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  • An Ancient Desert-Dwelling Culture Embraces Hydroponics

    July 28, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Ghantiyali, Rajasthan

    A nonprofit in India focused on supporting farmers, Urmul Seemant Samiti, is helping pastoralists transition to using hydroponics to grow fodder for their livestock amid increasing droughts. Alongside hydroponic fodder startup Hydrogreens, the organization trains pastoralists to use sprinkler systems to create fog that waters their indoor crops.

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  • One solution to Minnesota's teacher shortage: alternative training

    July 28, 2023 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Teach Minnesota is a six-week alternative licensure program that provides hands-on classroom experience and intensive training in topics such as literacy and culturally-responsive education, allowing future teachers to earn their license more quickly and at a lower cost than in traditional degree programs. The New Teachers Project, which facilitates Teach Minnesota, has trained 37,000 teachers in 25 states and Washington, D.C.

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  • How Farmers Used California's Floods to Revive Underground Aquifers

    July 27, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Tulare Irrigation District in California encourages farmers to flood their fields with water during the wet season, so it can slowly seep underground and recharge the groundwater aquifers. Those who do so earn credit that can be redeemed during the dry season to extract more water than they would otherwise be allowed.

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  • All Talk and —Yes — Action

    July 27, 2023 |

    Nexus Media News |

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    Response Location: United States

    All We Can Save Circles are decentralized, 10-course book clubs aimed at helping participants develop communities around climate solutions by inspiring action and allowing them to talk through climate anxieties. More than 3,000 people have formed Circles around the country and 90% of those who participate have taken some kind of climate action on their own, like advocating for change in their communities or taking a climate-focused career.

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  • Are Cooling Materials A Solution To Fight Urban Heat?

    July 27, 2023 |

    LAist |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    A neighborhood group and a roofing company in Los Angeles, California, painted streets, parking lots, and a schoolyard with a “cool pavement” coating that reflects the heat from the sun. The coating keeping the surface cooler and providing relief from the urban heat island effect.

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  • Black students find allies in quest for better mental health: each other

    July 27, 2023 |

    Chalkbeat National |

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    Response Location: United States, East Orange, New Jersey

    A summer youth-employment program at a local school district led to a student-led forum where Black high school students could open up about their experiences with mental health, racism and stigma. Students who participated in the forum could also join a peer-mentoring program where students worked with middle schoolers to mentor them on how to understand and cope with their feelings.

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  • Could a historic Sacramento corridor hold the key to solving the region's housing crisis?

    July 27, 2023 |

    Sacramento Bee |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    After decades of planning and development, Sacramento’s R Street corridor went from an area full of abandoned warehouses to a flourishing, walkable neighborhood. The city planners’ prioritization of building high-density housing, bringing in new businesses, ensuring access to a light rail transit line, and safe, pedestrian-friendly streets helped this project succeed.

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  • Twin Falls Optimist Youth House has shown great success in the community; looking for community's help to expand

    July 26, 2023 |

    KMVT-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Twin Falls, Idaho

    The Twin Falls Optimist Youth House cares for at-risk youth and those who have aged out of the foster care system. Youth can join the program once they turn 18 and receive a place to live plus valuable life skills, employment and education assistance. The House opened five years ago and can house 17 people at a time, though there are plans to expand. Since opening, it has helped 50 kids in need.

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  • Zimbabwe's therapeutic 'friendship benches' coming to a city near you

    July 26, 2023 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe, Harare

    Through the Friendship Bench project, local elderly women are trained in the basics of cognitive behavioral therapy and given a park bench in their communities where locals experiencing mental health issues can meet with them to talk and seek therapy. Founded in 2007, the project has helped 280,000 people in 70 communities throughout the country.

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  • Newly disabled people aren't given a 'how-to' guide. Disability doulas are closing those gaps.

    July 26, 2023 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States

    Disability doula work is the practice of helping a newly disabled person navigate life changes. It typically involves another disabled person sharing knowledge, resources and lived experiences to support someone in need. Through the work if disabled individuals offering services on their own, or through groups like Project LETS, disability doula work can help reduce feelings of shame, grief and loneliness newly disabled people often face.

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