume tokiu pavyzdžiu sekti ir mes?

Giedrė Trapikaitė

August 03, 2021 |

Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Lithuania

Neteisėtai sieną kertančių migrantų srautą, atkeliavusį iš Rusijos pusės, 2015 m. patyrusi Suomija rado būdą suvaldyti situaciją - srautas išseko, o migrantų apgyvendinimo bei integracijos politika pradėta įgyvendinti bendradarbiaujant su nevyriausybinėmis organizacijomis ir vietos bendruomenėmis. Taip pat aukščiausiu lygiu komunikuota su Rusija. Neteisėtos migracijos srautas Suomijoje buvo panašus kaip 2021 m. Lietuvoje - kokią patirtį galėtume perimti?

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The Orange Cans That Help Philly Take Out the Trash

Solcyre Burga

August 03, 2021 |

Next City |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

As a solution for the garbage littering his block, a Philadelphia resident has launched a much-needed movement to keep the streets clean. Sanitation services have been affected since the pandemic, leading to staff shortages in the face of rising residential trash collection needs. I Love Thy Hood collected signatures and raised money to buy and place bright orange trash cans throughout his neighborhood, keeping excess garbage from littering the streets.

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In Conversation With The Black-Owned Startup Turning Buildings Into Teslas

Phil Roberts

July 30, 2021 |

Next City |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

BlocPower is retrofitting old city buildings and making them environmentally friendly. The startup offers leasing options, making it financially accessible.

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The Black-Owned Startup “Turning NYC Buildings Into Teslas”

Phil Roberts

July 30, 2021 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A startup is making buildings more eco-friendly by converting their energy needs from oil and gas to electric heat pumps. BlocPower is a Black-owned clean tech startup that provides a no money down lease option, making it financially accessible.

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Faith-Based Vaccine Outreach Underway to Reach Northern Nevada Latinos

Natalie Van Hoozer

July 30, 2021 |

KUNR |

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Response Location: United States, Reno, Nevada

To increase vaccination rates among Reno’s Latino/a population, organizers conducted outreach with congregants at a local church that offers Spanish-language masses. Confidence in clinic locations and feeling safe due to immigration status presented as the biggest obstacles keeping people from getting vaccinated, so organizers used the church to hold pop-up clinics. The initial outreach helped build trust and gave organizers a chance to provide information and answer questions. Hundreds turned out for each clinic and the vaccination rate among the surrounding Latino/a community increased from 22% to 41%.

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Singe'nge ya Kasaine Inayotoa Suluhu ya Mzozo Kati ya Wanyamapori na Binadamu

Ruth Keah

July 30, 2021 |

RadioRahma |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya

Singe’nge inayotengenezwa kwa mabati madogo madogo ambayo hufungwa kwa kamba na kuzungushwa katika mpaka wa shamba imesaidia kupunguza mzozo kati ya wanyamapori na binadamu katika kaunti ya Taita Taveta. Mabati hayo madogo yanapogongana hutoa sauti inayotishia ndovu na wakati wa usiku mabati hayo yanang’aa kiasi cha kuwatishia ndovu wasifikie mashamba hayo.

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More Mini-Parks Mean Better Mental Health

Nora Macaluso

July 29, 2021 |

Next Avenue |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

PHS LandCare, with support from the city, develops small vacant lots into mini-parks that bring people out of their homes and engage with their community. A 2018 study found that people living near LandCare lots reported a decrease in feelings of depression and a reduction in feelings of poor mental health. The city's role is important to the program’s success, especially in providing money to hire contractors to maintain the green spaces, especially local residents and formerly incarcerated people. Sites must be in low-income neighborhoods and near business areas, schools, and recreation centers.

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From a Prison Garden Sprouts Real Growth

Hannah Wallace

July 27, 2021 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

Lettuce Grow teaches gardening skills to 200 incarcerated people per year in 16 Oregon prisons and juvenile detention centers. The teaching includes college-level courses and hands-on gardening on prison grounds, which then yields hundreds of thousands of pounds of fresh vegetables for prison kitchens. Graduates of the program commit many fewer crimes than the average ex-prisoner and have found work after prison at nurseries and in other horticultural pursuits.

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