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  • Amsterdam's 'Smart' Blue-Green Roofs Reduce Urban Flooding

    April 07, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

    The city of Amsterdam funded a blue-green roofs program to reduce both flooding and the urban heat island effect. The water collection system stores and releases rainwater, the variety of indigenous plants increase biodiversity, and the connected digital network allows them all to be controlled remotely.

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  • Recovery high schools, like one in Denver, help kids heal from an addiction and build a future

    April 06, 2023 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    5280 High School is a recovery school for students who need help managing addictions. The school incorporates treatment strategies, such as a daily recovery meeting, into the school day and emphasizes peer support and mutual aid.

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  • During Lent, some UK dioceses give up fossil fuel investments for good

    April 04, 2023 |

    National Catholic Reporter |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    The 40 Days, 40 Dioceses campaign leaders spent Lent working to convince dioceses in the United Kingdom to give up financial holdings in fossil fuels permanently and publicly. The campaign, led by the Christian climate group Operation Noah, highlighted a different diocese every day.

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  • A high school grocery store helps feed students in Denton County. A Fort Worth school is next

    April 04, 2023 |

    Fort Worth Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Sanger, Texas

    At Linda Tutt High School, a student-run grocery store provides needed food aid for local families while also helping students learn workplace skills. The store is part of the school’s resiliency program, which also includes a social emotional learning curriculum and trauma-informed counseling.

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  • How Planting Grasslands Fights Climate Change

    April 03, 2023 |

    PBS North Carolina |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    In North Carolina, planting native grassland plants instead of typical turf for lawns, landscaping, and roadside areas can create a carbon sink as the plants trap carbon underground in their long root systems.

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  • Restaurant Revolution

    April 01, 2023 |

    City Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    Small, local restaurants in Orange County, California, are thriving by taking advantage of the entrepreneurial and ethnic food culture to fill market gaps and appeal to diverse customer bases.

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  • Is There Anything 'Solar Meadows' Can't Do?

    March 31, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Ramsey, Minnesota

    Pollinator-friendly solar arrays, also called solar meadows, feature meadows of native flowers around the solar panels instead of turf or gravel to support pollinators.

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  • Mayores que comparten su casa con jóvenes para paliar la soledad

    March 31, 2023 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Response Location: Spain, Madrid

    En España, iniciativas de convivencia intergeneracional alivian la soledad no deseada de los mayores y mejorar su calidad de vida, a la vez que facilitan el acceso a la vivienda de los jóvenes. En Madrid, en un programa 95% de las convivencias tienen éxito.

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  • Tiny Bus, Big Opportunities for Immigrant Kids

    March 27, 2023 |

    EdSurge News |

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    Response Location: United States, Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado

    El Busesito, which means “the little bus” in English, operates four retrofitted buses that provide bilingual preschool education on wheels for Latino immigrant families in five neighborhoods. The free early childhood education has improved developmental progress and school readiness for the nearly 100 children it serves. Valley Settlement, the nonprofit that runs El Busesito, also offers family engagement programs for the communities.

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  • How ‘cheap plastic' is helping to deal with Nigeria's open defecation problem

    March 22, 2023 |

    Daily Trust |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    A public campaign is improving access to toilets in Nigerian communities to put a stop to open defecation. These affordable, easy-to-install, plastic toilets have a counterweighted door that ensures an air-tight seal to minimize odor and keep pests away.

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