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  • Greece's Islands Are Zero-Waste Laboratories

    Sebastien Malo

    August 11, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Greece, Tilos

    Tilos, Greece, works with a network of companies to collect and sort the island residents' waste to be composted, recycled, or reused instead of using a landfill.

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  • How A Small Canadian City Took On Chronic Homelessness

    Leif Gregersen

    August 11, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: Canada, Medicine Hat, Alberta

    A town in Canada uses a housing-first approach to reduce homelessness. They help people experiencing homelessness get housing before offering support for other issues they might be facing.

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  • Supervised drug injection sites could soon pop up in California. How will they work?

    Ana B. Ibarra

    August 11, 2022 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    A Senate bill in California could authorize supervised drug injection sites that provide drug users with a safe place to use drugs while supervised by trained staff to prevent overdoses.

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  • Sustainable housing via 3D printing, foam addresses housing crisis, climate change

    Troy Hill Jessica Herrera

    August 11, 2022 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    Strata International Group is building homes out of foam and concrete. It's a practice that is gaining traction because when these materials are used, the homes are set to last for upwards of 300 years. It also requires a less energy-intensive construction process — creating big cost savings amid supply chain issues and inflation and also benefiting the environment.

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  • Program guides Tohono O'odham toward national park careers

    Caitlin Schmidt

    August 10, 2022 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: Tohono O'odham Nation Reservation, United States, Arizona

    As a part of the Arizona Conservation Corps’ Indigenous Communities Program, young adults from the Tohono O'odham Nation are working at national parks across Southern Arizona to build experience for careers in the National Park Service. The crews do restoration work, inventory resources, and educate the public and park visitors on the sites’ significance.

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  • How Teens Are Pushing Back On Book Bans

    Ashira Morris

    August 10, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In response to a wave of book bans within school districts, the Brooklyn Public Library began offering digital library cards to increase book access. The initiative, Books Unbanned, allows13 to 21-year-olds to sign up for a digital library card that provides access to an entire library of books, including those that were banned.

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  • How Delta community developed other professions to survive oil spill

    Israel Olatunji Tijani

    August 10, 2022 |

    The Nation (Nigeria) |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Delta

    As a result of incessant oil spills, a rural community that once relied on fishing for food and its main source of income has begun to diversify its skills and occupations by pursuing more lucrative jobs like tapping rubber trees and growing cassava. Pivoting their occupations has helped to keep families out of poverty, children in school and keep the village’s economy afloat.

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  • Why Scotland Is Opening a Dementia Center in a National Park

    Elizabeth Hewitt

    August 09, 2022 |

    Sierra Club |

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    Response Location: Scotland

    The nonprofit Alzheimer Scotland hosts outdoor events in Cairngorms National Park for people with dementia and their families to give them the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors safely.

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  • The Immigrant Women Workers Learning To Disrupt The Cleaning Industry

    Emily Nonko

    August 09, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Liberty Cleaners co-created a curriculum to train immigrant women workers about tech education, green cleaning, and workers’ rights. As the first women-led workers’ hub in the country, the group is organizing and enabling its members with skills that can ensure they receive the fair wages, opportunities, and respect they deserve but are often denied.

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  • Kansas, Nebraska researchers use plants to limit exposure to toxic lead in soil

    Niara Savage

    August 09, 2022 |

    Nebraska Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Nebraska

    Using biochar to plant crops on soil contaminated with lead reduces the amount of lead the crops soak up.

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