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Latest student-built tiny home, now merely small, rolls off to a permanent location in Bridgewater

Roberta Baker

August 26, 2021 |

The Laconia Daily Sun |

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Response Location: United States, Laconia, New Hampshire

High school students from several schools got hands-on construction experience by building tiny homes that are then sold at under-market prices to people needing housing. The training is provided to the students at Huot Technical Education Center, with mentoring from volunteers from the building trades. Four houses have been built and delivered so far in the program, which was slowed but not stopped by pandemic restrictions.

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Sacramento's Black Community Takes Charge Of Its Own Health, Vaccination

Genoa Barrow

August 23, 2021 |

The Observer |

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Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

Community groups and individual doctors ran pop-up vaccine clinics to combat the lack of access to care and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black and Brown communities. Umoja Health’s pop-up clinics vaccinated up to 80% of residents living in San Francisco’s most vulnerable areas. Del Paso Heights clinic had such a huge demand for vaccines that the waiting list swelled to 4,000 people at one point. The Greater Sacramento Urban League ran free pop-up vaccine clinics while also canvassing neighborhoods to talk with residents about getting vaccinated.

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Hunger on Campus: Western's systems fail to meet student need

Cameron Sires Mallory Kruml Kenneth Duncan

August 15, 2021 |

The Front |

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Response Location: United States, Bellingham, Washington

A third of surveyed college students experience food insecurity, the rate is even higher at Western Washington University. To address the issue that university has unfolded a number of responses; food pantries, meal donations, community gardens, and state assitance, among others.

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Pitching in on rescues

Mike De Socio

August 14, 2021 |

Adirondack Explorer |

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Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

Several years ago, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department created a form of insurance as a way to raise money for search and rescue operations for people hiking in the mountains. These voluntary insurance cards cost $25 per person and protect them from covering the costs of their rescues. In 2020, the state sold 7,752 cards, which generated over $200,000 of income for rescue missions. While the revenue can be inconsistent year to year, the cards can usually cover their costs.

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Beirut Is Greening the Aftermath of Disaster

Laure Delacloche

August 03, 2021 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Lebanon, Beirut

In 2020, a devastating explosion in Beirut that came from a warehouse released 800,000 and one million tons of construction and demolition waste and 20,000 tons of shattered glass into the city. The waste was being thrown into landfills. However, landfills are notoriously bad for the environment. Out of that rubble an idea was created; disposing waste sustainably. Rubble Mountains was created specifically to do this. They've been able to restore four quarries, use materials to create public amenities, and diverting up to 50 tons of demolition waste from landfills.

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Building a Just Energy Future in Michigan

Nina Misuraca Ignaczak

July 30, 2021 |

Belt Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

After the 2008 economic recession hit, Carla Walker-Miller shifted her energy services business model to not only supply electrical equipment but also implement energy efficiency programs for communities of color in Detroit. She has been able to service 75 households, which has resulted in energy bill savings up to $600 a year for families. The company also has a robust recruitment and training program for young people and those experiencing economic hardship.

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From hake to skate: Behind the push to bring 'unknown' fish to New England's dinner table

Hadley Barndollar

July 29, 2021 |

Providence Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Rhode Island

After the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted seafood supply chains, several organizations in the New England region took steps to connect fishermen’s catches with the local community. For example, the Rhode Island–based nonprofit, Eating with the Ecosystem, distributed nearly 72,000 pounds of seafood — including lesser-known species like scup, hake, quahogs, and conger eel — with the help of local organizations to multicultural communities. "I think it's really important we become more aware of what's actually in our ecosystem, all these diverse species,” said the nonprofit’s program manager.

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Farm-to-table took off during the pandemic. Is it here to stay?

Stan Finger

July 14, 2021 |

The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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Response Location: United States, Kansas

As the COVID-19 pandemic hit and grocery store shelves became bare, many consumers sought to purchase meat directly from farmers. The Shop Kansas Farms group on Facebook has more than 148,000 members with about 800 producers who are selling their goods. While there needs to be more education for farmers on how to sell their livestock and for consumers on the intricacies of buying from processors, people in other states are creating their own groups to better connect consumers to vendors.

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How a Kansas City neighborhood is transforming its dangerous and abandoned buildings

Celisa Calacal

June 28, 2021 |

The Kansas City Beacon |

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Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

A neighborhood association is renovating dilapidated and neglected houses into livable homes that have transformed the look and feel of neighborhoods in Kansas City. The Lykins Neighborhood Association is able to assume ownership over houses slated for demolition by using Missouri’s Abandoned Housing act. “The result: A neglected house becomes a livable home.”

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Food insecurity linked to gun violence. In St. Louis, Black farmers work on a solution

Hurubie Meko

June 27, 2021 |

The Kansas City Star |

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Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

Black, urban farmers have formed a grassroots "ecosystem" to grow and distribute fresh, affordable produce in St. Louis neighborhoods where food insecurity and gun violence go hand in hand. Heru Urban Farming is a startup businesses and CSA growing vegetables in vacant lots that it then sells by subscription and gives away to families in need. Along with a new farmers market and a mobile produce vendor, the "food justice" activists and entrepreneurs are meeting a nutritional need where quality supermarkets don't exist and corner stores typically sell packaged, processed foods.

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