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  • Japan's 'Zero Waste' Village Is a Model for Small-Town Sustainability

    September 16, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Japan, Kamikatsu

    Residents of Kamikatsu, Japan, deposit, and sort 45 different categories of waste into designated bins to be recycled at the Zero Waste Center. The center is a part of the town’s effort to meet its Zero Waste declaration and reuse or recycle everything produced there.

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  • Douglas County woman strengthens democracy through ballot pickup service

    September 15, 2022 |

    Nebraska News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, Nebraska

    In Douglas County, Nebraska, a volunteer effort called Ballot Buddies collects sealed mail-in ballots from voters and delivers them to official Election Commission drop boxes. During the 2020 presidential election, vetted volunteers delivered hundreds of ballots at a time when the U.S. Postal Service was experiencing significant delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • In the Netherlands, Safe Drug Consumption Sites Are Saving Lives. The U.S. Is Resisting.

    September 14, 2022 |

    Bolts |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

    In the Netherlands, safe consumption sites provide a clean, supervised space for drug users to go without worrying about legal ramifications. The sites not only help prevent overdoses, with zero overdose deaths reported at safe consumption sites, but also connect patrons with harm-reduction information, alternatives such as methadone, supportive housing, mental health treatment, and other social services.

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  • How One Rust Belt College Is Transforming Its Local Food System

    September 12, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    Kalamazoo Valley Community College is revitalizing the local food system by connecting people to farmers and educating the community about the system. The college is also providing a food hub that aggregates local farmers as well as free boxes of fresh food for students.

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  • It's past time to celebrate migrant-led labor organizing

    September 02, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Coalition of Immokalee Workers developed a framework called the worker-driven social responsibility paradigm, which is designed to help protect migrant employees who often don't have the right to unionize but are vulnerable to workplace manipulation and abuse due to their immigration status. The paradigm targets the supply chain, using legal agreements to require that migrant workers have a direct say in designing and enforcing workplace protections, and the model has been implemented in initiatives such as the Fair Food Program and the Milk With Dignity Program.

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  • Movable kraals to restore degraded land, boost crop production

    September 02, 2022 |

    The Herald |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe, Chinyika, Gutu

    Farmers in Chinyika, Zimbabwe, participate in movable kraals by adding their cattle into a community herd and allowing them to graze different areas on a rotation. The animals’ hooves loosen the soil and their waste fertilizes it to combat soil degradation and poor water retention.

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  • How Telementoring Programme Aided Sudan's Fight against COVID-19

    September 02, 2022 |

    Science Africa |

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    Response Location: Sudan

    To make healthcare more accessible and relieve overwhelmed medical centers, Sudanese American doctors used telementoring to train over 400 medical students across Sudan in the necessary skills to serve their local communities.

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  • ‘Life changing': Collaborative effort brings free solar panels to low-income families in Greensboro

    September 01, 2022 |

    Triad City Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Greensboro, North Carolina

    A collaborative partnership among local and national organizations made it possible to install solar panels on 10 Greensboro homes for free. Because of this effort, many low-income families have seen a significant decrease in their energy bills and an increase in value of their homes. Although convincing people to install the panels was a challenge, organizers are now figuring out how to scale the initiative and make it sustainable in the longterm.

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  • Germany's Ultra-Cheap Train Ticket Saved 1.8 Million Tons of CO2

    August 30, 2022 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: Germany

    A low-cost monthly public transportation ticket experiment in Germany encouraged commuters to use their cars less preventing 1.8 million tons of carbon emissions.

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  • Healthy mangroves build a resilient community in the Philippines' Palawan

    August 29, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Palawan

    The Philippines’ National Greening Program combined with ongoing outreach initiatives, partnerships with local communities, and Indigenous cultural practices that emphasized the importance of preserving mangroves helped the area’s coastal forests and fisheries start to recover after decades of deforestation.

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