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Sustainable plastic recycling: Cleaner life for us, better livelihood for waste collectors

Sadiqur Rahman

April 22, 2024 |

Bangladesh First |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Bangladesh, Narayanganj

The Recycling for the Environment by Strengthening Income and Livelihoods of Entrepreneurs (RESILIENT) Project helps support the economy of waste collectors and aggregators by providing training, safety equipment and mentorship on how to handle finances and operate a waste business. Waste collectors and aggregators who have participated in the RESILIENT Project earn increased profits and are able to collect and recycle more plastics and other materials.

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Plastic-choked rivers in Ecuador are being cleared with conveyor belts

Kimberley Brown

April 22, 2024 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ecuador, Quito

The startup Ichthion created a system that skims plastic off of rivers in Ecuador to prevent it from reaching the ocean. A floating barrier stretches across the river to catch the plastic without disrupting fish, and a person manually guides the pollution onto the shore where it’s sorted for recycling.

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A City Tries to Measure the Violence It's Preventing

Mark Obbie, Karan Deep Singh, Kathleen Flynn

April 22, 2024 |

The New York Times |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

A violence prevention program in Baton Rouge is working to reduce gun violence and help mothers and those affected cope and move forward in a healthy way. The street team with the non-profit C.H.A.N.G.E supports grieving families, provides targeted interventions and community engagement efforts around gun violence, and collects data to measure their work’s impact over time.

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Adopting the Aquaculture of the Future in Thailand

Tommy Walker

April 22, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Thailand

A form of polyculture called Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture is taking off in Thailand and China as a way to make fish farms more sustainable and increase profits. The practice involves farming multiple different organisms together, like fish and shrimp, so that they complement each other, reduce waste, and grow quicker.

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A social enterprise makes money, but it makes a lot more than that for the people involved

Ashmitaa Thiruselvam, Daniel Ziffer

April 21, 2024 |

ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Australia

There are more than 500 certified social enterprises in Australia, employing people with disabilities, migrants, refugees and others who need extra support to help them secure stable employment to create better futures for themselves and their families. In Australia alone, the number of certified social enterprises is growing at 16% per year.

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Fighting fire with beavers: How dam-building rodents are deployed to prevent megafires, restore scorched wildlands

Bay Stephens

April 19, 2024 |

The Colorado Sun |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

Riverscapes inhabited by beavers fare far better than other areas during extreme wildfires because they hold back and spread out water, pushing it further into the ground. These spaces become critical pockets of habitat for animals to shelter in and can function as fire breaks. Restoration experts in Colorado are building structures that mimic beaver dams in hopes of replicating the effect and, if they’re lucky, incentivizing beavers to return.

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Got Broken Stuff? The Tool Library Has a Fix

Caitlin Dewey

April 19, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

Dare to Repair helps people repair broken electronics, small appliances, and other items instead of throwing them away. Its Tool Library has diverted 7,779 pounds of waste from landfills and amassed a collection of nearly 5,000 tools available to community members. There are more than 3,000 repair cafes around the world and Buffalo’s Dare to Repair has nearly 1,500 members and processes more than 14,000 tool loans a year.

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From Blight to Not: A Success Story

Kc Wetherington

April 18, 2024 |

The Macon Newsroom |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Macon, Georgia

Macon-Bibb County’s Code Enforcement team is working to lessen blighted properties in the community by alerting property owners of issues that need fixing, such as overgrown grass, broken windows and even abandoned properties, with about a 70-75% success rate.

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Taking the classroom outside: How nature is teaching valuable lessons in Uganda

Martine Moguem, Alex Dines

April 18, 2024 |

Farm Radio International |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Uganda, Kikandwa

The residents of Kikandwa, Uganda, came together to create the Kikandwa Environmental Association to implement nature-based solutions in their community. The solutions are combatting climate change and generating more income than options with a negative environmental impact. For example, many people traded cutting trees to make charcoal for selling seedlings at the local tree nursery.

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Preschool enrollment is up — thanks in part to federal COVID aid

Kalyn Belsha

April 18, 2024 |

Chalkbeat National |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Michigan

A record number of children enrolled in preschool last year, thanks to COVID relief funding fueling the expansion of several state preschool programs. Some states also used the money to fund new programs like Michigan's Great Start Readiness program which offers free preschool to 4-year-olds from low-income families.

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