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  • UGA Campus Compost Program Gives Waste a New Purpose

    June 03, 2024 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Interns of the Campus Compost Program ride electric bikes around the University of Georgia collecting bags of food scraps and other compostable materials. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the waste is turned into fertilizer for the local community at the Athens-Clarke County Landfill.

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  • Against all odds: Educating Nigeria's Fulani children amidst adversity

    June 03, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Jabi, Adamawa

    Founded to address the root causes of cattle rustling in Nigeria, such as lack of access to education, as well as raise awareness of Fulani culture, the Fulani Care and Support Foundation set up makeshift classrooms to provide formal education for children aged 7 to 12. By relying on volunteer teachers, one of the foundation’s schools offers lessons for about 50 students three times a week.

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  • Swap Shop at UGA: Turning Trash to Treasure

    June 01, 2024 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Students at the University of Georgia created a place to trade second-hand clothing and other household items on campus, called Swap Shop, to reduce students’ waste and address overconsumption.

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  • Toyota Opens a 'Megasite' for EV Batteries in a Struggling N.C. Community, Fueled by Biden's IRA

    June 01, 2024 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, Liberty, North Carolina

    Toyota is building a battery plant in the small town of Liberty, North Carolina, and ushering in an economic revival. Along with the thousands of jobs it is expected to bring to the area, the company is working with community colleges and paying students to complete programs in which they learn the necessary skills to work at the plant.

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  • St. Paul Public Schools go big on geothermal energy, using the earth to heat and cool buildings

    May 31, 2024 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    Public schools in St. Paul, Minnesota, are installing geothermal systems to heat and cool buildings with energy harnessed from underground temperatures. The efficient, affordable energy source allows them to keep school buildings at a comfortable temperature during the increasingly warmer summer months.

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  • 'We're giving everybody the opportunity to have the prom experience'

    May 30, 2024 |

    The Daily Evergreen |

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    Response Location: United States, Pullman, Washington

    After organizers at Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse heard that local high school students were in need of prom essentials, the organization started a prom pop-up shop. Students can pick out dresses, suits, shoes, jewelry, and handbags for free. All of the stocked items are brand new or barely used donations from the community.

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  • There's a Program to Cancel Private Student Debt. Most Don't Know About It.

    May 30, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Navient, a lender that owns a large amount of private student loan debt, opened a program that allows borrowers who were misled by the for-profit schools they attended to apply for loan forgiveness. Borrowers must request an application and select the impropriety that describes their experience from a list of things like inflating job placement rates and misrepresenting educational programs.

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  • Michigan's free school meals yield high returns for student health and academic success

    May 30, 2024 |

    Flintside |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    Free school meal programs help improve students’ health, support better academic performance and combat hunger and food insecurity. Several states have passed legislation to keep free meal plans active after federal waivers ran out in 2022. In Michigan alone in October 2023, the 3,459 school meal sites across the state served 10,064,686 free breakfasts and 17,659,809 free lunches.

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  • Faith-Based Initiative Helping Nigerians Beat Unemployment

    May 30, 2024 |

    Religion Unplugged |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The Youths United for God Global Foundation trains youth in various skills and trades, such as cutting hair, farming and working with computers, to help them become better equipped to secure jobs and income. Training sessions run every three months, and so far over 1,000 youths have been directly impacted by the program, many of which have gone on to forge careers and gain a sense of financial security with their newly-learned skills.

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  • Revolution in the Soil: How One School is Responding to Food Insecurity

    May 29, 2024 |

    Sapelo Square |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    A community garden is part of the curriculum at the Mohammed Schools of Atlanta to teach students how to grow their own food. Amid a food desert, the garden provides fresh food for the school cafeteria and produces enough that students can take crops home to their families each week.

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