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  • Quinault Indian Nation wellness courts replace punishment with empowerment

    April 09, 2024 |

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

    The Quinault Indian Nation’s Family Wellness Court provides a culturally relevant alternative to traditional Western court systems that focuses on healing rather than punishment. 100 of the 400 tribal courts in the country have wellness courts for adults, families and youth, providing substance use disorder support, mental health care, and other family support services.

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  • Sala de consumo | Consumption Room

    April 09, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Mexicali, Baja California

    La Sala is a community center that provides harm reduction services to those in need. People can come in to exchange used needles for clean ones and other supplies to make drug use safer. The Center also provides naloxone and testing for HIV and other diseases, all for free. The Center reopened in mid-2019 and has had about 1,900 visits since then.

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  • Distressed hotels turned into apartments for affordable housing

    April 08, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Roanoke, Virginia

    The “Lodging to Living Fund” at Saul Urban identifies vacant or problematic commercial properties — like old hotels — acquires them and converts them into affordable housing. Repurposing existing buildings cuts project costs in half, allowing developers to offer affordable rates to renters. The Heights at Gateway Park is the first such project and has converted 180 hotel rooms into 88 new apartments.

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  • 'More eggs, more baskets': How a network of abortion pill providers works together in the wake of new threats

    April 07, 2024 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and individual states started passing strict abortion bans, groups like Aid Access, Hey Jane and Just the Pill began mailing abortion medications to women in states with bans. Six months after the Supreme Court decision, researchers saw an increase in women getting abortion medication outside of traditional healthcare settings. Aid Access alone reports mailing about 10,000 pills a month.

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  • 'Valuable and largely overlooked': Interest in virtual power plants grows

    April 07, 2024 |

    Utah News Dispatch |

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    Response Location: United States

    Utility companies across the United States are using virtual power plants to meet electricity demand, access backup power, and lower the electric bills of participants. To make these power plants work, the utilities use energy from the battery storage systems of customers who have home solar arrays.

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  • Manufacturers Paying for Recyclable Waste

    April 04, 2024 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States

    State governments in the United States are implementing Extended Producer Responsibility laws to fund recycling programs. The laws impose a fee on the manufacturers of products that become recyclable waste. The money earned is designated for projects that increase recycling rates.

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  • South Africa's SAB Foundation: Why 90% of its investees are still in business five years later

    April 04, 2024 |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Johannesburg

    The SAB Foundation is an independent trust set up by South African Breweries (SAB) as part of the government’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment scheme. It helps businesses — particularly underserved entrepreneurs like women and people with disabilities — grow and thrive. Since 2010, the Foundation has backed more than 6,400 social impact businesses in their early stages.

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  • The climate watchdog holding the UK government to account

    April 04, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Following the passage of the Climate Change Act, the United Kingdom created a Climate Change Committee to oversee the country’s efforts to reach net-zero emissions. The committee acts as a watchdog by analyzing ways to decarbonize the economy and publishing information that can be leveraged by policymakers, non-governmental organizations, and private sector industries. Its model has since been replicated around the world.

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  • How to Revive a Burned Forest? Rebuild the Tree Supply Chain

    April 04, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Mast Reforestation sells carbon credits to fund its work replanting trees where forests were decimated by wildfires. The company collects seeds from local, native trees, uses x-ray machines to ensure they are likely to sprout, and plants them.

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  • Friends Don't Let Friends Buy Guns

    April 04, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Inspired by successful public health messaging campaigns of the past, the U.S.-based nonprofit Project Unloaded is using a bottom-up approach to promote gun violence prevention among young people. The nonprofit is working with highschoolers to develop social media messaging campaigns debunking the common misconception that owning a gun makes you safer.

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