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  • Could beavers be the secret to winning the fight against wildfires?

    July 06, 2025 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: United States

    Beaver restoration programs across the American West are creating fire-resistant green refuges, improving water storage and quality, and supporting wildlife recovery by partnering with the dam-building rodents rather than eliminating them, demonstrating that a nature-based approach can simultaneously address wildfire risk, drought, and ecosystem degradation.

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  • Garantizar el agua no es sencillo, pero las ASADAs muestran que es posible

    July 04, 2025 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    Las ASADAs (Asociaciones Administradoras de los Sistemas de Acueductos y Alcantarillados Sanitarios) son organizaciones comunitarias sin fines de lucro que administran sistemas de agua potable para sus comunidades, sirviendo al 33% de la población costarricense a través del compromiso voluntario y la gestión local del recurso hídrico.

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  • New App Alerts Users to Rising Rivers and Streams

    July 02, 2025 |

    Seven Days |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    RiverAware, an app that uses real-time data from a national network of gauges, has helped citizens, first responders, floodplain managers, scientists, and recreational users such as paddlers and anglers access river-flow data, informing or alerting communities as to when it's time to evacuate or seek higher ground. The data is aggregated from more than 13,000 stream-gauging stations around the country maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bureau of Land Management and the National Weather Service.

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  • Women are leading menstrual dialogue in Nepal – and in the process, challenging the status quo

    July 02, 2025 |

    Missing Perspectives |

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    Response Location: Nepal

    be artsy's Rato Baltin project uses culturally relevant education, menstrual kit distribution, and engages religious leaders to challenge discriminatory practices against those who menstruate. Since launching in 2017, the group has reached 80,000 people and distributed over 5,500 menstrual cups, while simultaneously helping shift perspectives around menstruating.

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  • 大学まで公教育無償のオーストリア…でも“いいこと”だけではなかった！　親に求められる「無償の代償」とは

    July 01, 2025 |

    AERA with Kids＋ |

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    Response Location: Austria

    大学まで学費無償の公教育が用意されているオーストリア。はたして、良いことばかりでしょうか。「無償だからこそ」のしわ寄せが家庭や個人に来る実態について、現地在住者が綴っています。

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  • Beneath the blazing sun, Black Phoenix sows community

    July 01, 2025 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    In Phoenix's historically Black neighborhoods, community organizations have transformed vacant, heat-trapping lots into thriving urban farms. One initiative, Spaces of Opportunity, converted a 19-acre abandoned site into a community farm with 250 garden plots available. Spaces of Opportunity serves over 1,000 residents each month, and other community farming initiatives also help in providing food and jobs for participants, many of whom are formerly incarcerated or unhoused.

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  • Baltimore residents are mobilizing to protect their immigrant neighbors from ICE

    July 01, 2025 |

    Baltimore Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    In one Baltimore neighborhood, residents have organized a grassroots network geared toward protecting the community from ICE raids. Through a Signal group, they communicate about ICE sightings, organize check-ins with neighbors, and help get each other connected with trainings from local organizations focused on protecting immigrant communities.

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  • Solar minigrid brings light and hope to a Goma neighborhood, offering blueprint for rest of Congo

    June 30, 2025 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Goma

    With investor backing, the utility company Nuru built a 1.3-megawatt minigrid that, due to its interconnectivity with a hydropower grid, can power streetlight, phone, and internet services, plus a private company that pumps, treats and distributes water to the Congolese community of Goma. Residents report financial savings and greater feelings of safety.

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  • This school banned cellphones six years ago. Teachers — and many kids — couldn't be happier.

    June 30, 2025 |

    Capital News Service Maryland |

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    Response Location: United States, San Mateo, California

    San Mateo high school banned cellphones during school hours in 2019 and has seen a 15% increase in the likelihood that they receive passing grades, a 44% decrease in behavior referrals, and a general increase in student attention and communication with one another. About 30% of schools across the U.S. have implemented some level of cellphone ban during the school day.

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  • What Hawai'i's 'Blue' Fee Tells Us About The New Green Fee

    June 27, 2025 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    The Aloha i ke Kai Ocean Stewardship User Fee ($1 per ocean activity per person) was passed by legislators in 2021 to create dedicated resources for marine–focused projects with support from the state’s Division of Aquatic Resources. While still in its early stages, the program raised $2 million, with 55% to 60% compliance in its first year.

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