The PhiferCares Clinic and pharmacy offers its employees and their families free healthcare and prescriptions. Phifer, a global manufacturing company, opened the clinic five years ago as a way to prevent medical bills from driving coworkers into debt and keeping them from retirement. This no-cost access to healthcare has helped 90% of Phifer employees hit their retirement goals, up from about 75% five years ago.
Read MorePromotora de salud, or community health workers with the Abortion Justice Committee of New Jersey, help Latinx immigrants navigate and access reproductive healthcare. In a community survey, 42% of respondents said they struggled to access and understand reproductive health services, so the promotoras model helps share information with those who struggle to access it, advocates for expanding language access, and combats misinformation.
Read MoreThe Transfarmation Project is helping farmers transition away from factory farming and into healthier, more sustainable options like growing mushrooms. It runs pilot projects to develop blueprints for farmers to follow and connects them with consultants and resources.
Read MoreAfter a clean air zone was created in London, where vehicles have to pay a daily fee to enter unless they meet strict pollution standards, more young students in the area began walking and biking to school.
Read MoreThe United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program is funding zero-emission, electric school buses and low-emission buses for schools looking to make the switch from diesel.
Read MoreThe Louisville school system is working to fill the vaccination gap among youth by establishing vaccine clinics at nearly all 160 schools, particularly those where immigrant students who are behind on their vaccinations are starting school. Since implementing these clinics, the vaccination rate during the last school year increased by 4%.
Read MoreWhether encouraged by government incentives and regulations, environmental impacts, or business benefits, restaurants are switching to electric cooking appliances like induction cooktops instead of gas-powered options.
Read MoreThe city of Quito’s Participatory Urban Agriculture Program creates sustainable access to food by providing land and agricultural training, and it prioritizes empowering vulnerable populations, particularly women.
Read MoreSeveral Louisville organizations are addressing mental health care accessibility for youth of color by offering therapy in community spaces like barbershops, libraries, and other familiar environments. This approach aims to reduce stigma and has also made mental health care more accessible by eliminating barriers such as cost and location. Many youths who had participated in the therapy programs reported feeling more open to discussing their mental health.
Read MoreFarmers and distilleries in California are building a market for agave, a drought-resistant crop used to make tequila and mezcal, in light of the state’s increasingly hotter and drier climate. Agave could help farmers sustain their livelihood as thirstier crops like almonds or avocados become less viable.
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