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  • Fertiliser: Women embrace sustainable alternative for food security, soil preservation

    In 2020, Nigeria's Centre for Community Empowerment and Poverty Eradication (CCEPE) and Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation of Nigeria (SWOFON) began to train women farmers on the use of dung and plant wastes as organic fertiliser and pesticides; to date, CCEPE has trained 40 women farmers in Asa and 20 women farmers in Kaima, resulting in more bountiful harvests and economic savings.

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  • A building wave: The corporate-Indigenous partnerships doing things differently

    New philanthropic funding models are distributing to Indigenous peoples and local communities in climate and biodiversity hotspots, enabling them to continue traditional practices that greatly benefit the environment. One core principle is the building of strong on-the-ground relationships, then providing “no-strings” grants with little follow-up reporting required.

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  • Is giving old papers new life a sustainable solution for the environment?

    Joebliss Enterprise purchases and collects paper waste from homes, businesses, and collection agents in Abuja, Nigeria, and processes it for recycling, reducing the amount that produces methane emissions in landfills.

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  • Millions in rural America lack reliable internet. How Massachusetts towns got online.

    The town of Otis, Massachusetts leveraged state and federal grant funding alongside a municipal bond to build out its own fiber-optic network, increasing access to high-speed broadband in a rural area that has historically had little. Since it’s a municipal network, the town has more control over how it’s run, and prices are typically lower than those offered by private internet providers.

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  • El náhuat florece: instrucciones para salvarlo de la extinción

    Timumachtikan Nawat involucra directamente a los abuelos y abuelas hablantes de náhuat en la enseñanza dentro de su plataforma, organizando talleres virtuales sobre diversos aspectos de la cultura náhuat salvadoreña, como la vestimenta tradicional, sabores artesanales, mitología náhuat, música en náhuat y la cultura del maíz, entre otros—esfuerzos que no solo preservan el idioma, sino que también mantienen vivas las prácticas y conocimientos ancestrales.

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  • Ideas We Should Steal: More Worker-Owned Businesses

    Democracy Brewing is a worker cooperative, which means worker-owners split the profits and have an equal say in business decisions that affect working conditions. Studies show that this type of business structure results in higher wages and household wealth for workers of color, and these workers also tend to stay in their positions longer.

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  • Can the tire industry be sustainable? Guayule farmers say yes.

    Tire manufacturers, farmers, university researchers, and government agencies in the United States are investing in growing and processing guayule. The drought-resistant, hardy shrub can be used to make rubber products, reducing the country's reliance on synthetic rubber and natural rubber, both of which come with significant environmental impacts.

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  • Shareholder Activists Push Fast Food Chains to Commit to Climate Targets

    The shareholder activism nonprofit The Accountability Board is holding fast food companies accountable to making progress toward their climate commitments by filing proposals asking for action, which all shareholders who own a certain percentage of companies are able to do.

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  • Un velero decomisado al narcotráfico como solución para que todas las personas puedan participar de la "tradición marinera" gallega

    Tras una cesión a una asociación de personas con discapacidad de Galicia, el velero Laion esta utilizado como herramienta de inclusión para que navegar sea una actividad abierta a todos—un caso de cómo los bienes incautados y decomisados al crimen organizado pueden reutilizarse socialmente y revertir en beneficio de toda la sociedad. En torno a 5.000 personas se han beneficiado de la actividad desde 2002.

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  • Ecotourism offers new hopes for Bhutanese youth — and local environments

    Local communities in Bhutan are developing ecotourism sites to create jobs, generate income, and protect endangered species and ecosystems. They’ve created ecolodges and campsites, host traditional dining experiences with food from local farmers, and host nature-based activities, all while leading conservation efforts on the land they use.

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