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  • Germany's lessons learned from the 2015 refugee crisis

    April 30, 2022 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    Drawing on lessons learned during the 2015 refugee crisis in Europe, organizations such as Zusammenleben Wilkommen are working to connect Ukrainian refugees with housing, employment, and social support. Since the Russian invasion, the platform, which helps match refugees with rooms in shared apartments, has seen a spike in users offering up accommodations.

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  • The Belarusian railway workers who helped thwart Russia's attack on Kyiv

    April 23, 2022 |

    The Washington Post |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Belarus

    A decentralized group of Belarusian railway workers, hackers, and dissenting security forces have caused logistical chaos among Russian troops by disabling and disrupting railway links that connect Russia to Ukraine through Belarus. The underground group has targeted signal control cabinets needed to run trains, impeding the movement of Russian troops, disrupting their supply lines, and giving Ukrainian officials more time to formulate effective responses. The tactics are based on disruptions by Belarusians opposed to the Nazi occupation who blew up train lines and stations to disrupt German supplies.

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  • How Los Angeles Became the Leader of a Tree-Planting Revolution

    April 22, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    City Plants, an organization in Los Angeles, is partnering with other nonprofits, government agencies, scientists, and residents to create a more equitable urban forest throughout the city. By working together and using technology, they have planted more than 65,000 trees to combat climate change, systemic racism, and high temperatures that affect all Angelenos.

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  • 'Ten years to save the planet': Kansas City metro's small-town mayors take up the climate fight

    April 22, 2022 |

    KCUR Radio |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Kansas

    A wide range of elected officials and community groups came together to form Climate Action KC to work together to combat climate change across Kansas and supply information for those not in the group to do the same.

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  • Easy E-Bike Rider

    April 21, 2022 |

    Eugene Weekly |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Corvallis, Oregon

    The Corvallis-Benton County Economic Development Office provides $1,200 rebates for people to buy electric bikes at four local stores. E-bikes cut down on greenhouse gas emissions and are a more affordable option than cars. To qualify, household income must be less than 80 percent of area median income and the household must be a customer of Pacific Power, who helped fund the rebates. E-bike sales have increased with over 30 vouchers handed out, which also serves as a stimulus to the local bike shop economy.

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  • In Burundi, one-time combatants who razed forests now raise seedlings

    April 21, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Burundi

    Communities that experienced decades of war worked together with the government, military, and police on a vast national reforestation program that planted at least 150 million trees over four years. The groups conducted a census and established nurseries where they grow saplings of the appropriate trees to plant.

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  • What Is the Future of America's Greenest Town?

    April 19, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Greensburg, Kansas

    After a tornado devastated Greensburg, Kansas, the town decided to use the disaster as an opportunity to become more environmentally sustainable. For example, they built a new school out of recycled wood and it was powered with geothermal heat. While the maintenance of these sustainable features can be tricky, this shift to a greener town can be a case study for others looking to make the transition.

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  • How independent map-drawing commissions are transforming redistricting

    April 19, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Many states are trying independent redistricting commissions to take politics out of the process and draw fair maps. The California Citizens Redistricting Commission has a rigorous process to select its 14 members and holds all commission deliberations during public hearings with lots of time for public comment built into the process. The state’s new election maps were unanimously approved and about one third of the new districts are Latino-majority.

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  • Without the protections of the Voting Rights Act, many look to state solutions

    April 18, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    Virginia’s VRA protects voters from suppression, discrimination, and intimidation and has effectively stopped racial gerrymandering and intimidation. Its pro-voting measures include requiring materials in multiple languages, the provision of accessibility accommodations, and requiring public review of any local level voting changes. The legislation also creates a pathway for Virginians to bring civil lawsuits if a procedure negatively impacts economically disadvantaged communities or communities of color.

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  • Could the highly political redistricting process be more independent? San Antonio may find out

    April 17, 2022 |

    San Antonio Express-News |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    San Diego’s independent redistricting commission has aimed to take politics out of drawing district maps since 1992 by preventing City Council from drawing or approving its own map. Instead, nine commissioners from over 100 applicants were chosen based on background and qualifications by three randomly selected retired judges. The member selection process, rules for transparency, open public engagement and no tolerance for conflicts of interest are keys to its success. There is more equitable infrastructure investment and greater voter turnout now, which are two positive signs of reduced gerrymandering.

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