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  • A Mobile Bank On Wheels Reaches Bronx Residents Where They Are

    January 24, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A coalition of community organizations in the Bronx created a mobile bank with the New York City credit union to combat the lack of access to financial institutions. The bank on wheels travels around the borough to provide services and do outreach.

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  • An AED saved Damar Hamlin's life, but is your child's school ready?

    January 24, 2023 |

    Scripps News |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) are life-saving tools in sudden cardiac emergencies, but many students don’t know how to use them. After Michael T. Ellessar, a Massachusetts high school student, died suddenly of cardiac arrest at a high school football game, “Michael’s Law” was passed, requiring schools to practice their cardiac response throughout the year. Several other organizations and legislation have emerged to increase AED presence and use in schools, as only five states currently have mandated AED drills.

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  • Strawberry Week addresses period poverty, battles inflation

    January 24, 2023 |

    KSHB-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    The nonprofit Strawberry Week Society is tackling period poverty in Kansas City, Missouri, by providing free menstrual products to organizations that help those in need.

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  • Efforts to Expand Ballot Access in Washington State Jails Face Local Pushback

    January 23, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Washington lawmakers allocated $2.5 million in grant funding to help jails improve voting access for people incarcerated there, which resulted in a big spike in ballots cast in one facility that participated. But only five counties applied for the grant program, and jail officials interested in participating have faced opposition from political representatives in some areas.

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  • Harnessing the Sun: How Residential Solar Tackles Family Emissions

    January 23, 2023 |

    Grady Newsource |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    In an effort to reduce fossil fuel use and environmental impact, some locals are opting for solar power to reduce household energy emissions. Home heating and cooling alone is responsible for 441 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, but a single acre of solar panels can save between 121 and 138 metric tons of carbon emissions each year.

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  • Costa Rican trail opens a path to cash for nature and people

    January 23, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    The Mar a Mar association is slowly improving the 174-mile hiking trail, Camino de Costa Rica, with new infrastructure to attract more tourists. The path was built to bring tourism profits inland to the local communities that need it. The association is also helping members of those communities develop small businesses around the trail.

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  • Rehabilitating River Thange in Makueni (to protect it from drying again due to misuse)

    January 23, 2023 |

    90.3 County FM |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Kenya

    Vikundi mbalimbali vya wakazi wa kaunti ya Makueni vinatumiwa sana kutunza mazingira.Wanakijiji hushika doria ili watu wasikate miti kwa ajili ya kutengeneza makaa. Hivyo basi kutengeneza mazingira bora ya maji kurudi.Hadi kufikia sasa eneo hilo limeshuhudia ongezeko la miti takriban 4,000.

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  • A California town's wastewater is helping it battle drought

    January 23, 2023 |

    Grist |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Healdsburg, California

    To comply with federal environmental wastewater discharge regulations, Healdsburg, California, upgraded its wastewater-reclamation facility to purify water enough for reuse. In order to reduce the amount of water discharged into the local river, the city made the purified water free to use for pastures, agriculture, residential use, and non-dairy livestock.

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  • Seeds of change: Nepal's local crops raise hopes for food security

    January 22, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

    In an effort to protect and promote Nepal’s local, or traditional, crops, the Raithane Koseli Ghar initiative gathers and sells the hard-to-find seeds. The initiative also provides support and education to farmers looking to grow them.

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  • Volunteers plant mini-forests in Paris to slow climate change, tackle heatwaves

    January 22, 2023 |

    France 24 |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    Volunteers of a nonprofit tree-planting initiative in Paris are planting pocket forests, based on Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki’s method, to increase biodiversity and combat extreme heat. These mini-forests are made of native species planted close together at random to mimic a natural forest.

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