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  • Digital Debris: How an App Is Changing the Trajectory of Athens' Litter Abatement

    November 15, 2021 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athe, Georgia

    Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful uses the Marine Debris Tracker app to motivate locals to reduce and clean up litter. The app collects information from locals about the type and location of litter they see to inform what abatement efforts are needed there.

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  • Can 'the people' solve climate change? France decided to find out.

    November 15, 2021 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: France

    In order to cut carbon emissions in France, President Emmanuel Macron created an assembly of 150 randomly selected citizens. The citizens "convention on climate" met and deliberated for months before releasing 149 proposals on how the government should address climate change. Although only 10 made it into law without being altered, and 36 others were included form, the final legislation was one of the most comprehensive passed in the history of the country. The recommendations also garnered conversations and inspired the creation of other assemblies.

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  • Another Challenge for Conservation Efforts: Gender Inequity

    November 15, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Philippines

    In the environmental sector there is still rampant sexism, women find it difficult to enter leadership positions and face discrimination, according to a six-author study. However, the study also shows that when women are in leadership positions factors that indicate success go up. Women are more likely to say yes to new conservation projects and are more willing to compromise. Case studies from the Maite Marine Sanctuary to the Coastal Conservation and Education Foundation show that women in leadership positions are succesful.

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  • This library lets you borrow people instead of books. It just may help bridge our bitter divisions

    November 14, 2021 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: United States

    Human Library is a nonprofit learning platform that allows people to borrow “human books” instead of books. Each person represents a group that faces prejudice or stigmas because of their lifestyle, ethnicity, beliefs, or disability. The group has held in-person and online events in over 80 countries where participants can ask difficult questions that they might feel embarrassed to ask otherwise. The experiences encourage empathy and are nonpartisan. The library has over 1,000 “human books” who speak over 50 languages and has provided speakers for major corporations conducting diversity trainings.

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  • When the Ice Stops Singing

    November 14, 2021 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    Response Location: Finland, Saarijärvi

    Snowchange is a co-operative formed by a network of villages across Finland. The co-op formed after fishermen found all the fish in the river dead due to pollution. They decided to take action. They began "rewilding," a process of restoring ecosystems to the point that they can take care of themselves. They did this by buying peat production sites and rewilding them to wetlands. A decade ago there was merely three to four bird species in the first rewilding site the co-op bought, now there's close to 200.

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  • Why Albuquerque's latest experiment in policing doesn't involve officers

    November 12, 2021 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    Albuquerque established a new city department, Albuquerque Community Safety, that handles some of the 200,000 calls to 911 every year for a range of low-level, non-violent problems that don't require a police response. Since its launch in August 2021, the department has fielded just two teams of behavioral health specialists on call during the day. The city plans to expand the team's hours and responsibilities, though some are uneasy about exposing the unarmed workers to the potential for violence. The city has a long history of police shootings of mentally ill people, and ACS is meant to curb that threat.

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  • Paratletas costarricenses: el talento que no se está aprovechando

    November 12, 2021 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    Los paradeportes empiezan a tener mayor presencia en la escena del deporte costarricense, al punto de traer medallas olímpicas al país, algo que pocos costarricenses han logrado. El artículo explora los procesos que se han tenido que poner en práctica para que esto ocurriera y el impacto que está teniendo en la inclusión de personas con discapacidad en los espacios de deportes del país.

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  • Saving Lives through Safe and Post Abortion Care amongst Urban Young Women

    November 12, 2021 |

    Metro FM 90.8 |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Better Reproductive Health, Better Communities Project is a partnership between nonprofits and medical providers working to increase awareness about unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions, while also ensuring women have better access to high-quality post-abortion care. The project has focused on providing family planning and emergency contraception to women in low-income urban areas. Volunteer peer educators and social media has helped reach over 4,000 women, spreading information about sexual and reproductive health services and connecting women to quality abortion care.

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  • The Anti-Displacement Repair Team of Portland

    November 12, 2021 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Taking Ownership PDX helps Black homeowners to age in place by helping with maintenance to keep their homes livable, like making long-needed repairs and renovations. Since launching in 2020, the group has helped over 50 Black homeowners, raised over half a million dollars and maintains a database of 250 local volunteers who are eager to pitch in on the projects whenever they arise.

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  • The furriest, cleverest, and hands-down cutest way to fight climate change

    November 11, 2021 |

    Mother Jones |

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    Response Location: United States, Monterey Bay, California

    Kelp is a great way to sequester carbon. A kelp forest that grows well can cancel the emissions equal to 5 million automobiles. In California, the amount of kelp in the ocean decreased due to a boom in the sea urchin population. That's because otters, which prey on sea urchins, were decimated by hunters. The numbers of otters in California went from 20,000 to 50. Thanks to a zoo program that releases otters back into the wild after they were fostered at the aquarium, the otter population increased to 3,000. The change is benefiting not only the kelp forests but also the amount of eel grass.

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