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  • Crisis Mode

    January 12, 2023 |

    Eugene Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Tucson's Crisis Response Center and Mental Health Support Team are designed to provide immediate help to people in mental health crises rather than routing them through the criminal legal system. The system, which serves nearly 15,000 people annually, is now being used as a model for efforts in other areas, such as Lane County, Oregon.

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  • In Washington, Students Learn About Climate Change Like Nowhere Else

    January 12, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Washington state's ClimeTime program trains educators to teach about climate change and environmental justice in a way that explores local impacts and gives students tools for taking action. Roughly 98 percent of teachers who participated in 2021-22 said ClimeTime made them feel more prepared to tackle climate change in the classroom.

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  • As 'good meat', Bayelsa community ate sea turtles until it realised killing them hurts the environment

    January 12, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Akassa, Bayelsa

    The Akassa Development Foundation’s sea turtle club educates coastal communities in Bayelsa about the importance of sea turtles to prevent locals from killing them for meat or poaching their eggs. The club members also rescue turtles from their captors and accept turtles surrendered by fishers to release them back into the ocean.

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  • Health Beat #4 | Can the NHI fix SA's rural doctor dilemma?

    January 11, 2023 |

    Bhekisisa |

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    Response Location: South Africa

    The Umthombo Youth Development Foundation helps to produce rural healthcare workers by helping students from rural schools enter the health field, getting work in hospitals from the areas where they grew up. The Foundation has produced 528 healthcare professionals, working across 16 different disciplines.

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  • How These NYC Public Housing Residents Became Models for Tenant Rights Activism

    January 11, 2023 |

    Capital B (National) |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Cooper Park Houses community is a historically Black, low-income housing complex. While the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated longstanding issues of gentrification and access to housing, the Cooper Park community has worked to advocate for themselves and their community, fighting industrialization and development that could put their homes at risk by banding together and collaborating with other local organizations.

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  • Hunger and malnutrition are increasing, but a group is turning the tide

    January 11, 2023 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ayobo, Lagos

    The Lagos Food Bank Initiative works to address hunger and malnutrition among those in need and reduce food waste. It offers several programs including temporary food assistance, nutritious meal interventions, and family farming among others. Since it was founded in 2016, the organization has expanded its efforts and now has 17,000 volunteers across the country and has helped more than two million people.

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  • Can This Beef Cooperative Become ‘the West's Largest Climate-Smart Ranching Program'?

    January 10, 2023 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    The Country Beef Natural cooperative partners ranchers with scientists to help them learn about the best regenerative practices for the land their herds graze on and monitor whether new practices are improving the health of the land.

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  • How Not to Grow Old Alone in Albania

    January 10, 2023 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Albania, Korca

    In Korca, Albania, the Community Safety Net program supports elderly people who live alone in a variety of ways. Volunteers provide essentials like medication, food, and firewood. But they also organize social activities for groups of seniors to help combat loneliness.

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  • How Catholic institutions are building sustainability into aging infrastructure

    January 10, 2023 |

    National Catholic Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    Instead of demolishing a campus building in need of many renovations Rockhurst University repurposed it. The focus on sustainability during the rebuild made it the most energy-efficient building on campus and prevented the release of the carbon embedded in its concrete.

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  • The Green Jobs Boom Is Benefiting the People Who Need It Most

    January 10, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Civilian Climate Corps is developing a workforce of skilled construction workers by offering training to residents of low-income areas of New York City with high gun violence rates. The method allows them to fill a demand in the job market for green energy-related jobs while opening the market to those who are underemployed or unemployed.

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