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How ecotourism in Konkan promotes climate-friendly tourism

Vinaya Kurtkoti

September 28, 2022 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: India

In India, experience-based tourism promotes sustainability and conservation awareness while supporting local economies. For this style of tourism, tourists experience life like local indigenous communities in everything from eating to helping in agricultural fields.

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How this Texas university helps farmworkers' kids through college

Valeria Olivares

September 28, 2022 |

Dallas Morning News |

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Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) is a federal program that was developed as a result of Lyndon B. Johnson’s Higher Education Act of 1965, which was aimed at helping students living in poverty navigate the education process. More than 2,890 students — mostly from low-income, Hispanic families who do seasonal farm work — have gone through the program over the past five decades.

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How forensic science can aid the human rights movement

Nicole Iturriaga

September 27, 2022 |

Aeon |

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Response Location: Spain

The forensics-based human rights movement uses forensic science to identify victims of genocide and political violence buried in mass graves, allowing their families to arrange proper burial and bolstering collective history around these events. The strategy has been particularly effective in countries with state-imposed silence around past atrocities, such as Spain, where more than 9,000 bodies have been exhumed since 2000.

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How Youth Are Stepping up Against the Mountain Valley Pipeline

Siri Chilukuri

September 26, 2022 |

Atmos |

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Response Location: United States, West Virginia

Indigenous youth activists are using social media, online organizing, and art to mobilize intergenerational protests against the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Appalachia. After the Inflation Reduction Act undermined court successes that had stopped the project, the movement is putting pressure on legislators to stop it, with some key senators saying they won't vote for the side deal negotiated to keep the pipeline moving forward.

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Decolonizing Regenerative Cattle Ranching

Ray Levy Uyeda

September 26, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: Cheyenne River Reservation, United States, South Dakota

Regenerative agriculture — a technique originally developed by Native peoples — is a farming practice that can not only improve the quality of farms and their products but also serves as a response to growing climate change concerns. While regenerative agriculture currently only accounts for 10% of farms and ranches today, the numbers are slowly increasing.

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These Colorado programs are helping beginning farmers overcome huge challenges

Moe Clark

September 26, 2022 |

The Colorado Sun |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

The National Young Farmers Coalition works to remove barriers for the next generation of farmers by providing training and educational opportunities and increased access to necessary resources like land and water. The organization also strives to provide more farm training programs to underrepresented groups like indigenous people, women, immigrants, and people of color.

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You can ban a book, but can you stop teens from finding it online?

Heather Kelly

September 22, 2022 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

To combat the banned books war and issues with book access, the Books Unbanned program offers free online access to the library’s entire collection for 13-to-21-year-olds. The program has already issued more than 5,100 cards and checked out 20,000 materials. And because the program is funded independently, it can offer books to people out of state.

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What Greek Festival Dancers Can Teach Faith Communities

Palmer Magri Caroline Willingham Ellie Fitzgerald

September 09, 2022 |

Interfaith America |

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Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral's folk dancing program and Greek Festival involve more than 450 dancers and roughly 500 volunteers. Faith leaders credit the festival with helping to build a sense of community that has kept engagement steady while other faith groups have seen a drop in participation.

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How a Methodist Preacher Became a Champion for Black-Led Sustainable Agriculture

Tiffani Patton

September 09, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Allensworth, California

The TAC Farm is a Black-owned and operated farm working to boost the local economy. TAC Farm also uses organic, climate-friendly farming processes, like enriching the soil with compost and installing windbreaks to protect crops.

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The British Schools Reinventing Themselves as Refugee Sanctuaries

Kieran Guilbert

September 05, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United Kingdom

The Schools of Sanctuary program aims to provide welcoming, inclusive learning environments for those seeking refuge, teach students about migrants and refugees and engage with the local community. As even more people are seeking asylum, there are currently about 300 local schools signed up to go through the process of becoming an official School of Sanctuary.

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