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  • ‘Pretty remarkable': How Florida got power back for 2 million after Ian

    Noah Robertson

    October 11, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Florida

    After 15 years of fortifying the electric grid with swaps like concrete and steel electric poles and underground power lines, Florida utility companies were able to restore power to residents after Hurricane Ian faster than any previous storm.

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  • The Post-Roe Abortion Underground

    Stephania Taladrid

    October 10, 2022 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Guanajuato

    The nonprofit Las Libres in Guanajuato, Mexico, helps women access medication for abortions for free. By working with volunteers like the Old Hippies of San Miguel de Allende, the organization delivers the medication to distributors in abortion-ban states in the United States.

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  • Record Heat Waves And Droughts Can't Dry Up This Native Garden In Phoenix

    Gabriel Pietrorazio

    October 10, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    To tend their urban garden in extreme heat, the healthcare clinic Native Health of Phoenix partners with two nonprofits, Keep Phoenix Beautiful and the Salt River Project, to use flood irrigation techniques built on Huhugam agricultural practices and canals. Every other week during the hottest months 1,600 gallons of water flow through the garden and drain out.

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  • The New Abortion Underground

    Stephania Taladrid David Remnick

    October 10, 2022 |

    WNYC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Mexico, Guanajuato

    By working with a nonprofit, Las Libres, in Guanajuato, Mexico, volunteers are helping women access medication for abortions for free. Las Libres organizes the supply chain to get the medication to those in need in abortion-ban states in the United States.

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  • Effort aims to streamline services for Tucson crime survivors

    Caitlin Schmidt

    October 09, 2022 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    One-stop hubs that include multiple services and resources for survivors of family and interpersonal violence, like the one in Richmond, California, simplify the process for survivors and keep them from having to tell their stories over and over again.

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  • Losing cat in Mariupol, only to later recognize it in photo: how public organization "Vyvezemo" evacuates animals from occupied territories

    Inha Pavlii

    October 06, 2022 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine

    Vyvezemo is a volunteer-led organization evacuating animals from gray and occupied zones in Ukraine. The volunteers rescue stray cats and cats submitted on a Google form by owners who cannot return to get them.

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  • To Grow Coral Reefs, Get Them Buzzed

    Geetanjali Krishna

    October 06, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India, Andaman Islands

    ReefWatch Marine Conservation is creating artificial coral reefs near India’s Andaman Islands by connecting the metal frame they are growing on to a solar panel that provides a continuous electrical current to accelerate the formation process.

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  • Wineries, breweries help Secretary of State recruit younger poll workers

    Amber Smith

    October 05, 2022 |

    Spectrum News 1 Kentucky |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    In 2020, the Kentucky Secretary of State's Office teamed up with local breweries to recruit a new generation of poll workers, distributing bottle tags with QR codes leading to online information about volunteering in elections. The effort was one of several initiatives that helped attract roughly 5,000 new poll workers, and the state has now expanded the program to local wineries for the 2022 election.

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  • Restoring Hawaiian fishponds revitalizes food systems and cultures

    Ray Levy Uyeda

    October 03, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    Hawaiians are restoring fishponds to working order with tasks like fixing rock walls and removing pollution to reimplement land practices of the past into daily life. These ponds consist of a rock wall, a gate for midsized fish to enter, and things the fish feed on like algae and coral.

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  • Tiny Oregon town hosts 1st wind-solar-battery 'hybrid' plant

    Gillian Flaccus

    September 28, 2022 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    The Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility in Oregon is the first in the United States to use wind energy, solar energy, and battery storage on a large scale to provide consistent energy without using fossil fuels to fill gaps.

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