Story Search Results

Advanced Search

There are so many ways to search the solutions journalism stories in this database. Explore our searchable fields:

Search Results

You searched for: -

There are 16701 results for your search. View and Refine Your Search Terms

How musicians are helping western North Carolinians replace instruments lost in Helene

Paul Albani-Burgio

November 19, 2024 |

Citizen-Times |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Asheville, North Carolina

Restring Appalachia matches people who lost their instruments to Hurricane Helene with donors offering up instruments of similar quality. So far, roughly 175 people have signed up to donate about 400 instruments, with about 20 delivered to Asheville so far, though the need still outpaces the supply.

Read More
Go to Original Story
How unconventional crops could save water — and reshape Utah farming

David Condos

November 18, 2024 |

KUER Radio |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Utah

Farmers and researchers in Utah are growing Kernza, a perennial grain that requires very little water and improves soil health, in hopes of helping the local agricultural industry adapt to record-breaking heat and droughts.

Read More
Go to Original Story
Grassroots Hurricane Relief Efforts Fight Disinformation, Slow Bureaucracies and More Frequent Catastrophes

Keerti Gopal

November 17, 2024 |

Inside Climate News |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, St. Petersburg, Florida

In the wake of Hurricane Helene and Milton, mutual aid groups across the country are emerging to get essential supplies to thousands of people in isolated communities and working to combat misinformation and government mistrust surrounding climate change. Because mutual aid groups aren’t bound to the bureaucracy of government organizations, they’re able to act quickly and connect with community members on a deeper level.

Read More
Go to Original Story
Nonprofits fill a gap for offering arts and culture in local schools and beyond. They rely on philanthropic support.

Agata Popęda

November 14, 2024 |

Monterey County Now |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Seaside, California

California nonprofits are stepping up to provide young people with arts education opportunities in light of the lack of arts funding and programming at schools. In Seaside, the multicultural organization Palenke Arts offers classes in a variety of dance, visual arts, and a Spanish book club that are accessible to many ages.

Read More
Go to Original Story
'Fight for it to be better'

Sydney Cromwell

November 13, 2024 |

Southern Science |

Text |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

The Capacity Collaborative and Thriving Earth Exchange are working together to establish volunteer community science hubs to support environmental justice projects in communities around the United States. The organizations connect communities with scientists and experts who volunteer their time to help move their projects forward.

Read More
Go to Original Story
Abandoned 'ghost gear' kills sea life. A Myanmar nonprofit is turning the tide.

Anne Pinto-Rodrigues

November 13, 2024 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Myanmar

The nonprofit Myanmar Ocean Project is working to raise awareness of and remove ghost gear, abandoned fishing gear that kills marine life, from the country’s waters. Volunteer drivers remove the gear from the water and create public awareness campaigns.

Read More
Go to Original Story
Ideas We Should Steal: More Worker-Owned Businesses

Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

November 12, 2024 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Democracy Brewing is a worker cooperative, which means worker-owners split the profits and have an equal say in business decisions that affect working conditions. Studies show that this type of business structure results in higher wages and household wealth for workers of color, and these workers also tend to stay in their positions longer.

Read More
Go to Original Story
Michigan's most vulnerable rescued by kinship caregivers

Hayley Harding Sarah Rahal

November 10, 2024 |

The Detroit News |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Various programs and organizations, like Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and Grandparents Parenting Again, are helping seniors navigate and understand kinship care, providing them with guidance and support to transition to caring for loved ones.

Read More
Go to Original Story
The dogs who bring the fallen home

Lois M. Collins

November 09, 2024 |

Deseret News |

Text |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Volunteer cadaver dogs are specially trained to find the bodies of missing persons to give grieving families answers and the chance to bring them home.

Read More
Go to Original Story
Michigan's election results can't get much faster

Hayley Harding

November 08, 2024 |

Votebeat Michigan |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Sterling Heights, Michigan

During the 2024 election, Michigan clerks were allowed to pre-process absentee ballots for the first time, meaning they could open the ballot envelopes, verify signatures, and feed ballots into the tabulators before the polls closed on election day. More than 200 cities opted to pre-process their absentee ballots, and in one city, Sterling Heights, election workers were able to handle more than 20,000 ballots by midday on election day.

Read More
Go to Original Story