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Climate change activists look to increase voter turnout in 2022 and beyond

Ben Adler

January 28, 2022 |

Yahoo! News |

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Response Location: United States

The Environmental Voter Project (EVP) is a nonpartisan nonprofit working to increase voter turnout among irregular voters who care about the environment. The EVP has 6,000 volunteers who contact infrequent voters in 17 states via text, phone, postcards, and door-knocking. Volunteers identify would-be voters who care about the environment but don’t actually talk about the environment. Instead, their goal is to engage voters and get them to vote regardless of whether anything related to environmental regulation is on the ballot. EVP uses peer-pressure and sends many reminders to get people to the polls.

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Heat dome made British Columbians more anxious. Could prescribing nature help?

Stefan Labbé

January 26, 2022 |

Times Colonist |

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Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

A Canadian doctor partnered with the British Columbia Parks Foundation to launch PaRx, A Prescription for Nature. The program helps health care providers prescribe time in nature for patients experiencing depression and anxiety related to climate change.

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Virginia clean energy job training program climbs its own learning curve

Elizabeth McGowan

January 25, 2022 |

Energy News Network |

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Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

To ensure that marginalized communities, include Black residents and the formerly incarcerated, have the skills and opportunity to be a part of the growing solar and energy-efficiency industry in the community, Bridging the Gap offers free, intensive solar-training courses to them.

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Giving Up Glyphosate

Moira Donovan

January 25, 2022 |

Maisonneuve |

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Response Location: Canada

Glyphosate is herbicide that kills deciduous trees, weeds, and shrubs and it is one of the most used herbicides in Canada. However, the World Health Organization stated that the herbicide is probably carcinogenic. Indigenous groups have linked it to the deaths of plants and animals. Across Canada, various groups and organizations are trying to end the use of the herbicide, from indigenous groups, to timber companies, and grassroots activists.

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Steel is recycled more than almost anything. Why does it create so much pollution?

Elizabeth McCauley Lilian Manansala Daniel T. Allen

January 25, 2022 |

Business Insider |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Australia

Steel is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, even though lots of it is recycled every year. Recycling steel uses coal too, but an Australian steelmaker is experimenting with alternatives. These alternative include using briquettes made from plastic waste, which is less polluting.

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Promoting children's rights through community child protection volunteers

John Mugisha

January 25, 2022 |

Rwanda News Agency |

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Response Location: Rwanda

Inshuti z’Umuryango (IZU) is a group of almost 30,000 volunteers that identifies and helps children in need. One female and one male per village are elected by each village and serve as trusted community members who fill the gaps in the child protection system, including arranging health, education, income-assistance, and psychological support for children in need.

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Turkey Bets on Green Card

Sevilay Nur Saraçlar

January 25, 2022 |

Inside Turkey |

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Response Location: Turkey, Antalya

A program in Turkey allows residents to recycle its waste, and in return, receive points that can be used to pay for goods or be withdrawn as cash from an ATM. When the Green Neighbor Card program launched in 2016, the first month saw residents turning in over 8,700 kilograms of waste. By 2020, it has grown to 200,000 kilograms a month. Some say the program has some flaws, but residents have earned 5.3 million liras since the program began.

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Philly's Way Home navigates solutions on housing for LGBTQ+ people through first-in-the-country program

Andrew Kolba

January 25, 2022 |

Al Día News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Way Home is a rapid rehousing project designed specifically for LGBTQ+ adults. The program runs on a housing-first model with extremely low barriers for screening people out. This is particular important to address the needs of transgender and gender non-conforming people who have more barriers to employment, which is important to afford long-term housing. Using a $400,000 CARES Act grant, Way Home works with LGBTQ+-friendly landlords, and pays a portion of the rent for 40 LGBTQ+ residents facing homelessness. The program also offers bilingual services

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Baisse du taux de mortalité lié au paludisme en Côte d'Ivoire

Suy Kahofi

January 24, 2022 |

Eburnie Today |

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Response Location: Côte d'Ivoire

Les efforts de la Côte d’Ivoire portent leurs fruits puisque le nombre de décès dus au paludisme est passé de 3 222 en 2017 à 1 316 en 2020, soit un taux de mortalité en baisse d’environ 50%. Si la maladie est encore loin d'être éradiquée, moustiquaires gratuites, traitement préveventif pour les femmes enceintes et sensibilisation font leur effet.

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The ‘AI-Powered Midwife' Helping Pregnant Nigerian Women and Newborns Stay Healthy

Innocent Eteng

January 24, 2022 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos State

Encouraged by her own pregnancy experience, medical technology expert Abisola Oladapo worked with two of her colleagues to create Sister Agnes. It is an AI system that delivers periodic, timely information to pregnant women by calls and texts in local languages to empower them with information about their health. 79 percent of the women who used the service delivered in health centers, were four times more likely to survive the pregnancy, and the survival rate of their children was 33 percent higher than the national average.

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