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  • Some Regenerative Farms Are Weathering California's Unprecedented Rainfall

    Ryan Peterson

    January 13, 2023 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Farmers in California practicing regenerative organic agriculture are weathering the heavy rainfall better than their peers because regenerative practices improve soil health allowing more water to infiltrate and stay in the soil.

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  • Hurricane-damaged roofs in Puerto Rico remain a problem. One group is offering a fix

    Adrian Florido

    January 03, 2023 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States Minor Outlying Islands, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    The nonprofit PRoTechnos helps homeowners in Puerto Rico repair roofs damaged by hurricanes when they do not get government assistance to do so. The organization employs locals interested in learning about construction, so they can learn the skills necessary to get a job in the industry afterward.

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  • How Mobile Home Communities Are Adapting for Climate Change

    Sarah Amandolare

    January 03, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Brattleboro, Vermont

    As climate change increases flooding in the area, residents of Vermont’s Tri-Park Cooperative mobile home community can relocate to safer locations out of the flood zone without increasing their monthly expenses. The offer is part of a program created by the co-op and the local government that will cover the costs of the new homes and buyouts.

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  • How a Country Embraced the River It Feared

    Elizabeth Hewitt

    January 02, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Netherlands

    To combat flooding risk, the Netherlands reconfigured riverside locations to make more room for water instead of using dikes. These projects also improved citizens’ relationships with the rivers by creating parks and recreation opportunities.

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  • Doulas Work on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis

    Hannah Docter-Loeb

    December 30, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    As the climate crisis exacerbates the present maternal health crisis, doulas are stepping in to provide guidance to parents and families in need. Because doulas spend more time with clients than other clinical staff does, they’re better equipped to refer clients to resources like lawyers, therapists, and OB-GYNs, while also completing wellness checks and ensuring parents have the necessities to meet their children’s needs.

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  • Bangladesh farmers swap rice for vegetables as water dries up

    Mosabber Hossain

    December 27, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Rajshahi

    Farmers in Bangladesh are dealing with a lack of groundwater by growing vegetables instead of rice because they require less water and bring in more income.

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  • Abandoned homes: how village in Sumy region helps IDPs find new housing

    Alice Smahina

    December 20, 2022 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Kapustyntsi

    The village of Kapustyntsi, Ukraine, welcomed people displaced by the war into abandoned houses through Facebook posts. The community worked to clean up the houses, contact owners and heirs for permission to use them, or take legal action to claim them when necessary.

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  • Flooding in Nigeria: victims help other victims survive difficult times

    Kehinde Ogunyale

    December 19, 2022 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Omoku, River State

    The Crowd Funders initiative gathered funding to help feed and shelter families affected by flooding in Nigeria.

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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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  • UNICEF plans big expansion of program to educate Rohingya children in Bangladesh

    Sharif Khiam Abdur Rahman

    December 16, 2022 |

    BenarNews |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    The Myanmar Curriculum pilot project allows Rohingya children living in Bangladeshi refugee camps to be educated with the curriculum and language of their native country. The aim to make an eventual return to their home country easier. So far, 200,000 children have been enrolled, mostly in grades 1 through 4. UNICEF plans to scale the program to cover all 410,000 school-age children in the camps.

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