Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
23 October 2021
New York, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Bronx Rises Against Gun Violence is a city-funded crew of "violence interrupters," former gang members or the formerly incarcerated who have enough street credibility to de-escalate disputes in ways the police often c...
22 October 2021
Marietta, Georgia, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Police recruits in Marietta since 2019 have been required to be trained in the martial art of jiu-jitsu before they can go on patrol. Many officers stick with the training, and many other police departments are copyin...
21 October 2021
Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The COVID Ambassador program trains people to listen, be empathetic, and acknowledge people’s COVID-19 vaccine concerns. Ambassadors’ training includes substantial practice talking to people who are resistant to getti...
14 October 2021
Big Sandy, Montana, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Quinn Organic Research Center sits at the hub of innovations slowly transforming farming culture away from industrial agriculture toward organic and regenerative strategies. Countering the decades-old "get big or get ...
Belt Magazine
Randiah Green
7 October 2021
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Programs like Motor City Match and Grown in Detroit help entrepreneurs launch Black-owned food businesses in Detroit. The businesses sell healthy foods in neighborhoods often lacking in nutritious options or in the in...
5 October 2021
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Cleveland high school students created votecle.com, a website that centralizes information about local elections. A “political alignment” survey on the site assesses users’ opinions on important political issues to ma...
Mongabay
Srikant Chaudhary
4 October 2021
Jharkhand, India
Text
1500-3000 Words
In India, small farmers face limited access to irrigation. However, a state-run program, which gives them access to solar powered pumps, is alleviating their problems. Not only is it better for their crops, increasing...
Valley News
Claire Potter
2 October 2021
Hartland, Wisconsin, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Agriculture accounts for 10 percent of greenhouse emissions in the U.S. according to the Environmental Protection Agency. This article details efforts by small farmers to reduce carbon emissions as part of a larger fi...
BBC
Reena Shah
28 September 2021
Monteverde, Costa Rica
Text
1500-3000 Words
Even though Costa Rica is leading the fight against climate change, the country lags behind in one area: electric vehicles. In one town, Monteverde, activists, and business owners got together to create a charging net...
26 September 2021
Zurich, Switzerland
Text
800-1500 Words
Zurich, Switzerland's largest city, is paving the way for sustainable building. Concrete is a major contributor of climate change due to the process it requires to make it. Zurich is making steps to reduce its use. Ba...
22 September 2021
Colorado, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Grace Upon Grace Project seeks to address period poverty – the inability of people who menstruate to afford sanitary supplies – by providing free access to tampons and pads. The organization hosts a monthly free p...
22 September 2021
United States
Video
5-15 Minutes
Prescribed burning or controlled burning is an ancestral indigenous practice in which specific sections of a forest are burned. Controlled burning also happens naturally like when lightning strikes a forest. Controlle...
Daily Trust
Risikat Ramoni
19 September 2021
Lagos, Nigeria
Text
1500-3000 Words
Doctors and nurses with the Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria provide free specialized care to over 5,000 people at a local hospital. An annual CT scan monitors patients' risk of stroke, with those who are high-risk gett...
14 September 2021
United Kingdom
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
To limit the spread of COVID-19, the Everyone In initiative offers housing to people experiencing homelessness. In the first few months of the program, the government paid for hotel rooms – which were empty due to the...
Pulse Nigeria
Bayo Wahab
9 September 2021
Nigeria
Text
800-1500 Words
Hacey Health Initiative and Alabiyamo Maternal and Child Healthcare Foundation are improving maternal and newborn health in rural communities. The groups have provided more than 50,000 birthing kits containing sterili...
8 September 2021
United Kingdom
Text
1500-3000 Words
Ancient trees like the Big Belly Oak, which grows to be hundreds of years old, provide substance to thousands of invertebrate species, and hundreds of species of lichen and fungi. However, due to changes in forest man...
September - October 2021
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The cooperative business model has boomed in the aftermath of the pandemic. Worker cooperatives allow employees to run and own a business, giving them more control as well as a share of profits. Co-ops not only have a...
29 August 2021
Oregon, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Blanchet House is a nonprofit that provides food and housing for people in need. Men who are recovering from substance abuse can live at the farm and have an opportunity to work on the land and learn skills that promo...
28 August 2021
New York, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Community groups in under-vaccinated areas helped tens of thousands of people get vaccinated, made slightly easier since the FDA approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and more employers requiring it. Nonprofits like...
28 August 2021
British Columbia, Canada
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
Tofino, a popular tourist destination in Clayoquot Sound, a region on the west coast of Vancouver Island, attracts about 600,000 annual visitors. The Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation and other Nuu-chah-nulth nations have cr...
22 August 2021
Germany
Text
800-1500 Words
The nonprofit, Bikeygees, teaches refugee women how to ride and repair bikes. Many of the women come from countries where they weren’t allowed to ride bikes, which are a staple mode of transportation in Germany. Volun...
19 August 2021
Otukpo, Benue, Nigeria
Text
1500-3000 Words
Violent clashes between farmers and cattle herders that have claimed thousands of lives have largely ceased in Otukpo, thanks to a peacekeeping process that resolves disputes and is based on a shared recognition of tw...
18 August 2021
United Kingdom
Text
Over 3000 Words
“Social prescribing” is an increasingly popular approach to healthcare that addresses “social determinants” of health with non-pharmaceutical prescriptions for patients in the form of activities in their local communi...
18 August 2021
Canada
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
The Strong People, Strong Communities mural-painting festival highlights positive Indigenous stories. The project paired 11 young artists with 11 elders in six teams, each of which painted a mural with a distinct them...
17 August 2021
Darkhan, Darkhan-UUL Province, Mongolia
Text
800-1500 Words
The Mongolian Association of Sign Language Interpreters launched a free social media service that provides interpreters for people with hearing impairments. Using Facebook Messenger, the service allows clients to use ...
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