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New technology provides hope for the Great Lakes' polluted waters

Abigail Comar

October 12, 2022 |

Great Lakes Echo |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Ohio

Hypernucleation flotation technology skims water to separate out the harmful algae blooms. That process brings the nutrient levels in the body of water down to a level that other living things can survive in.

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An Initiative is introducing coding and programming languages into Nigeria's education curriculum

Abdulwasiu Mujeeb

October 12, 2022 |

Social Voices |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

KidsThatCode offers weekend programs and summer boot camps to teach Nigerian children coding and programming languages. More than 2,000 students have participated since 2017.

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Money for your education... that you don't pay back! (Solutionaries)

Jenna Zibton Jeff Perzan Patrick McKee Dylan Trail

October 12, 2022 |

Solutionaries |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Virginia

Virginia’s G3 grant program helps cover education costs for students in the most in-demand industries in the state.

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At This Alexandria Community, The Challenges Of Mobile Home Ownership Are Thrown Into Sharp Relief

Eliza Tebo

October 12, 2022 |

DCist |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Alexandria, Virginia

When an offer to buy the Harmony Place mobile home community in Alexandria, Virginia, came in, the residents worked with a nonprofit to make a counterproposal in an effort to turn it into a co-op. The seller did not accept the counterproposal, but it is now considered a template for other communities looking to do something similar.

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Just add water and stir — Owens Lake shows Utahns that even when salty lakes hit their lowest point, they can recover

Leia Larson

October 12, 2022 |

The Salt Lake Tribune |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Lone Pine, California

To adjust from L.A. regularly draining Owens Lake for its water supply, locals have found that they can recover the dry lake by simply re-adding water to it, which prevents it from creating toxic dust storms. When water is added to the lake, the environment wakes up and becomes home to several plants and animals, specifically millions of birds, which depend on habitats like Owens Lake when traveling around the world.

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Group led by a university teacher saves Nigerian vulnerable, endangered pangolins from extinction

Oluwatobi Odeyinka

October 12, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

The Pangolin Conservation Guild Nigeria is a nonprofit educating the public on the importance of the declining pangolin population, the laws against hunting them, and how to keep them from going extinct. The organization also contains a task force to rescue captured pangolins and return them to the wild.

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How to restore PH's lost mangrove forest? An Iloilo town shows the way

Arnel Murga

October 12, 2022 |

Rappler |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Philippines, Iloilo

Leganes Integrated Katunggan Ecopark in the Philippines is a mangrove rehabilitation project in which volunteers planted over 1,700 seedlings to restore a 200-meter greenbelt.

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This Group is Fostering Reading and Writing Habit among Youths in Gombe, Despite Challenges

Muhammad Auwal Ibrahim

October 12, 2022 |

BONews |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Gombe

The Gombe Jewel Writers Association provides a venue for Nigerians to build their reading skills and connect with others who are interested in creative writing, with biweekly reading sessions, periodic workshops, and author talks. Participants say the organization has helped them improve their reading abilities and publish their writing for the first time.

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For Amber Richards, life after overdose starts with compassion

Grant Stringer

October 11, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Clackamas county, Oregon

Project Hope connects people at risk of dying by drug overdose into the care of Amber Richards, a former heroin user and an expert on recovery. Project Hope has helped hundreds of clients find help, from detox to housing and counseling, since the project’s start in 2018.

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Putting a stop to labor trafficking!

Jason Nguyen Ana Lastra Robert Arnold Adrian Montes

October 11, 2022 |

Solutionaries |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

The Equal Justice Center helps people who have experienced issues in the workplace like wage theft, labor trafficking and discrimination get justice against their employers.

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