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How tax credits and social finance are building a healthy future for Nova Scotians

Diane Bérard

July 24, 2023 |

Future of Good |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Nova Scotia

Novia Scotia, Canada, created community economic development investment funds with a 35% tax credit to investors to help small businesses that need capital but don’t qualify for bank loans. The cooperative FarmWorks brings together investors and farmers using this funding method to provide loans that will directly support the local food network.

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How NYC's Harbor School is trying to reduce summer school stigma

Michael Elsen-Rooney

July 24, 2023 |

Chalkbeat New York |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The Urban Assembly New York Harbor School on Governors Island offers a summer school program that provides a low-pressure environment for students to complete coursework they may struggle with during the traditional school year. Students benefit from flexible scheduling that allows many to work part-time, as well as more individualized academic attention thanks to lower student-teacher ratios.

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Bengal banana farmers bask in sunshine

Diwash Gahatraj

July 24, 2023 |

Village Square |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: India, Birbhum, West Bengal

Farmers in West Bengal, India, are swapping rice for bananas to save on expenses and labor and adapt to increasingly erratic monsoons and rainfall impacting yields. The farmers use solar panels and drip irrigation setups funded by the state government to reduce emissions and minimize water loss, as bananas require a lot of water.

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Project Puffin: A 50-year triumph that brought puffins back to Maine

Steve Minich

July 24, 2023 |

WMTW-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Saint George, Maine

Project Puffin started 50 years ago as a way to replenish and sustain the Atlantic Puffin population. The techniques pioneered years ago are now being used around the world as the standard practice for aiding seabird populations. With the help of Project Puffin, the area seabird population is now thriving after almost being completely wiped out across the state.

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One year old, US climate law is already turbocharging clean energy technology

Isabella O'Malley Michael Phillis

July 23, 2023 |

Associated Press |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

In an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the United States’ Inflation Reduction Act uses tax credits to encourage the adaptation of and investment in renewable energy across the country.

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How local, state programs are helping fill retiring doctors' ranks

Kelly Burch

July 22, 2023 |

Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

Several state and local programs are emerging to fill the shoes of retiring doctors in the area, like the Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) program. ANEW covers the cost of higher education for local nurses to become APRNs to then work as primary care nurse practitioners tto help address the lack of doctors and increase access to healthcare. So far, about 40 APRNs have graduated from the ANEWA program, 68% of which are from rural communities.

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Empowered volunteers war against neglected diseases in Plateau, Niger, FCT

Johnstone Kpilaakaa Uchenna Igwe Justina Asishana

July 22, 2023 |

The Nation (Nigeria) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Niger

Teams of Community Direct Distributors (CDD) are leading drug distribution campaigns to prevent and eliminate neglected tropical diseases in hard-to-reach, rural areas. These CDDs are members of the community they serve and are trained to educate the locals on disease prevention and administer the drugs themselves. With the CDDs’ help, several states have already eliminated some diseases and greatly reduced the spread of others.

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'Achieve your dreams at home'

Nora Mabie

July 22, 2023 |

Indian Country Today |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Blackfeet Nation, United States, Browning, Montana

In 2019, Montana’s Blackfeet Community College launched its first four-year bachelor’s in nursing degree program with the goal of helping to address care shortages in the local Indigenous community. The program’s first graduate, who received her degree in 2023 and is now working as a long-term care nurse, said the college’s relationship-based approach helped her stick with her studies even through the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Can Permitting Barriers Be Overcome to Accelerate Clean Energy?

Ethan Brown Mikaela Gonzalez Hallie Cordingley Mo Polyak

July 21, 2023 |

The Sweaty Penguin |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

Permitting is an important, and mandatory, part of new development projects in clean energy and forest management to ensure compliance with various regulations relating to the environment and land use. It also gives communities a chance to be heard during public comment. But the process is so lengthy that it can halt projects for years.

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Cómo la cosmética mejora la autoestima de pacientes oncológicos

Ana Muguerza

July 21, 2023 |

Revista Haz |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Spain

Los tratamientos contra el cáncer producen importantes alteraciones en la imagen corporal de los pacientes. La Fundación Stanpa imparte talleres de cuidados de la piel y maquillaje a enfermos oncológicos en 58 hospitales públicos de España para ayudarles a recuperar su imagen y su autoestima.

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