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  • DIY-style school helps educate Indian migrants facing eviction

    February 19, 2021 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: India, Delhi

    Evictions can have devastating effects on a student’s access to education, forcing some to drop out of school. In Delhi, a city in India, a school was built by students, community members, and volunteers using locally-sourced materials. The community had been forcibly removed from their homes, and the students were left without a school.

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  • A Pioneering Welsh Housing Initiative For a Life in Ecological Harmony

    February 01, 2021 |

    Struggles from Below Magazine |

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    Response Location: Wales

    A housing initiative in Wales is combining affordable housing with ecological sustainability. The One Planet Development policy (OPD) gives residents an exemption to stringent countryside planning laws if they commit to a sustainable lifestyle. “There can be tension between affordable living and sustainability, but in the OPD we have an exemplar of low-impact, low-cost development.”

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  • In pursuit of self-determined development, Borneo's indigenous tribes turn to homegrown renewables

    January 21, 2021 |

    Eco-Business |

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    Response Location: Malaysia, Kampung Buayan, Borneo

    An indigenous-led nonprofit group called Tonibung installed a micro-hydro electrical system for a village deep in Borneo’s rainforests. The project not only supplied much-needed energy for the villagers of Kampung Buayan, but it is also protecting the surrounding ecosystems, creating jobs for people, and encouraging youth to get involved. “We want to advocate for native rights to self-determination and empower indigenous groups to choose the kind of development that meets the aspirations of their people,” says the founder of the organization.

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  • In India, Smartphones and Cheap Data Are Giving Women a Voice

    January 04, 2021 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: India

    Smartphones and cheap data are enabling Indian women, even those who never learned how to read and write, to access new networks and markets. Voice memos and images shared via apps like WhatsApp make accessing information easier. As a result, women are running businesses, finding new customers, and even saving remote forests by alerting journalists to illegal logging. As the accessibility of smartphones and affordable data increases, so does this demographic’s autonomy.

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  • Jobs, Houses and Cows: China's Costly Drive to Erase Extreme Poverty

    December 31, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: China

    The Chinese government is providing money, livestock, and better homes to successfully help break the cycle of poverty. $700 billion in loans and grants have gone toward the rural poverty alleviation program in addition to investments in infrastructure and job creation. The program is intended for those experiencing extreme poverty in the countryside. Critics predict that the program is unsustainably expensive but the short-term results are promising.

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  • The marathon: How Ontario succeeded in former GM plant's redevelopment this time

    December 29, 2020 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Ontario, Ohio

    The city of Ontario, Ohio, redeveloped the site of a former General Motors plant in an endeavor to bring back jobs. Extensive cleanup, construction, and collective action resulted in a clean facility and a bright future. The site will soon be home to the first new tenant: A specialty bags production plant.

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  • Internet Companies Don't Want to Serve the Clearfork Valley. So Residents Are Working to Build Their Own Access

    December 14, 2020 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Clearfork Valley, Kentucky

    Community advocates in Clearfork Valley created their own public internet hotspot to bridge the digital divide, especially as the pandemic rendered high-speed internet more of a necessity than a luxury. Broadband companies were reluctant to run fiber-optic cables through the valley because the rural area wouldn't bring in a profit for the internet providers. A small nonprofit, Community Tech, NY, stepped in to help solve the problem by providing Portable Network Kits which provide internet access. Although it creates a small network, it's a huge step toward "stepping onto the technology highway."

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  • The New York Farmers Responding to Food Insecurity

    December 08, 2020 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

    Small businesses, such as Lively Run Goat Dairy, were able to quickly pivot during the initial chaos in the aftermath of pandemic shutdowns. The small dairy farm was able to salvage hundreds of pounds of milk that was set to be dumped by large industrial farms. It bought the milk with initial donations through GoFundMe and made cheese which was delivered free of charge to local food banks. Their nimble pivot to “strengthen distribution systems and feed their community” was even praised by the governor of NY who went on to create a project that connects farmers with food banks.

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  • Eat greens, buy Black

    November 16, 2020 |

    Scalawag |

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    Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

    A newsletter that began in hopes to help stir up business for local restaurants in the Black community grew into a food subscription box that connects farmers, restaurants, and consumers. Tall Grass Food Box has put many black farmers back in business after COVID-19 brought sales to a halt. Restaurants and consumers in North Carolina's Triangle region buy seasonal produce from Black farms located across the state.

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  • An Ohio Mill Town Lost Its Identity. Can Youth Sports Restore It?

    November 03, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Hamilton, Ohio

    The promise of a youth sports facility in Hamilton, Ohio, is already prompting financial development in the once-bustling city. The indoor sports complex, Spooky Nook, will be the biggest of its kind in North America. Currently, a complex by the same company has provided a significant boost to the economy in Mannheim, Pennsylvania. In Hamilton, vendors who had once given up on the economic revival of the Rust Belt town are now returning with high hopes for the local economy, especially now that 35 weekends in 2022 are already booked for events at the stadium.

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