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  • An underserved neighborhood needed a community center, not another church

    Laura Rodríguez

    April 18, 2023 |

    Faith & Leadership |

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    Response Location: United States, Blue Island, Illinois

    A pastor in Blue Island, Illinois, closed his satellite campus church and turned it into a community service center. Named the Hope Center, it aims to address community needs through a garden, automotive garage, and technology services department. Each program has a director and volunteers who run workshops to teach community members new skills.

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  • “Buy Now Pay Later” Solution for Patients with Breast Cancer

    Kate Okorie

    April 18, 2023 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The HER-Radio program improves the availability of radiotherapy and treatment for HER2+ breast cancer by offering a deferred payment plan for the 18-cycle treatment with the drug Herceptin. The interest-free, phased payment plan makes it possible for more people to afford treatment. Per the organization’s 2021 report, patients enrolled in the program save 15% to 25% on treatment costs.

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  • Philippine tribe boosts livelihoods and conservation with civet poop coffee

    Bong S. Sarmiento

    April 18, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Mindanao

    Members of the B’laan ethnic group in a community in the Philippines are improving their livelihoods by foraging for coffee beans excreted by wild palm civets. They can sell the beans at a premium price because they are used to make a luxury coffee brew. And the practice encourages the locals to protect the wild animals, which benefits the ecosystem, too.

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  • The quest to build wildfire-resistant homes

    Susie Cagle

    April 18, 2023 |

    MIT Technology Review |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The shelter-in-place approach is slowly becoming a more common way to survive wildfires that are too violent and fast to evacuate. People using this method congregate in “defensible” buildings created with wildfire resilience in mind that sit in an area clear of flammable vegetation and fuel.

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  • Are 'sponge cities' enough to curb climate-fuelled floods?

    Kim Harrisberg

    April 18, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States

    The design firm Arup calculates cities' ability to retain water through nature and helps them implement other solutions to flooding, like building rain gardens or public messaging strategies, depending on individual needs.

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  • Catholic nonprofit supports Nigerian inmates and advocates for police reform

    Valentine Benjamin

    April 17, 2023 |

    National Catholic Reporter |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The Carmelite Prisoners’ Interest Organization works to release people unlawfully detained in Nigeria. At the same time, the organization provides legal representation and religious support to those awaiting trial.

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  • Over 2,000 Companies Buy and Sell Recycled Plastic at This Online Marketplace

    Michaela Haas

    April 17, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Germany, Hamburg

    A startup in Germany created an online platform, Cirplus, that connects recycling companies with manufacturers and distributors in the plastic industry. The site encourages the move towards a circular economy by improving transparency for buyers and sellers.

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  • These Farmers Recharged their Groundwater by Catching California's Atmospheric Rivers

    Grey Moran

    April 17, 2023 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Farmers in California are taking advantage of recent heavy rainfall by intentionally flooding their fields to restore the underground aquifers after years of drought.

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  • Keeping track of coastal flooding data? There's an app for that

    Molly Ingram

    April 17, 2023 |

    WSHU Public Radio |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    People are logging environmental issues on the MyCoast app to help local governments figure out what areas of the municipality to allocate resources and funding to. Eight states in the U.S. use the app to track anything from climate change impacts to abandoned boats to flooding.

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  • Athens Repair Café Tackles Climate Change By Repairing Items, Attitudes

    Anna Chapman Clara Kiker Malcolm Montgomery Justin Morris

    April 17, 2023 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    The Athens Repair Café allows locals to bring in their broken items — like bikes and appliances — to be repaired by skilled volunteers in an effort to utilize a reuse model that extends the life of the items, preventing the need for purchasing replacements. The Athens Repair Café is one of 2,664 Repair Cafés worldwide registered under Repair Café International and over the past year, about 100 items have been successfully repaired.

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