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Radical Terraces Are Transforming the Hills of Rwanda

Geetanjali Krishna

October 10, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Rwanda

Farmers in Rwanda are adopting a terracing technique that’s helping to improve soil health and reduce erosion on the steep slopes they farm on. Called radical terraces, they slope back towards the hill to significantly slow water runoff and trap soil during intense rainfall.

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The Californians Rescuing Surplus Produce to Fight Hunger

Michaela Haas

October 01, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Bell, California

At a 10,000-square-foot warehouse in Bell, California, Food Forward employees race to take in and redistribute 265,000 pounds of fresh produce every day. The organization receives excess fresh fruits and vegetables from wholesale businesses for free and delivers them to 300 nonprofits working to address food insecurity.

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Poder latino

Natalia Mesa

October 01, 2024 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

Varias organizaciones latinas progresistas formaron la Coalición Latinx del Valle de Yakima para motivar al voto. Juntos pudieron intensificar sus esfuerzos de participación y educación electoral en Sunnyside, tocando puertas y organizando fiestas de votación y sesiones de escucha comunitarias, a menudo en español.

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How Community Members Shuttered a Backyard Slaughterhouse in a Small, Black Community

Grace Hussain

September 25, 2024 |

Sentient |

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Response Location: United States, Lithonia, Georgia

Animal rights group Apex Advocacy joined local activists to reenergize their fight to close a slaughterhouse that was violating zoning laws in a small, predominantly Black community. The group utilized its network to flood officials’ emails.

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Catching up with CAST, CSULB's crisis prevention workers

Jaylyn Preslicka

September 20, 2024 |

Long Beach Current |

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Response Location: United States, Long Beach, California

The Campus Assessment & Stabilization Team (CAST) assists the University Police Department in mental health-related emergency and non-emergency calls, both on and off campus. CAST consists of a team of social workers who assist law enforcement in handling calls, particularly those where a person is experiencing an emotional crisis.

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In France, One Group Seeks to Do the Unthinkable: Unite the Climate Movement

Anna Pujol-Mazzini

September 03, 2024 |

The Revelator |

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Response Location: France

A French climate movement called Earth Uprisings is bringing together activists from a variety of social justice causes across many progressive groups to call for climate action, an unprecedented kind of collaboration for the country.

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Across California, jurisdictions work collaboratively to comply with regulations put in place by the state's food recovery legislation

Shelley Mann

August 27, 2024 |

Waste Today |

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Response Location: United States, California

In 2016, California adopted a law to reduce the amount of organic waste in state landfills by 75 percent, which led cities and counties to develop their own organic waste diversion programs, such as organic waste collection and edible food recovery. In 2022, 11.2 million tons of organic waste were diverted, while 201,000 tons of edible food were recovered that year.

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El Paso solar cooperative helps homeowners save thousands on rooftop solar. It may be back next year.

Diego Mendoza-Moyers

August 25, 2024 |

El Paso Matters |

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Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

Several nonprofits are running a solar cooperative in El Paso, Texas, that helps homeowners come together to buy and install solar panels in bulk, which makes them more affordable.

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Researchers Turned to Churches To Study St. Louis Air Quality

Rebecca Randall

August 22, 2024 |

Sojourners |

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Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

A St. Louis faith and advocacy organization, Metropolitan Congregations United, helped scientists bring together a group of churches willing to install air quality monitors to gather data on pollution and call for solutions.

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Collaborating to create more resources for rural students

Neal Morton

August 21, 2024 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

The Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative pools the resources of nine rural school districts to give students better access to career and technical education, with programs focused on building trades, hospitality and tourism, health sciences, education, and the environment. The Collaborative also connects students to local businesses for job shadowing, internships, and career fairs.

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