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  • Michigan city offers Wichita a road map for providing seamless mental health care

    March 21, 2023 |

    Wichita Journalism Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Grand Rapids is working to reform behavioral health services and the way law enforcement interacts with those in a mental health crisis through efforts like its county-run crisis access center. An increased need has led to an expansion of these programs, and the city now has a psychiatric urgent care center, mobile crisis teams that make house calls, social workers who join the police on 911 calls and plans for a 24/7 behavioral health crisis center that will open in November.

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  • How Mass Bird Death In Philadelphia Catalyzed A Local Lights-out Program

    March 16, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A light pollution mitigation pledge in Philadephia called Lights Out Philly asks building managers to agree to turn off their lights late at night during bird migration periods to decrease bird collisions with windows.

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  • Birth centers have never been more popular, but struggle to remain viable. How some midwives are changing the system.

    March 13, 2023 |

    Reckon |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Organizations like Elephant Circle and community-led efforts are working to ensure birth centers have the money and resources to keep their doors open. These organizations help birth centers transition into fully nonprofit organizations that can accept donations from investors and fundraising to continue providing services to those in need of care.

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  • The Wollemi Pine's Survival Proves We Can Save More Trees

    March 06, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Australia, New South Wales

    Conservation efforts in Australia are saving the Wollemi pine tree from extinction. The Wollemi Pine Recovery Team works with a variety of experts to study and repopulate the plant while saving the remaining wild pines from disease and fire. The team also gets some help from the public who buy pines to care for at home.

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  • In India, Sacred Groves Are Helping Resurrect a Near-Extinct Forest Ecosystem

    March 02, 2023 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Auroville is home to foresters, ecologists, and other conservation advocates working on various reforestation efforts like propagating tropical dry evergreen forest species and planting drought-resistant species. Today, community-run nurseries supply about 50,000 saplings a year for tree-planting projects in Auroville. There are also “forest groups” made up of local residents who plant native species, collectively planting more than half a million evergreen saplings of over 200 different species.

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  • Moms Demand Action Founder: 'Women Are the Secret Sauce to Organizing'

    February 27, 2023 |

    The Story Exchange |

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    Response Location: United States

    Moms Demand Action brings gun safety advocates together to engage with corporations, lobby legislators, and help women run for office. In the last election cycle, 140 volunteers with the organization were elected at different levels of government.

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  • A Solution For Soil, Human Health

    February 24, 2023 |

    The Rising Nepal |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Charange Phedi

    With technical and financial support from various organizations, farmers in Nepal are transitioning to organic manure and natural insecticides to grow healthier crops and improve soil health.

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  • The green veins of our concrete cities

    February 20, 2023 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Hatillo 2, San José

    Costa Rica’s Interurban Biological Corridors Program is rescuing neglected green spaces around and between protected biological spaces with the help of many organizations and volunteers. After lobbying for political support, volunteers are participating in the organization and cleanup processes.

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  • Prince George's County Almost Tore Down a Playground to Put Up a Gas Station

    February 15, 2023 |

    The Washington Informer |

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    Response Location: United States, Prince George County, Maryland

    When plans for a new gas station were announced, community members from the Carole Highlands neighborhood organized 11 citizens living near the proposed spot for the project to make their case for why the company should withdraw their plans – and in the end, they did.

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  • Armed Community Groups Are Defending Texas Drag Queens From Christian Fascists

    February 14, 2023 |

    Truthout |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Armed members of Veterans for Equality and other community groups are showing up to protect drag queens from violent protestors at events throughout the state. In addition, several venues that host drag events have begun investing in hiring more professional private security to keep both performers and attendees safe.

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