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  • How Keene's community air monitoring project could be a national climate solution

    November 29, 2024 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

    A professor at Keene State College, her students, and community volunteers installed affordable, commercial air monitors throughout the New Hampshire town to fill gaps in available data. The monitors help them track air quality in real time and alert the public when pollution levels rise.

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  • New work program in Atlantic City for homeless people

    November 27, 2024 |

    NJ Spotlight |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Atlantic City, New Jersey

    The Hope Work Initiative by Atlantic City's Homeless Outreach Unit connects unhoused community members with temporary employment cleaning up the city streets for three days a week, making $75 a day.

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  • Trump and his allies could kill funding for life-saving resiliency hubs

    November 27, 2024 |

    Yale Climate Connections |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Federal tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act enabled Community Church Atlanta to create a resiliency hub in its community center, serving as a food pantry and critical emergency shelter. Reduced energy bills from the recently installed solar panels are helping them expand their food pantry beyond the 32,000 they fed last year, and pursue even greater structural enforcements.

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  • The Denver Nonprofit Tackling Food Waste and Hunger at Once

    November 26, 2024 |

    Triple Pundit |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    We Don’t Waste serves more than 100 hunger relief organizations across the city and has saved and redistributed 220 million servings of food to date. The team of staff and volunteers who recover and distribute food to the community has not only helped prevent food waste, but also greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental consequences, all while feeding locals in need.

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  • Building for the climate: How it's done in Switzerland

    November 24, 2024 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Switzerland

    A cooperative in Switzerland is building sustainable apartments using recycled materials and green building practices to create carbon-neutral communal living spaces. These “cluster apartments” cut down on living space per person and save energy.

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  • Restoring a Cornerstone of the Local Grain Economy

    November 20, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States

    A new generation of entrepreneurs is reestablishing local grain mills across the United States, drawing on historic processes to bring back a system that benefits local economics while providing fresher, more nutrient-dense flour. The group, the Craft Millers Guild, meets virtually to share advice, learn from experts, and advocate for change.

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  • Grassroots Hurricane Relief Efforts Fight Disinformation, Slow Bureaucracies and More Frequent Catastrophes

    November 17, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Petersburg, Florida

    In the wake of Hurricane Helene and Milton, mutual aid groups across the country are emerging to get essential supplies to thousands of people in isolated communities and working to combat misinformation and government mistrust surrounding climate change. Because mutual aid groups aren’t bound to the bureaucracy of government organizations, they’re able to act quickly and connect with community members on a deeper level.

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  • 'Fight for it to be better'

    November 13, 2024 |

    Southern Science |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Capacity Collaborative and Thriving Earth Exchange are working together to establish volunteer community science hubs to support environmental justice projects in communities around the United States. The organizations connect communities with scientists and experts who volunteer their time to help move their projects forward.

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  • Ideas We Should Steal: More Worker-Owned Businesses

    November 12, 2024 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Democracy Brewing is a worker cooperative, which means worker-owners split the profits and have an equal say in business decisions that affect working conditions. Studies show that this type of business structure results in higher wages and household wealth for workers of color, and these workers also tend to stay in their positions longer.

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  • Thread and Thrive

    November 12, 2024 |

    Chicoco Radio Viral Times |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria

    Formed in 2019, the Tailor’s Life Coach training initiative has helped over 200 people, particularly women, learn tailoring skills to pursue their passion for fashion design and open tailoring businesses of their own. The skills training from the initiative is free; participants only need to purchase the materials they use.

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