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  • Can Eggshells Save One of Mexico's Most Polluted Rivers?

    August 14, 2021 |

    Global Press Journal |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Lerma, Mexico

    The Lerma river in Mexico is one of the most polluted rivers in the country. Water from the river leaves behind yellow stains and causes headaches and dizziness. To help bring clean, drinking water to the community a scientist and a resident in Lerma co-found the H2O Lerma With Charm collective. One of the things the group does is create filters from eggshells they install in the local wells. Eggshels, which are high in calcium, combined with magnesium can reduce heavy metals in water by 80 percent. The collective has close to 70 members and have installed filters in seven local wells.

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  • Minneapolis Is Testing a New Approach to Public Safety

    August 13, 2021 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    The Agape Movement was born during the tensest moments of the 2020 social-justice uprising in Minneapolis, using unarmed community members to provide safety to protesters. Since then the city awarded it multiple contracts to field dozens of "credible messengers" to mediate disputes and serve as a buffer between the police and the community. Agape workers helped maintain a peaceful transition as a protest space called George Floyd Square was reopened to traffic in June 2021. It serves as an early test of community-led policing alternatives in the city.

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  • Drug aid saving underprivileged from Nigeria's healthcare nightmare

    August 13, 2021 |

    Pulse Nigeria |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    Drug Aid Africa supports low-income Nigerians by providing free medications to help ease burdens of healthcare affordability. The NGO partners with organizations that serve low-income communities, including hospitals, orphanages, elderly care homes, and other grassroots community groups. They provide each organization with boxes of donated medications that are tailored to the needs of the population being served. For example, orphanages receive boxes stocked with the supplies most needed by children. The supplies are mostly bought using cash donations but some pharmaceutical companies also donate materials.

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  • Chirripó y sus 13 guardianes

    August 13, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    A través de conseciones de servicios no esenciales y permisos de uso, una área protegida en Costa Rica no sólo logra tener una red de apoyo comunal que le permite proteger mejor la flora y fauna de peligros como los cazadores y los incendios forestales, pero también mejora la atención a los visitantes y tiene un impacto directo en la economía de las comunidades que le rodean.

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  • IU Health creates congregation care network

    August 12, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Indiana

    IU Health Congregation Care Network uses trained volunteers to call patients who have returned home after hospital stays or medical procedures. The volunteers ensure that the patients have their basic needs met, attend follow up appointments, and help with feelings of social isolation.

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  • Big Ideas for Small-Town Revival

    August 12, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Bellefontaine, Ohio

    Small towns in Ohio are turning to a developer to revitalize their main streets in order to bring residents and businesses back. Small Nation is the brainchild of a local developer who put his struggling town back on the map as a tourist attraction. The company is taking its methods to more than a dozen towns that are benefitting from his expertise.

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  • Why these farmers are welcoming muskrats, birds, and snakes

    August 12, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Canada

    In Canada, farmers are rewilding their farmlands, a process where a farmer restores their habitat to a more natural state. It includes things like planting trees, building hedgerows, and creating ponds. Rewilding can prevent soil erosion, carbon sequestering, and filtering water, among many other things, reversing some of the adverse effects caused by farming. One non-profit, the Alternative Land Use Services is funding these rewilding projects by paying farmers. ALUS projects span 31,000 across Canada.

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  • Alaska Native identity 'weighs heavily' on friends and a future

    August 12, 2021 |

    Indian Country Today |

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    Response Location: United States

    Defining and maintaining indigenous identity is an ongoing process for tribes who want to ensure a strong future. Various enrollment policies have worked for different tribes, from lineal descent to blood quantum requirements. Tribal leaders are trying to strike a balance between shrinking populations in some cases and the fear of sudden increases in enrollment, which could put “a strain on already scarce resources."

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  • Alaska failed to obtain DNA samples from 21,000 people accused of crimes, contrary to state law

    August 11, 2021 |

    Anchorage Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    Alaska put itself at the cutting edge of rape investigations in 2007 by passing a law requiring the collection of DNA samples from people arrested for a variety of crimes. The system is meant to aid in solving rapes, homicides and other crimes, and prevent serial offenses. But the state now admits that 1 in 4 qualifying cases never have a DNA sample collected, often because police either didn't know or didn't care about the requirement. Investigators are trying to collect samples from more than 20,000 old cases while improving procedures going forward.

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  • How saving uneaten food can change lives and help the climate

    August 11, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Fresh Hub was created by twin high school sisters to address food insecurity and the environmental impact of food waste. Volunteers collect unsold food from grocery stores and bakeries and give it to residents living in “food deserts.” They use a smartphone app and automated messages to alert residents when food is available, which is distributed at community centers. Partnering with Second Servings, a nonprofit already doing similar work, allowed them access to vans, equipment, and important insight. Since 2017, they have led 23 events, kept 15,200 pounds of food out of landfills, and served 1,900 people.

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