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  • How can Costa Ricans read more if they don't have books?

    GUIARE, an organization that trains teachers in Costa Rica, began donating libraries to preschool classrooms in 2019. It has since connected more than 800 children with nearly 8,000 books and inspired schools to launch new reading-related programs and events.

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  • Local Social Impact Investors Are Pulling Chicago Out Of Junk Bond Status

    The city of Chicago is offering municipal bond investors — specifically those interested in ESG investing — opportunities to fund social projects like planting 15,000 trees in historically disinvested neighborhoods over the next three years, converting motels and single-room buildings into housing for people transitioning out of homelessness and replacing the city’s gas-powered vehicles with electric.

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  • How a unique Ukrainian shelter provides animals a first-class home

    Running on donations, Zoopatrol UA rescues, treats, and finds homes for animals in Ukraine left behind when the war started. The shelter has helped over 1,000 animals since its inception.

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  • How India's First 'Green Village' Turned Hunters Into Conservationists

    A community-led conservation project spurred by traditional knowledge allowed the residents of Khonoma, India, to become self-sustaining and earn additional income from ecotourism, as opposed to relying on hunting and logging.

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  • Solution story on enabling food security in the barracks

    Families of Nigerian soldiers faced hunger, when the soldiers were deployed longer than expected and unable to send home money. So, they organized and worked together to farm and grow their own food.

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  • A West Philly high school is giving the entire junior class work experience through a robust new internship program

    Boys’ Latin Charter High School in West Philadelphia is changing up the traditional school day with a program that matches the entire junior class with internships at different places around the city. Students are matched with partner businesses and organizations based on their interests so they can better understand what they want to do after high school and have more equitable opportunities.

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  • How Campus Cafeterias Became Hotspots for Climate Action

    To be a part of the voluntary Cool Food Pledge universities commit to reducing their food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent or more by 2030. Those who sign on receive recommendations on how to help encourage diners to eat plant-based.

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  • Temple University's successful grad student strike offers lessons for academic labor organizers

    A 42-day strike coordinated by the Temple University Graduate Students’ Association resulted in a new contract that raised wages and eliminated the previous wage system among other improvements to the student workers’ benefits.

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  • How a South Sudanese neighbourhood embraced community policing to reduce crime

    In 2019, a South Sudan chief organized and empowered local “vigilante groups” (networks of households tasked with supporting each other), and since then, the community has transformed from a sparsely populated and violent neighborhood into a crowded but safe place where markets can stay open later at night. This community policing tactic has since spread to other South Sudanese areas and relies on collaboration between various authorities and ethnic groups to succeed.

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  • How a dinosaur is redefining a rural coal town

    The Dinosaur National Monument in an old mining town is bringing in tourists and is turning a profit for the town. In 2021, visitors to the Monument spent $24.3 million.

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