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  • Canoes Become a Lifeline for Farming Communities Cut Off by River Flooding in Nigeria's Sokoto

    March 14, 2024 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Shinaka, Sokoto

    Some farmers in Sokoto, Nigeria, are cut off from their crops when the Rima River floods during the wet season. So, they use canoes, known as Jirgi, to ferry people and their harvests across the water.

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  • The Government Set a Fire in New Mexico. It Burned 341,735 Acres

    March 10, 2024 |

    Rolling Stone |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    The most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s modern history started as a prescribed burn managed by the United States Forest Service. These fires are meticulously planned and executed to remove flora that increases the risk of extreme wildfires, and the vast majority of them go as planned. The Calf Canyon/Hermit’s Peak Fire did not, leaving officials and locals to assess what went wrong and rebuild the impacted communities.

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  • How a Colombian City Cooled Dramatically in Just Three Years

    March 04, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Medellín

    Medellín, Colombia, is combating the urban heat island effect by creating green corridors across the city. Over 2.5 million plants and trees were carefully selected to maximize impact and planted on buildings and along roads and waterways.

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  • Wildfires are killing California's ancient giants. Can seedlings save the species?

    February 26, 2024 |

    NPR |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, California

    The United States National Park Service is planting giant sequoia tree seedlings in groves that were decimated by extreme wildfires in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. The effort aims to preserve the endangered species as the organization doesn’t believe the trees in these areas will regenerate on their own.

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  • How a Northwest tribe is escaping a rising ocean

    February 19, 2024 |

    NPR |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Quinault Indian Nation, United States, Taholah, Washington

    The Quinault Indian Nation is building new housing for its community about a mile from its current village on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. The goal is to relocate the whole village to a place further above sea level to avoid flooding and sea-level rise.

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  • These farmworkers created America's strongest workplace heat rules

    February 17, 2024 |

    The Washington Post |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Immokalee, Florida

    To fight for safer working conditions, a coalition of farmworkers staged protests and led boycotts of corporations such as McDonald’s and Taco Bell, which helped persuade the companies to join their push for better treatment. This led to the creation of the Fair Food Program, an initiative that certifies farms that comply with strict safety standards and gives them access to some of the largest buyers of produce. Farms in 10 states now participate in the program, providing protections for roughly 20,000 workers.

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  • The all-women crew fighting Indonesia's peatland fires

    February 16, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, West Kalimantan, Borneo

    The Power of Mama is an all-female firefighting unit that protects the health and livelihoods of the local community and environment by working with village authorities to educate local farmers on safe practices to prevent wildfires and preserve the ecosystem. The unit formed in 2022 with just 44 volunteers, but has since grown to 92 members aged 19 to 60 across six villages.

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  • The para-cyclists delivering aid to displaced Gazans against all odds

    February 14, 2024 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: Palestine, Rafah, Gaza Strip

    The Gaza Sunbirds para-cycling team shifted from preparing to compete in tournaments, like the 2024 Paralympics, to distributing food and aid packages to displaced people in Gaza on their bikes.

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  • In Oregon, a youth program prepares vulnerable landowners for wildfires

    February 07, 2024 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

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    Response Location: United States, Dexter, Oregon

    Oregon’s Community Wildfire Protection Corps pays young adults to remove overgrown brush to make fire-safe buffers around the homes of people who are older, disabled, or without financial means. At the same time, the youth who participate receive training for careers in wildland firefighting.

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  • Hot? Hungry? Step inside these food forests.

    January 29, 2024 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Organizations in cities across the United States, including Philadelphia and Tucson, are simultaneously combatting urban heat and hunger by planting fruit trees and edible plants that provide shade and food that community members can harvest.

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