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  • How a mobile-home park saved its community from a corporate buyout

    August 04, 2023 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

    When the Westside Mobile Home Park went up for sale, it brought the threat of displacement to those who lived there. So, the Elevation Community Land Trust partnered with the residents of the Durango, Colorado, community to form a housing cooperative. Now, the park's land is owned by a community land trust that offers each resident 99-year leases for significantly cheaper than if the park was attached to the real estate market.

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  • Fast electric, intercity rail is key to solving transport emissions. But could a train like The Overland be part of that future?

    August 03, 2023 |

    Cosmos Magazine |

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    Response Location: Australia, Melbourne

    As airfare becomes increasingly expensive and oftentimes unreliable, several passengers are opting for train transportation, like The Overland. The Overland is an electric intercity railway that provides fast public transportation that reduces the need to rely on fossil fuels that power cars and planes.

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  • In some Chicago wards, residents vote on how tax money is spent. Should all Chicagoans get a seat at the budget table?

    August 03, 2023 |

    Chicago Sun-Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    In some wards of Chicago, residents are able to directly weigh in on city council spending and projects through an annual participatory budgeting process. Citizen input has helped bring a range of capital improvements to fruition, from public exercise stations in local parks to efforts to replace lead-contaminated water fountains in schools.

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  • Pushed To Action(III): The non-profits helping Nigerian communities access clean water

    August 03, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Obeagu, Enugu State

    The Network of Water Rights Initiative (NWRI) works with local organizations to improve access to safe water through education and awareness campaigns aimed at enlightening people about the health risks of contaminated water. NWRI has led water clean-up efforts, helped locals establish security measures to prevent people from dumping waste in water and even helped get a water bill signed into law that would improve water supply and sanitation services across the state.

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  • The women leading Kano's charge for a greener future

    August 02, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Dakata, Kano

    In Nigeria, the Arewa Women Initiative For Climate Change Advocacy And Environmental Sustainability works to educate people on climate change and empower them to make informed, environment-friendly decisions. Through events like tree planting campaigns, the initiative spreads awareness on a variety of issues while coordinating action.

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  • Hire a Kick-Ass Trash Czar

    August 01, 2023 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City’s Sanitation Commissions is cleaning up city streets with new practices and regulations curbing its trash problem. For example, she has started using data to track trash conditions across the city, she’s enforcing infractions, and she changed put-out and pick-up times.

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  • Mamacítas Cibernéticas seeks to close digital gaps in Sunland Park

    July 31, 2023 |

    Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Sunland Park, New Mexico

    A group of women known as the Mamacítas Cibernéticas are conducting outreach in Sunland Park, New Mexico, to gauge the digital literacy needs of locals — particularly older Hispanic women. They’re using that information to lobby lawmakers for computer training programs to help bridge the digital divide.

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  • Portland had the guts to find safe sites for its homeless. Does Sacramento?

    July 31, 2023 |

    Sacramento Bee |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    In response to managing the homeless crisis, several Safe Rest Villages have emerged throughout the city. These are small, individual units on city-owned land, separate from nearby neighborhoods. There are currently seven active Safe Rest Villages in the city and they have created 350 transitional housing opportunities for the local homeless population.

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  • All Talk and —Yes — Action

    July 27, 2023 |

    Nexus Media News |

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    Response Location: United States

    All We Can Save Circles are decentralized, 10-course book clubs aimed at helping participants develop communities around climate solutions by inspiring action and allowing them to talk through climate anxieties. More than 3,000 people have formed Circles around the country and 90% of those who participate have taken some kind of climate action on their own, like advocating for change in their communities or taking a climate-focused career.

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  • Are Cooling Materials A Solution To Fight Urban Heat?

    July 27, 2023 |

    LAist |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    A neighborhood group and a roofing company in Los Angeles, California, painted streets, parking lots, and a schoolyard with a “cool pavement” coating that reflects the heat from the sun. The coating keeping the surface cooler and providing relief from the urban heat island effect.

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