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Why money, education and tolerance are needed in California's upcoming ban of gas blowers

Mathew Miranda

September 07, 2023 |

Sacramento Bee |

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Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

As a part of its journey to 100% clean energy, California is banning the sale of gas-powered landscaping equipment in 2024. The ban has done little to transition landscapers to electric tools. They cite the need for clients to understand that the tools might not leave a yard immaculate, better battery-powered options, and funding assistance as more helpful steps for the transition to electric.

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Why Grove Park Residents Say This Housing Nonprofit Is Hurting Their Neighborhood

Chauncey Alcorn

September 06, 2023 |

Capital B (Atlanta) |

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Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

Grove Park Renewal aims to help residents from the majority-black area of northwest Atlanta become homeowners by turning vacant properties into newly renovated, affordable homes. The nonprofit also offers an affordable rental program that allows qualifying individuals and families to live in one of its properties at a more affordable, income-adjusted rate.

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On Their Own: Border Humanitarians Respond to a Crisis Created by Governments

Melissa del Bosque

September 05, 2023 |

The Border Chronicle |

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Response Location: Mexico, Sásabe, Sonora

With a lack of government aid and interference, border communities are stepping up to care for both migrants and local residents through efforts like The Sidewalk School and Casa de la Esperanza — nonprofits that offer shelter, programming and resource centers for migrants and locals in need.

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Peru's water shortage: Meet the fog-catchers of Lima

Christoph Röckerath

September 04, 2023 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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Response Location: Peru, Lima

Locals in Lima, Peru, are combating severe water scarcity by stringing up nylon netting on hills to capture moisture from fog. The water runs down the net, into gutters, through filters, and into collection tanks.

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"If not me, then who?:" Building Ukraine Together NGO rebuilds the country and eliminates barriers between people

Alice Smahina

August 31, 2023 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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Response Location: Ukraine

Building Ukraine Together (BUT) gathers volunteers across the country to help rebuild homes, cultural centers and repair public facilities that were damaged or destroyed as a result of the war with Russia. With a team of more than 6,000 volunteers from several walks of life, BUT has repaired or created comfortable, safe living conditions for more than 5,000 people impacted by the war.

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'Cash for Grass' program has transformed 2,000 lawns in Napa

Katie DeBenedetti

August 31, 2023 |

Napa Valley Register |

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Response Location: United States, Napa, California

Residents of Napa, California, are replacing their lawns with native, low-water landscaping to use less water and save money on water bills. Many were incentivized by the city’s Cash for Grass rebate program that offers per-square-foot rebates for those who make the swap.

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Landless Workers Fight for Fair Food

Nicole Froio

August 31, 2023 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: Brazil

The Landless Workers Movement in Brazil is fighting for land access for rural workers and is breaking up unequal land monopolies by squatting on privately-owned vacant land. This practice attracts the attention of the federal government, which assesses whether it can buy the land and provide it to the movement to live and farm on.

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"An Amazing Commitment to Children"

Natalie Pompilio

August 31, 2023 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States

Across the United States, Friends of the Children is matching kindergartners with professional, paid mentors they will meet with for a few hours every week until they graduate high school. The nonprofit has been successfully breaking the cycle of generational poverty in over 30 cities since 1993.

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The Heat is Killing Us: Climate change & rising temps are increasing gun violence

Helina Selemon

August 31, 2023 |

New York Amsterdam News |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A University of Pennsylvania project cleaned up vacant lots and planted greenery, and it made community members feel safer, decreased gun violence, and decreased nuisance calls.

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How Houston Cut Its Homeless Population by Nearly Two-Thirds

Alan Greenblatt

August 30, 2023 |

Governing |

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Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

Houston’s The Way Home collective is made up of 100 nonprofits with different approaches to combatting homelessness. Case managers enter information about people experiencing homelessness in the city into a database that shows all of the programs each person is eligible for and which nonprofits have space available.

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