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  • Training Mothers On Nutrition Is Saving Lives Of Children

    November 23, 2021 |

    Rwanda Dispatch |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Kayonza District

    To address community malnutrition, 22 mothers began a savings and credit cooperative, which has since grown to 59 members. An elected committee looks for the most nutritionally vulnerable members, who are eligible for a small interest-free loan to improve the nutrition of their families. The women pay a membership fee and when loans are repaid, the cooperative gets a small percentage of the profits, which can be paid in installments until the whole amount is repaid. The group’s savings has also helped them buy animals that provide nutritious food products and organic fertilizers for their crops.

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  • Community-owned mobile parks keep eviction at bay. Can they work in North Carolina?

    September 30, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Some states and cities protect residents of mobile-home communities from eviction with opportunity-to-purchase laws, which require the corporations that rent the land beneath a mobile home to give residents a chance to buy a community when it's for sale. But most places in the U.S. lack such laws, and often zoning rules favor corporate owners. So organizations like ROC USA provide the financial leverage to help residents band together to own their communities, which are also called manufactured housing. ROC has helped 280 communities in 18 states make such purchases.

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  • RGGI, behind the rhetoric: What we know about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

    September 14, 2021 |

    StateImpact Pennsylvania |

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    Response Location: United States

    A regional cap-and-trade program in the northeast United States has reduced carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and led to overall job gains in the economy. Up to 50 percent of the region’s CO2 reductions are attributable to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative program and nine of the states participating report training more than 8,000 workers.

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  • Is the Future of Big Dairy Regenerative?

    September 08, 2021 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States

    Several big food corporations like Danone and General Mills are working with local dairy producers to launch soil health programs that would help reduce their carbon footprint. For example, Danone is supporting 34 dairy farms to transition their operations to more regenerative practices. While it remains unclear if their efforts will reduce carbon emissions from dairy farms, early results show they are reducing soil erosion, improving water retention, and using less synthetic fertilizers.

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  • How agency banking aids financial inclusion, reduces unemployment in Nigeria

    September 08, 2021 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    An alternative to traditional banking and ATMs is gaining popularity in Nigeria. Point of Sales centers bring banking services to people in both urban and rural settings, promoting financial inclusion and accessibility. The new way of banking has helped small businesses and rural Nigerians in addition to creating many jobs for POS agents as demand has skyrocketed.

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  • Pitching in on rescues

    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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  • The Black-Owned Startup “Turning NYC Buildings Into Teslas”

    July 30, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A startup is making buildings more eco-friendly by converting their energy needs from oil and gas to electric heat pumps. BlocPower is a Black-owned clean tech startup that provides a no money down lease option, making it financially accessible.

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  • Temperature check: On the frontlines of the fight to save affordable housing from climate change

    July 19, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Home by Hand is a nonprofit that’s working to mitigate the effects of climate change on home ownership. Storm damage, high utility bills due to extreme weather, and the loss of housing stock due to Hurricane Katrina have all added to climate-change related “cost burdens” that keep economically disadvantaged people from purchasing homes. The nonprofit is building homes that are environmentally friendly to push down utility costs as well as the costs of potential repairs in the event of inevitable storms and hurricanes.

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  • Could casitas help prevent displacement in the West's cities?

    July 08, 2021 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Casitas, also known as accessory dwelling units (ADUs), are being legalized and promoted by several western states. Arizona is the latest to legalize ADUs in a bid to ease the shortage of affordable housing. An ADU pilot in Denver is helping moderate-income homeowners build units in rapidly gentrifying areas. They are incentivized to rent these ADUs at affordable rates, providing a benefit to homeowners as well as future renters.

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  • Co-Op Owned by Formerly Incarcerated Women Embarks on Next Step, Thanks to Surprising Money Source

    June 29, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    A worker-owned cooperative in Chicago got the financial boost it needed to secure a commercial space for expansion through a city fund. The Chicago Community Trust allowed ChiFresh Kitchen to make their business plan a reality while simultaneously reducing the blight caused by vacant, dilapidated commercial buildings.

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