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Manufacturers Paying for Recyclable Waste

Courtney Duchene

April 04, 2024 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

State governments in the United States are implementing Extended Producer Responsibility laws to fund recycling programs. The laws impose a fee on the manufacturers of products that become recyclable waste. The money earned is designated for projects that increase recycling rates.

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South Africa's SAB Foundation: Why 90% of its investees are still in business five years later

Anna Patton

April 04, 2024 |

Pioneers Post |

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Response Location: South Africa, Johannesburg

The SAB Foundation is an independent trust set up by South African Breweries (SAB) as part of the government’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment scheme. It helps businesses — particularly underserved entrepreneurs like women and people with disabilities — grow and thrive. Since 2010, the Foundation has backed more than 6,400 social impact businesses in their early stages.

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The climate watchdog holding the UK government to account

Akshat Rathi

April 04, 2024 |

Zero |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United Kingdom

Following the passage of the Climate Change Act, the United Kingdom created a Climate Change Committee to oversee the country’s efforts to reach net-zero emissions. The committee acts as a watchdog by analyzing ways to decarbonize the economy and publishing information that can be leveraged by policymakers, non-governmental organizations, and private sector industries. Its model has since been replicated around the world.

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How to Revive a Burned Forest? Rebuild the Tree Supply Chain

Lydia DePillis

April 04, 2024 |

The New York Times |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Mast Reforestation sells carbon credits to fund its work replanting trees where forests were decimated by wildfires. The company collects seeds from local, native trees, uses x-ray machines to ensure they are likely to sprout, and plants them.

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Friends Don't Let Friends Buy Guns

Katie Worth

April 04, 2024 |

The Trace |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Inspired by successful public health messaging campaigns of the past, the U.S.-based nonprofit Project Unloaded is using a bottom-up approach to promote gun violence prevention among young people. The nonprofit is working with highschoolers to develop social media messaging campaigns debunking the common misconception that owning a gun makes you safer.

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Over 3,000 Navajo Homes Receive Accurate Addresses

Emily Arntsen

April 04, 2024 |

The Daily Yonder |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Utah

To improve voting access for residents of the Navajo Nation, who often don’t have official addresses, the Rural Utah Project partnered with Google to assign and distribute Plus Codes, more accurate address coordinates that use longitude and latitude. The organization has since registered nearly 2,000 new voters using the Plus Codes, and the new addresses have resulted in other unexpected benefits, such as improved response time for emergency responders and better access to delivery services.

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'It Is Safe Here': Women Share The Delight Of Living At Uganda's First Safe Shelter For People With Albinism

Rhonet Atwiine

April 03, 2024 |

Solutions Now Africa |

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Response Location: Uganda

Women and Children with Albinism in Uganda is a supportive shelter for women and children with albinism to build a community and be safe from stigma and violence. At the shelter, women are trained in a variety of skills, like tailoring and farming, to be able to sustain themselves and their families. Over the past decade, about 40 women and children across four regions have been positively impacted by the group.

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Grupo liberal busca atraer a votantes latinos con $57 millones en ocho estados

Suzanne Gamboa

April 03, 2024 |

Noticias Telemundo |

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Response Location: United States

Ahora aprovechando su éxito en elecciones pasados, Somos Votantes y su comité de acción política trabajan para ampliar la educación y la participación de los votantes hispanos principalmente a través de visitas puerta a puerta, información bilingüe pagada, y una “sólida” organización comunitaria.

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New Indigenous-led shelter provides help to those in need

Amelia Schafer

April 02, 2024 |

ICT News |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Rapid City, South Dakota

Pejuta Waste O’Tipi is an indigenous-led resource that provides support to the local homeless community, including shelter, meals, cultural healing, peer support and leadership training to help them reenter the community. The shelter serves meals to over 100 people each day, and more than half of the participants have maintained sobriety since visiting the shelter.

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Colorado nonprofit recruits older adults to fill critical positions in early childhood education

Nicole Brady

April 02, 2024 |

KOAA-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Golden, Colorado

The Early Childhood Service Corps recruits retired adults to fill vacancies in preschools and daycares, allowing retirees to work part time while also helping to address staffing shortages in the industry. So far, the program has trained 110 older adults as part-time substitute teachers, and a few have gone on to take full-time positions.

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