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  • Weed once chocking Lake Victoria is now our main source of fuel

    January 27, 2023 |

    Lake Region Bulletin |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Dunga, Kisumu

    A biogas facility in Dunga, Kenya, takes in the invasive water hyacinth plant and other organic waste, shreds the material, breaks it down with bacteria in an anaerobic digester, and uses the gas produced to provide cooking fuel to locals. The biogas is a cheaper, cleaner alternative to other fuels like wood and charcoal.

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  • Solar keeps rolling out in Wisc., thanks to innovative program

    January 26, 2023 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    The Couillard Solar Foundation’s Solar for Good program helps Wisconsin schools and non-profits planning to install a solar array. The program donates about half the solar panels needed. Then organizations can choose to buy the other half from the program to funnel money back into it for future projects.

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  • Ann Arbor's big decarbonization bet

    January 25, 2023 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    As a part of the city’s carbon neutrality plan, Ann Arbor Michigan’s Community Action Network is decarbonizing homes in one of its most socioeconomically vulnerable neighborhoods by repairing, retrofitting, installing solar panels, and asking the community members for their input.

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  • A Mobile Bank On Wheels Reaches Bronx Residents Where They Are

    January 24, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A coalition of community organizations in the Bronx created a mobile bank with the New York City credit union to combat the lack of access to financial institutions. The bank on wheels travels around the borough to provide services and do outreach.

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  • How to build a better bike-share program

    January 20, 2023 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    A community-led nonprofit restarted New Orleans’ bike-sharing program Blue Bikes with a focus on affordability and equity after a for-profit company ended it during the pandemic. The founders used the bike stands and tools left behind from the original program, the city provided spaces for the bike racks, and the funders provided money for a fleet of bicycles.

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  • The Chicago Tool Library Has You Covered For Nearly Everything

    January 19, 2023 |

    Block Club Chicago |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The Chicago Tool Library allows members to borrow a wide variety of tools through a pay-what-you-want-membership model.

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  • New Life for a Bosnian Village

    January 13, 2023 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Pecka

    Greenways, an organization dedicated to sustainable rural development, helped revitalize a stagnant Bosnian village by renovating a decaying school building into a visitor center, hostel, and community space. The new services have brought increased tourism to the village and encouraged some local residents to renovate their own properties.

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  • California campuses try to lower college costs with free transit

    January 06, 2023 |

    Boyle Heights Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Colleges in California are providing reduced or free public transit to full-time students in an effort to remove cost barriers for low-income students.

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  • Dollars and chainsaws: Can timber production help fund global reforestation?

    January 05, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    A reforestation project in Brazil is using revenue from timber production to finance restoration costs by growing eucalyptus trees to cut down alongside the native plants they are cultivating.

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  • With bus drivers in short supply, Winooski's immigrant parents take the wheel

    December 29, 2022 |

    VT Digger |

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    Response Location: United States, Winooski, Vermont

    In a local school district with a lack of buses, parents, and community members are stepping up to drive the buses and provide transportation to and from school. Working with Mountain Transit, volunteers are able to get trained and licensed to drive the bus routes, resulting in a significant decrease in absences and tardies, and providing a safe means to and from school.

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