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How Home-Based Care Could Fix the Rural Childcare Drought

Anne Vilen

March 07, 2023 |

The Daily Yonder |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, North Carolina

Leaders in North Carolina’s Transylvania County are investing in home-based childcare by creating a network of caregivers and providing them with financial and technical assistance. The program gives parents affordable options in a rural community where it can be hard to find openings at childcare facilities.

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The Wollemi Pine's Survival Proves We Can Save More Trees

Elizabeth Hewitt

March 06, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Australia, New South Wales

Conservation efforts in Australia are saving the Wollemi pine tree from extinction. The Wollemi Pine Recovery Team works with a variety of experts to study and repopulate the plant while saving the remaining wild pines from disease and fire. The team also gets some help from the public who buy pines to care for at home.

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Deconstruction: women+ group unbuilds old houses for reuse

Jingnan Peng

March 03, 2023 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Savannah, Georgia

Re:purpose Savannah is a women and non-binary-led group that saves old buildings from landfills through deconstruction, a less wasteful alternative to demolition, and then salvaging useful materials to be used in future builds and community projects. Re:purpose Savannah harvests 50-90% of a house for reuse and then recycles the rest. The salvaged materials for reuse are then sold to locals in the area

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How Nigerian group moved communities to fight climate crisis with mangroves restoration

Ekpali Saint

March 02, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Urua Essien Etuk, Akwa Ibom

The Tropical Research and Conservation Center’s mangrove restoration projects in Nigeria use a community-based, participatory approach to engage locals in the process, educate them on the importance of the trees, and keep them from turning to deforestation as a source of income.

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Jackson's Latino community: Amid growing job mobility, could politics fill gaps that still exist?

Miranda de Moraes

February 28, 2023 |

Casper Star-Tribune |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

The Town’s Equity Task Force works to advise the town on equity and inclusion strategies, specifically for the Latino population in the community. The task force presented seven recommendations to the Jackson Town Council in December, which were accepted, including recommendations like translating town signs into Spanish. Similarly, several local nonprofits have stepped up to serve Latino community members from literacy to food aid.

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South Siders Organizing To Help New Migrant Neighbors At School-Turned-Shelter: 'Woodlawn Is A Welcoming Community'

Noah Glasgow, Maxwell Evans

February 27, 2023 |

Block Club Chicago |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Woodlawn, Illinois

A closed school was converted into a shelter for some of the nearly 200 migrants arriving in Chicago. In tandem, local residents and faith-based groups started the Chicago 4 All initiative to help provide them with the necessary resources to settle in.

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Moms Demand Action Founder: 'Women Are the Secret Sauce to Organizing'

Kate Brennan

February 27, 2023 |

The Story Exchange |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Moms Demand Action brings gun safety advocates together to engage with corporations, lobby legislators, and help women run for office. In the last election cycle, 140 volunteers with the organization were elected at different levels of government.

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On its own: how local organizations piece together search and rescue operations along Alaska's Arctic coastline

Emily Schwing

February 24, 2023 |

KNBA |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Utqiaġvik, Alaska

Search and rescue teams in Utqiaġvik and North Slope Borough, Alaska, work together with the coast guard to run rescue operations that budgetary and training restrictions would not allow them to do alone.

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How tiny saddles and youth rodeo might help keep another generation in rural Kansas

David Condos

February 21, 2023 |

KCUR Radio |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Dodge City, Kansas

A youth rodeo in Dodge City, Kansas, is growing in popularity while working to interest kids in ranch life and keep them interested in staying in their rural towns.

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The green veins of our concrete cities

Jhostyn Diaz Tenorio

February 20, 2023 |

El Colectivo 506 |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Costa Rica, Hatillo 2, San José

Costa Rica’s Interurban Biological Corridors Program is rescuing neglected green spaces around and between protected biological spaces with the help of many organizations and volunteers. After lobbying for political support, volunteers are participating in the organization and cleanup processes.

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