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  • Cars Are Vanishing from Paris

    September 23, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    Cars are Europe’s second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and the leading killer of children. In recent years, Paris has implemented an array of measures to prioritize pedestrians, cyclists, and transit while reducing car use. As a result, car use has dropped about 45% since 1990, the use of public transit has risen by 30% and the share of cyclists has increased tenfold.

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  • How A Loan-To-Own Program In San Diego Is Boosting E-Bike Access

    September 23, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    Pedal Ahead provides low-income locals access to e-bikes at no initial cost, while agreeing to ride an average of five miles a day, track and share rides for a study, and secure their own bike insurance. If the participants successfully complete the program after two years, they own the bike. Since its launch, the organization distributed over 400 bicycles across the county.

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  • In Puerto Rico, Activists Transform Abandoned Land To Build Food Sovereignty

    September 19, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Puerto Rico, Ponce

    The community in Ponce, Puerto Rico, reclaimed a neglected, abandoned area by turning it into a community garden and gathering spot they call El Huerto Urbano del Callejón Trujillo. The garden supplies food to the community and gives people a place to learn about agriculture.

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  • In Recovery, Helping Communities Rebuild After Flooding

    September 16, 2022 |

    WMMT |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    When severe flooding hit Kentucky, the bakery at the Hemphill Community Center continued to pay its workers to do community support and flood recovery work instead of their typical jobs. The bakery is a recovery-to-work program for people facing addiction, so keeping their jobs and a sense of community helps them continue recovering despite stressful circumstances.

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  • Detroit's Black-Led Organizations Are Cultivating Access To Nature

    September 12, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Amplify Outside is one of several initiatives emerging from Detroit to help eliminate obstacles people of color face when accessing nature. Following a survey of people of color in the area, Amplify Outside plans to raise money to create a mutual aid fund to support those who want to engage in outdoor activities but don’t have the means and is partnering with like-minded organizations to host events and create a sense of community.

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  • Trash to art: How an enterprise is turning waste into treasure in Gombe

    September 12, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Gombe

    AMAZ Xcellent Enterprises addresses waste management issues by transforming trash like tissue paper rolls, used envelopes, and outdated wall calendars into decorative pieces, and useful items like pen stands. For every pen stand made, the organization uses about four tissue paper rolls and has already created more than 100 stands.

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  • How an initiative is providing water to remote communities in northern Nigeria

    September 10, 2022 |

    Daily Trust |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The Water the Needy Foundation uses donations and sponsors to provide rural, remote communities in Nigeria access to drinking water by building wells and boreholes.

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  • How a Methodist Preacher Became a Champion for Black-Led Sustainable Agriculture

    September 09, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Allensworth, California

    The TAC Farm is a Black-owned and operated farm working to boost the local economy. TAC Farm also uses organic, climate-friendly farming processes, like enriching the soil with compost and installing windbreaks to protect crops.

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  • This German village managed to go off grid and become energy self-sufficient

    September 09, 2022 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Germany, Feldheim, Brandenburg

    Feldheim, Germany, built an entirely self-sufficient, decentralized energy grid with funding from residents, the European Union, and the state. They produce their energy with wind turbines, a solar farm, and agricultural waste.

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  • Sacramento-area experiment could help merge a 'clean' future with viable neighborhoods

    September 08, 2022 |

    Sacramento Business Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    Green Means Go identifies central parts of cities called “Green Zones” and then makes efforts to increase infill housing where services already exist for residents and improve access to alternative, more “green" modes of transportation, and reduce commute times. Less vehicle commuting means fewer greenhouse gas emissions. Out of 28 local jurisdictions, 23 have already adopted Green Zones.

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