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Could This Arizona Ranch Be a Model for Southwest Farmers?

Samuel Gilbert

May 12, 2025 |

Civil Eats |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Arizona

Oatman Flats Ranch has implemented regenerative organic farming practices—including cover cropping, drought-tolerant crops, indigenous agricultural knowledge, and rotational grazing—to successfully restore degraded desert farmland, significantly improving soil health, biodiversity, and water conservation in a climate-stressed region.

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From privilege to subjectivity: reflecting on masculinities to improve gender equity

Soledad Bavio

May 05, 2025 |

El Colectivo 506 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil

Program H is a group educational methodology that works with young men through participatory workshops, role-playing, and debates to reflect on toxic masculinities and promote more equitable attitudes toward gender. It has been implemented in more than 30 countries since 2002, successfully facilitated by males who act as gender equity role models. This story is available in Spanish here: https://solu.news/24kd

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In Mexico's ‘Avocado Belt,' Villagers Stand Up to Protect Their Lands

Fred Pearce, Agustín del Castillo

May 02, 2025 |

Yale Environment 360 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Michoacán

Indigenous communities in Michoacán, Mexico, have implemented traditional collective land management and community-driven governance strategies to sustainably cultivate avocados, successfully protecting local forests and biodiversity, empowering local economies, and resisting cartel violence.

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Del privilegio a la subjetividad: cómo abordar las masculinidades lejos del punitivismo y con foco en la reflexión

Soledad Bavio

May 01, 2025 |

elDiarioAR |

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Response Location: Brazil

El Programa H es una metodología educativa grupal que trabaja con hombres jóvenes a través de talleres participativos, juegos de rol y debates para reflexionar sobre masculinidades tóxicas y promover actitudes más equitativas hacia el género, implementada exitosamente en más de 30 países desde 2002. Las actividades estan dirigidas a hombres jóvenes y facilitadas por varones que actúan como modelos de equidad de género. Puedes leer este artículo en ingles aquí: https://solu.news/clsc

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Las Casas Trans en Bolivia: un refugio colectivo que busca cambiar vidas

Brenda Villalba

April 27, 2025 |

Red de periodismo Feminista de Bolivia |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Bolivia

Las Casas Trans son refugios comunitarios creados por y para mujeres trans en Bolivia que ofrecen servicios integrales de salud, apoyo psicológico, asesoría legal y oportunidades de emprendimiento, evolucionando desde espacios de asistencia básica hasta plataformas de emancipación colectiva que han atendido a más de 2,500 personas en cuatro ciudades y se expanden como modelo replicable de transformación social. Puedes leer este artículo en ingles aquí: https://solu.news/nsr4

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Amid Ongoing Threats to Local Food Systems, Alaska Native and Rural Alaskan Leaders Imagine Alternatives

Peter Heckendorn

April 23, 2025 |

The Daily Yonder |

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Response Location: Metlakatla Indian Community, United States, Alaska

Gatgyeda Haayk's community garden tackles food access challenges in Metlakatla by patiently building rich soil over many years, enabling diverse crops to flourish despite Alaska's difficult growing conditions. This effort not only provides fresh food but also revitalizes cultural heritage by cultivating traditional plants like "Indian potatoes" and fostering community sharing.

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Ancient Himalayan Water Temples Are Meeting Modern Needs

Geetanjali Krishna

April 15, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India

The Central Himalayan Rural Action Group, an NGO based in India, is restoring special Himalayan freshwater springs known naulas. Since 2008, the organization has been involved in the restoration of more than 6,000 springs.

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How an Ancient Yemeni Tradition Is Reviving Bee Populations

Maeen Al-Najri

April 07, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Yemen

In Yemen, incorporating the age-old practice of seasonal beehive migration, known as Tazeeb, increased the number of hives in the country by over 100,000 between 2017 and 2020.

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How the Klamath Dams Came Down

Anita Hofschneider, Jake Bittle

March 19, 2025 |

Grist |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

The coordinated response involved decades of persistent advocacy, strategic coalition-building among Indigenous nations, environmentalists, and government officials, sustained direct activism, and innovative legal and corporate negotiations, ultimately leading to the historic removal of four dams along the Klamath River. This effort successfully restored salmon habitat and ecosystem health, setting a groundbreaking precedent for addressing environmental justice, tribal sovereignty, and dam removal conflicts nationwide.

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Yaku Raymi: The Quechua Ritual to Save a Glacier

Geraldine Santos, Elizabeth Salazar Vega

March 06, 2025 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Peru, Santa Fe

In Santa Fe, Peru, an ancestral system of water storage is helping communities cope with water scarcity: qochas are artificial lagoons built to store rainwater during the wet season, which is later used during droughts. The use of qochas has allowed Santa Fe to have 41 reservoirs that store 2.9 million cubic meters (102.4 million cubic feet) of water, three times more than before.

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