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  • Mega Whatt!? What a Rhode Island wind farm can teach us about New Orleans' energy future

    Sarah Ravits

    July 15, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Narragansett, Rhode Island

    The Block Island Wind Farm is an offshore wind farm that works to mitigate climate change and improve the state’s economy. The wind farm has created more than 300 jobs and provides an alternative to power sources that produce carbon emissions amidst increased demands for electricity.

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  • The Address of the Future

    Sushmita Pathak

    July 15, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Pune

    Unique codes created by Google are providing address to millions of Indians who lack home addresses. Known as Plus Codes, they have enabled homes to be easily found via Google Maps, opening up a number of services previously denied to the unaddressed.

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  • Manure-Eating Worms Could Be the Dairy Industry's Climate Solution

    Grace van Deelen

    July 15, 2022 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    The Royal Diary farm in Washington uses a vermifiltration system to filter wastewater to cut down on nitrate pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The system runs the water through a bed of earthworms that feast on the waste removing the harmful chemicals and nutrients.

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  • How can Ashland preserve its past as it forges into the future?

    Dillon Carr

    July 15, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Ashland, Ohio

    Preservation Ohio focuses on advocating for the preservation of the state’s historic buildings. The organization works to connect cities across the state with state and local tax credits as incentives to refrain from demolishing historical buildings. Since the first round of funding in 2007, tax credits have been approved for 562 projects to rehabilitate over 795 historic buildings in 77 different communities.

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  • How tuition-free school transforms 100 children, stirs crisis at IDP camp

    Marcus Fatunmole

    July 14, 2022 |

    International Centre for Investigative Reporting |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    A collaboration between the Nigerian government and Maple Leaf Early Years Foundation allows roughly 100 children in a camp for people who have been displaced to attend school for free. Though the school can't enroll all the local children who wish to attend, it provides free meals, language instruction, and classes on hygiene that have helped students improve their health and English speaking abilities.

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  • ‘It's a beautiful thing': how one Paris district rediscovered conviviality

    Peter Yeung

    July 14, 2022 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    The République des Hyper Voisins, or the Republic of Super Neighbors, is an experiment organized by residents of Paris's 14th arrondissement to encourage community engagement, combat social isolation, and improve how the neighborhood functions. The group has organized mutual aid efforts, installed compost collection points, facilitated the launch of a new health clinic, and given residents opportunities to weigh in on local development projects.

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  • Ukrainian vegan cuisine: how volunteers in Uzhhorod organize healthy food for displaced people

    Ksenia Yanus Oleksandr Masovets

    July 14, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Uzhhorod

    The volunteer-run Vegan Kitchen of Ukraine project provides vegan meals for displaced people in cities across the country and sends meal packages to soldiers. The volunteers prepare the food in their homes or during donated time at local kitchens.

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  • Marshall Park helps Ontario address economic vacuum created by GM departure

    Curt Conrad

    July 14, 2022 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Ontario, Ohio

    A restoration of Marshall Park has drawn sports tournaments to Ontario, spurring economic activity. The park was built as a community park but community leaders also saw the potential it could provide in driving the economy, especially after the departure of a major local employer.

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  • How Appalachia Is Growing Its Outdoor Economy Through Collaborations and Capacity Building

    Kim Kobersmith

    July 14, 2022 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    As a demand for outdoor recreation grows, due in part to the pandemic, Appalachia is delivering on the need with a number of new projects. Community leaders are collaborating on “conservation solutions that make economic and environmental sense.”

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  • SPECIAL REPORT: Facing high wheat prices, Nigerian bakers turn to potato puree

    Ronald Adamolekun

    July 14, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Bakers in Nigeria make bread with orange-fleshed sweet potatoes to help offset the growing cost of producing bread with just wheat flour.

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