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  • California campuses try to lower college costs with free transit

    Carmen González

    January 06, 2023 |

    Boyle Heights Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Colleges in California are providing reduced or free public transit to full-time students in an effort to remove cost barriers for low-income students.

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  • University of Wisconsin partnership converts manure to jet fuel while easing climate change

    Anastasia Pirrami

    January 06, 2023 |

    Great Lakes Echo |

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    Response Location: United States, New Franken, Wisconsin

    A project between the University of Wisconsin and California-based Agra Energy created a commercial facility that turns biogases from food waste or manure into diesel and jet fuel.

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  • Worcester-area women join forces against substance use disorders

    Stephanie Jarvis Campbell

    January 05, 2023 |

    Worcester Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Worcester, Massachusetts

    Women and mothers experiencing addiction often face obstacles when seeking help and care. Several groups like M.I.R.A.C.L.E Mamas and Women Strong Recovery and Wellness among many others, provide safe spaces for women and mothers to seek recovery care and empowerment while also forming a sense of community.

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  • Can Co-Buying Help Solve The Affordability Crisis?

    Angela K. Evans

    January 05, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Single, non-related people are co-buying homes with the help of real estate organizations like Live Work Denver to make homeownership more affordable.

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  • Pese a lo que muestran las cifras, otras formas de paternar son posibles en Ecuador

    Diana Romero

    January 05, 2023 |

    Indómita |

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    Response Location: Ecuador

    Aunque la cifra es ínfima en comparación a las horas que las mujeres dedican a labores de trabajo no remunerado, iniciativas como Papás que cuidan, el Club de hombres por el buen trato y Tribu Papás, ayudan a algunos a ser más conscientes de su rol y a paternar desde la sensibilidad. Hasta 2021, los programas han realizado unos cientos de talleres y han beneficiado a millones de personas.

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  • Dollars and chainsaws: Can timber production help fund global reforestation?

    Gianluca Cerullo

    January 05, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    A reforestation project in Brazil is using revenue from timber production to finance restoration costs by growing eucalyptus trees to cut down alongside the native plants they are cultivating.

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  • Universal basic income eases caregiving after incarceration

    Makaelah Walters

    January 05, 2023 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    The Just Income GNV project in Florida provides justice-impacted people with a guaranteed income for a year to help them get on their feet. All they have to do is fill out an application, get approved, and log their spending so the organizations running the program can track the results.

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  • Animal Chaplaincy Has Become A Growing Profession

    Andrea Cooper

    January 04, 2023 |

    Religion Unplugged |

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    Response Location: United States, Mendham, New Jersey

    Animal chaplains provide spiritual support, specifically focusing on relationships with animals. Animal chaplains help clients prepare for a pet’s passing and run animal loss support groups, regardless of a person’s religious beliefs or affiliation.

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  • How tenants around Portland fight back against landlords

    Christine Menges

    January 04, 2023 |

    Street Roots |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Don’t Evict PDX (DEPDX) works with tenants to prevent evictions through education and helping tenants to organize and advocate for themselves. From fighting eviction notices to helping tenants learn how to effectively communicate with landlords, DEPDX offers a slew of services and resources all without people needing to become members of the group or pay any dues.

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  • Many ERs offer minimal care for miscarriage. One group wants that to change

    Patrick Adams

    January 04, 2023 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

    TEAMM Project — short for Training, Education and Advocacy in Miscarriage Management — is a nonprofit that hosts workshops for healthcare providers in more than 100 sites in 19 states on everything they need to know about miscarriage care. Miscarriage care is often lacking in emergency rooms, which can be dangerous for the person having a miscarriage. To remedy this, TEAMM Project educates and advocates for the use of manual vacuum aspiration kits, training providers on how to use them.

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