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  • Mexico's Floating Gardens Are an Ancient Wonder of Sustainable Farming

    April 26, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

    Farmers in Mexico are keeping a 1,000-year-old tradition alive to produce reliable yields of healthy crops despite facing historic droughts. They're using chinampas, which are man-made “floating gardens” created by placing soil from the lake on top of reeds and grasses.

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  • Philly Is Giving Free SEPTA Rides to 25,000 Low-Income Residents. No Strings Attached.

    April 26, 2024 |

    Next City |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A pilot program in Philadelphia is providing low-income residents with unlimited free rides on public transportation, which they may not otherwise be able to afford. Participants did not need to apply and were selected by lottery or through community-based organizations.

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  • Journalist Changes Rural Women's Story With Mushroom Farming

    April 26, 2024 |

    Solutions Now Africa |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Kabuga

    The Simbula Ventures Initiative unites women from various communities and teaches them how to grow mushrooms. The Initiative teaches the women how to grow mushrooms with agricultural waste, yielding a harvest in about 18-21 days. The women can then use the mushrooms to cook for their families or sell them to make a profit, providing them with a sense of economic empowerment.

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  • B-CU, church food distribution program benefits students and the community

    April 25, 2024 |

    Daytona Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Daytona Beach, Florida

    The mobile food distribution program by the Mind of Christ Ministries and Bethune-Cookman University has been feeding families since 2013. The program addresses local food insecurity while also providing university students with a meaningful way to give back to the community and earn required volunteer hours. The program estimates it reaches more than 200,000 people each year.

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  • For Gary Kids Struggling with Truancy, This Program Offers a Lifeline

    April 25, 2024 |

    Capital B (Gary) |

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    Response Location: United States, Gary, Indiana

    To help address chronic absenteeism, Project Rebuild works with families to determine the root cause of school absences and connect them to needed resources and services. In the 2022-23 school year, 81 percent of families referred to the nonprofit completed the program, with a total of 61 families participating. Only one percent of families who participate have to be referred again for continued truancy concerns.

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  • How tribes are reversing years of consolidation within the cattle industry with their own meat processing plants

    April 25, 2024 |

    Investigate Midwest |

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    Response Location: Osage Nation, United States, Hominy, Oklahoma

    Indigenous tribes in Oklahoma are opening and operating meat packing plants, reversing the negative effects of the consolidating cattle industry. These local facilities are sources of food and employment for the community and offer services for local ranchers.

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  • How Dallas tackled violent crime

    April 25, 2024 |

    WBUR |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Dallas implemented a practice known as “hot spot policing” to reduce violent crime and increase community trust. In this strategy, law enforcement focuses on prevention in very specific areas with significant concentrations of crime, sometimes as small as an apartment building or business.

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  • Donaciones solidarias en Cuba

    April 25, 2024 |

    La Joven Cuba |

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    Response Location: Cuba

    Para reducir las dificultades de acceso a medicamentos e insumos médicos en Cuba, muchas personas usan y apoyan redes o grupos de intercambio y donación. Por un lado, se evidencia la capacidad de organización, la solidaridad y la búsqueda de alternativas de los cubanos dentro y fuera de Cuba. Por otro, es un esfuerzo oneroso con impacto limitado en un escenario que empeora por días.

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  • Inside Google's Plans to Combat Election Misinformation

    April 25, 2024 |

    Time Magazine |

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    Response Location: Indonesia

    To combat election-related mis- and disinformation, a Google initiative called Jigsaw launched campaigns in Indonesia and Eastern Europe with videos “inoculating” viewers against false information by explaining common manipulation techniques that could be used to mislead them. Surveys showed that people who viewed the videos were up to 5 percent more likely to correctly identify attempts at manipulation.

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  • Keeping Food Scraps Out of Landfills Is a Bigger Problem Than You Think

    April 25, 2024 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Orange County, California, is increasing the amount of organic waste it diverts from landfills by encouraging residents to put compostable material in the bins they use for yard waste and composting it.

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