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  • 111 Trees Per Daughter Changed This Village's Future

    Geetanjali Krishna

    January 06, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Piplantri, Rajasthan

    A village in India plants and maintains 111 trees to honor every newborn girl. The process has improved the local environment and air quality, thus improving the status of girls and women in the community.

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  • How Jersey City Got to Zero Traffic Deaths on Its Streets

    John Surico

    December 28, 2022 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, Jersey City, New Jersey

    Vision Zero is a traffic safety framework that works to eliminate traffic fatalities. Since adopting the program, Jersey City has gone a full year without a single traffic fatality. City officials have also been engaging residents to participate in viewing demonstrations of new, safe road developments and sharing their thoughts on what the city’s roads need to be safe and efficient as local leaders continue to make improvements to encompass more of the surrounding area.

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  • Richmond's Bus Rapid Transit Has Been A Surprise Success. Other Cities Are Taking Notice.

    Nathaniel Cline

    December 28, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

    Since it began operating in 2018, the Pulse has become one of the most successful bus rapid transit services in the country, leading to other states adopting similar systems. The Pulse is a cost-effective public transit mode that has dramatically increased ridership despite a national trending decline. In June 2021, the Pulse had carried almost five million passengers and counting.

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  • Himalayan community takes initiative to help dogs, wildlife and itself

    Abhaya Raj Joshi

    December 27, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

    A project in Nepal helped Himalayan communities vaccinate and neuter stray dogs to prevent their ever-growing population and the related spread of diseases. When the project halted due to COVID-19, communities raised money to continue it on their own.

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  • How SMART Project Addressed Water Challenge in Onire Are Ago Community

    Adeyemi Okediran

    December 22, 2022 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Oyo State

    In rural areas where access to clean water is scarce and leads to increased waterborne illnesses, Smart Project is expanding safe water access by building wells in the community. The organization also provided the 30 households in the community with a 10-liter keg of water for cleaning, bathing, and washing dishes to prevent people from having to travel long distances to reach fresh water.

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  • A Taste of Home: How Ethnic Grocery Stores Create Community

    Michelle Chen

    December 22, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    Ethnic grocery stores create a sense of community for immigrant communities and improve food security by providing affordable, culturally relevant foods.

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  • Tulsa Offered To Pay People To Move There. 50,000 Applied.

    Lucas Grindley

    December 22, 2022 |

    Next City |

    Podcast |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Tulsa Remote is using funding from the George Kaiser Family Foundation to offer remote workers living outside of Oklahoma $10,000, free access to a co-working space, and weekly events with other remote workers to move to the city.

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  • Libros y raíces: LibroMobile fills a literary need as Santa Ana's only bookstore

    Lizeth Martinez

    December 19, 2022 |

    el Don |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Ana, California

    Libro Mobile works to increase accessibility to free books and reading spaces amidst widespread gentrification while simultaneously uplifting local authors and artists of color in its open, free-to-access space.

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  • How protecting trees can fight gentrification

    Caroline Tracey

    December 19, 2022 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Activists in Los Angeles are taking legal action to ensure black walnut trees' protections are not violated by developers to help prevent gentrification and extreme heat.

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  • How Cleveland's Circular Economy Programs Help Reduce Waste And Build Jobs

    Lee Chilcote

    December 16, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Circular Cleveland is a project run by the city and a nonprofit to help Cleveland develop a circular economy. Through community ambassadors, grants, and consultants the program is helping innovators and companies make circular switches.

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