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  • Mitigating Environmental Degradation through Collecting Plastics

    September 14, 2022 |

    Royal FM |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Kigali

    An initiative in Kigali, Rwanda, pays locals to collect plastic and glass waste to be sold for recycling. The initiative provides income for unemployed youth and women while helping clean up the city and reduce waste.

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  • How One Rust Belt College Is Transforming Its Local Food System

    September 12, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    Kalamazoo Valley Community College is revitalizing the local food system by connecting people to farmers and educating the community about the system. The college is also providing a food hub that aggregates local farmers as well as free boxes of fresh food for students.

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  • Youth climate councils aim to locally combat climate crisis

    September 12, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    Through the San Antonio Mayor's Youth Engagement Council, students network with municipal officials, conduct research, and complete community-based projects to help them develop policy proposals around issues such as the climate crisis. Participants have organized workshops and collected food and hygiene donations to support vulnerable residents and say serving on the council has provided them a venue to work on issues that are important to them.

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  • How an initiative is providing water to remote communities in northern Nigeria

    September 10, 2022 |

    Daily Trust |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The Water the Needy Foundation uses donations and sponsors to provide rural, remote communities in Nigeria access to drinking water by building wells and boreholes.

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  • How a Methodist Preacher Became a Champion for Black-Led Sustainable Agriculture

    September 09, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Allensworth, California

    The TAC Farm is a Black-owned and operated farm working to boost the local economy. TAC Farm also uses organic, climate-friendly farming processes, like enriching the soil with compost and installing windbreaks to protect crops.

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  • What Greek Festival Dancers Can Teach Faith Communities

    September 09, 2022 |

    Interfaith America |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral's folk dancing program and Greek Festival involve more than 450 dancers and roughly 500 volunteers. Faith leaders credit the festival with helping to build a sense of community that has kept engagement steady while other faith groups have seen a drop in participation.

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  • This German village managed to go off grid and become energy self-sufficient

    September 09, 2022 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Germany, Feldheim, Brandenburg

    Feldheim, Germany, built an entirely self-sufficient, decentralized energy grid with funding from residents, the European Union, and the state. They produce their energy with wind turbines, a solar farm, and agricultural waste.

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  • A university initiative plants 33,000 trees to fight climate change, COVID-19 poses a threat

    September 08, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Achoro-Ndiagu, Ebonyi

    Over 33,000 trees have been planted through the Campus Green Initiative at a Nigerian university. By planting the trees, they are able to mitigate the effects of strong winds that destroy buildings on campus. Funding the initiative can be difficult, but they are planning to grow the program to plant more trees.

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  • The life-changing power of West Virginia's only queer youth summer camp

    September 07, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Weston, West Virginia

    The Appalachian Queer Youth Summit, West Virginia's only summer camp for LGBTQ2S+ teenagers, provides a welcoming venue for campers to explore their identities and connect with other queer youth, all while building skills in storytelling, advocacy, citizen lobbying, and knowing your rights. Participants have gone on to advocate for changes in their state, successfully driving efforts to ban conversion therapy at the municipal level, and have also formed a tight-knit community that extends beyond the camp grounds.

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  • At Fly Compton, the sky's not a limit. Neither is race.

    September 07, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Compton, California

    The nonprofit Fly Compton Aeronautical Education Foundation provides affordable flying lessons for marginalized youth to help them get careers in the aviation industry.

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