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  • Tulsa Offered To Pay People To Move There. 50,000 Applied.

    December 22, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Tulsa Remote is using funding from the George Kaiser Family Foundation to offer remote workers living outside of Oklahoma $10,000, free access to a co-working space, and weekly events with other remote workers to move to the city.

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  • Through waste management eTrash2Cash is saving planet earth, helping women access healthcare

    December 22, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    eTrash2Cash strives to create a healthy, sustainable zero-waste society by collecting trash and recycling it to become useful resources. It does this by employing women with low incomes to do the waste collection and recycling and in turn, provides them with social incentives like access to healthcare. So far, eTrash2Cash has diverted over 10,000 metric tons of trash out of landfills across four states and has trained 200 women on how to upcycle plastics.

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  • This Pop-Up 'Closet' Helps LGBTQ+ People Get Gender-Affirming Clothes. It Needs Donations To Keep Going

    December 22, 2022 |

    Block Club Chicago |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    gods closet is a pop-up shop that aims to create a community experience around fashion for LGBTQ+ people who often struggle to find clothes that fit their gender identity and expression. gods closet provides the clothes and services like styling free of charge.

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  • Chicago Experiments with Crisis Response Units, Grapples With Dilemma: Include Police or Not

    December 22, 2022 |

    MindSite News |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement (CARE) team aims to help people experiencing mental health crises without resorting to force or arrests. The CARE team is a three-person model including a paramedic, clinician, and police officer. Since September 2021, the team has responded to calls about 440 times, none of which have included force or arrests.

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  • How SMART Project Addressed Water Challenge in Onire Are Ago Community

    December 22, 2022 |

    BONews |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Oyo State

    In rural areas where access to clean water is scarce and leads to increased waterborne illnesses, Smart Project is expanding safe water access by building wells in the community. The organization also provided the 30 households in the community with a 10-liter keg of water for cleaning, bathing, and washing dishes to prevent people from having to travel long distances to reach fresh water.

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  • Determined initiative is closing the menstrual awareness gap in secondary schools

    December 22, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ogun State

    Arise for Girls is an organization designed to educate young girls about menstrual hygiene, as period poverty and stigma are very apparent in rural areas. The organization provides educational resources, sanitary pads, and provides a sense of community by encouraging girls to connect with each other via WhatsApp. Since May 2021, the organization has helped over 1,400 girls in neighboring areas.

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  • Mussel Farming Is Healing the UK's Coastal Food Chain

    December 22, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Scotland

    Researchers are establishing mussel farms on suspended ropes off the coast of Scotland to restore marine habitat damaged by pollution and harmful fishing practices. The new habitat is also restoring the biodiversity of the area.

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  • A Taste of Home: How Ethnic Grocery Stores Create Community

    December 22, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    Ethnic grocery stores create a sense of community for immigrant communities and improve food security by providing affordable, culturally relevant foods.

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  • Los retos de las ‘apps' antidesperdicio más allá de rescatar comida

    December 21, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Spain

    Las ‘apps’ antidesperdicio nacieron hace seis años con la misión de disminuir los alimentos que terminan en el cubo de la basura cada día al echar el cierre de comercios y establecimientos de restauración. Uno de los apps, Phenix, ha logrado derivar hacia tres asociaciones benéficas en España un 73.000 kilos de alimentos (162.000 raciones de comida), que tiene un valor estimado de 177.000 euros.

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  • Bringing back California's wild bees

    December 21, 2022 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The Bee Better Certified program encourages farmers to to build and restore habitat for native bees on their land. Doing so can earn them the certification, reduce the need to rent honeybees for pollinationion, and benefit the planet.

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