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Drones are playing a critical role in Milton and Helene recovery

Mack DeGeurin

October 18, 2024 |

Popular Science |

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Response Location: United States, North Carolina

A variety of organizations are using drones to find missing persons and airdrop supplies in response to Hurricanes Milton and Helene. A Walmart in North Carolina, for example, sends necessary prescriptions and resources to a nearby senior center with a drone from its commercial drone delivery program.

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Hurricane Helene underscores need for more solar-battery microgrids

Jeff St. John

October 18, 2024 |

Canary Media |

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Response Location: United States, Hot Springs, North Carolina

A small community in the mountains of North Carolina, Hot Springs, relied on a solar-powered microgrid with battery storage when the substation that supplied its power washed away in the flooding after Hurricane Helene. Microgrids like that could be a critical part of building extreme weather resilience elsewhere, too.

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Volunteers bring solar power to Hurricane Helene's disaster zone

Gabriela Aoun Angueira

October 13, 2024 |

Associated Press |

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Response Location: United States, Bakersville, North Carolina

The nonprofit Footprint Project is helping communities in North Carolina restore electricity after Hurricane Helene by delivering and installing solar equipment donated by companies or purchased with donated funds.

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A Year After Historic Civil Rights Settlement, Alabama Slowly Bringing Sanitation Equity to Rural Black Communities

Dennis Pillion

October 12, 2024 |

Inside Climate News |

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Response Location: United States, Hope Hull, Alabama

The nonprofit Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Projects is installing advanced, three-stage wastewater filtration systems at homes in Lowndes County, Alabama, where effective wastewater treatment options are urgently needed. The nonprofit installs and maintains the systems for $20 per month, using two major federal grants to cover the upfront costs.

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Tackling Gender-Based Violence in Kano; How CITAD's Mobile App is Empowering Survivors to Report Cases

Mariya Shuaibu Suleiman

October 10, 2024 |

Women Radio 91.7 |

Radio |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

WARAKA Sexual Referral Centre provides services for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), including medical assistance and legal support. Amidst issues of confidentiality and stigma that prevent people from reporting cases of SGBV, the group uses an app that allows survivors to choose whether they share their identity or not when reporting an SGBV case. The app has recorded about 2,000 cases since 2022, inspiring the government to take action and enact relevant legislation to protect human rights and safety.

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Hotline connects formerly incarcerated people with reentry resources

Rachel Crumpler

October 08, 2024 |

North Carolina Health News |

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Response Location: United States, North Carolina

In North Carolina, the Recidivism Reduction Call Center connects people who were formerly incarcerated with resources that will help them reenter their communities, like housing options and second chance employers.

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Precision agriculture promises rural farmers efficiency, but barriers hold local implementation back

Elijah de Castro

October 06, 2024 |

The People-Sentinel |

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Response Location: United States, South Carolina

Farmers are transitioning to precision agriculture to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The practice uses technology like artificial intelligence, satellite imagery, and soil probes to collect and analyze data so farmers know how to manage specific parts of their fields.

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How to build an AC that will get the world through hotter summers

Allyson Chiu Emily Wright

October 05, 2024 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: India, Thane

Innovators are developing new air conditioning units to keep people cool as temperatures and humidity rise without contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. Alongside improved energy efficiency, the new tech focuses on sensing and reducing humidity in real-time and adjusting itself as humidity fluctuates throughout the day.

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Le pass Culture, un dispositif qui prend de l'ampleur en Guyane

Catherine Lama

October 01, 2024 |

Guyane 1ère |

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Response Location: French Guiana

Le passe Culture permet aux jeunes de participer à des événements culturels et artistiques, tels que des festivals, des concerts et des expositions. L'initiative soutient également des programmes scolaires, notamment des résidences d'artistes et des salons du livre. En 2023, 9 373 jeunes ont utilisé leur passe Culture en Guyane et plus de la moitié des élèves ont bénéficié du programme lors de sorties scolaires.

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This Native-Led Group Is Bringing Solar Power to Tribal Lands

Yessenia Funes

September 30, 2024 |

Atmos |

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Response Location: Hopi Reservation, United States

Native Renewables, a Native- and women-led nonprofit, is bringing free, off-grid solar energy systems to homes in the Navajo and Hopi reservations that don’t have access to power. And it’s doing so by training local Indigenous peoples to work in the industry so they can reap the economic benefits of these careers instead of hiring out the work.

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