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How a young beekeeper's initiative brought hope and profit to Sierra Leone communities

Sonam Lama Hyolmo

March 31, 2025 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Sierra Leone

Bangs Circular practices sustainable beekeeping across eight communities, launching the Tiwai Honey Project, which builds hand-made beehives to support the native bee population. This practice allows beekeepers to closely monitor the bees’ well-being, thus leading to more honey production and reforestation efforts. So far, the group has trained more than 400 local beekeepers.

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This San Francisco Food Pantry Is a Labor of Love

Tilde Herrera

March 24, 2025 |

Civil Eats |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Four years after Priscilla Lee started using the Buy Nothing platform to organize food pickups from her home garage, she has grown a community food pantry, run by volunteers, that serves between 40 and 50 families per week.

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How the Klamath Dams Came Down

Anita Hofschneider, Jake Bittle

March 19, 2025 |

Grist |

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Response Location: United States, Oregon

The coordinated response involved decades of persistent advocacy, strategic coalition-building among Indigenous nations, environmentalists, and government officials, sustained direct activism, and innovative legal and corporate negotiations, ultimately leading to the historic removal of four dams along the Klamath River. This effort successfully restored salmon habitat and ecosystem health, setting a groundbreaking precedent for addressing environmental justice, tribal sovereignty, and dam removal conflicts nationwide.

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A Malibu Model for Residents on the Fire Frontlines

Colleen Hagerty

March 18, 2025 |

Bloomberg |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

The Community Brigade program is a partnership with the LA County Fire Department that works to bolster community wildfire preparation and response by training volunteers on how to fight against and recover from wildfires, most recently proving to be extremely effective against the Palisades fires and during recovery efforts.

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The rough road to sustainable farming in an Amazon deforestation hotspot

Fernanda Wenzel

March 17, 2025 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil, Altamira, Pará

In Brazil's Amazon deforestation hotspot BR-163, small farmers and entrepreneurs are working to implement sustainable farming alternatives like agroecology, beekeeping and converting cattle pastures to grow local fruits to create a “bioeconomy,” despite a lack of institutional support.

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En Gironde, 400 citoyens expérimentent la Sécurité sociale de l'alimentation

Léa Dang

March 14, 2025 |

Socialter |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: France, Gironde

Les participants à la caisse commune alimentaire de Gironde paient une cotisation mensuelle et reçoivent un crédit de 150 euros qui peut être dépensé chez les producteurs locaux et les épiceries bio partenaires. Le montant des frais dépend du revenu du ménage, et 30 % de foyers participants sont précaires.

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California's Immigrant Teens Find Healing in Unexpected Places

Lauren DeLaunay Miller, Isaac Ceja

March 11, 2025 |

California Health Report |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

In California, the Community Justice Alliance created safe, youth-centered spaces focused on community-building and creative expression, including makeup artistry workshops and soccer meetups, to help immigrant youth arriving in the U.S. alone navigate feelings of isolation. These interventions aim to help teenagers build connections, reclaim their identities, and process difficult experiences in a supportive environment.

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Trash to Cash

Grace Timi

February 28, 2025 |

Chicoco Radio Viral Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Port Harcourt, River State

In an effort to reduce plastic waste, recycling centers like Recyclift Recycling Technology Company collect plastic waste and crush it into processed pellets to be repurposed. The company employs over 50 people, all working toward the goal of crushing 100 tons of plastic each week.

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A breath of fresh air: How Kigali's car-free Sundays keep people moving

Zano Kunene

February 21, 2025 |

Bhekisisa |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Rwanda, Kigali

Kigali's Car-Free Sundays encourage exercise and offer health screenings, with nearly 50,000 residents screened for non-communicable diseases, like high blood pressure, during these events between 2016 and 2020. The events aim to not only encourage healthier lifestyles, but also to promote cleaner air by reducing the number of cars on the road.

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Trump Cuts Research Lab That Helped Nurture 'Mississippi Miracle'

Greg Toppo

February 20, 2025 |

The 74 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Mississippi

Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) are research centers that support states and school districts as they implement new practices, such as in Mississippi, where an REL helped the state train its teachers in the science of reading and successfully bring its fourth-grade reading proficiency scores from 49th in the nation to 29th. However, the federal government recently terminated all of its contracts with RELs, jeopardizing the future of programs already in progress.

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