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  • LA's City Hall Leads a New Fight Against an Old Foe: Homelessness

    Patrick Sisson

    March 22, 2023 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles’ Inside Safe initiative is helping to transition people experiencing homelessness into interim housing and, eventually, permanent housing. The program uses local service providers to assist with the transition and provide social services.

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  • How ‘cheap plastic' is helping to deal with Nigeria's open defecation problem

    Judd-Leonard Okafor

    March 22, 2023 |

    Daily Trust |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    A public campaign is improving access to toilets in Nigerian communities to put a stop to open defecation. These affordable, easy-to-install, plastic toilets have a counterweighted door that ensures an air-tight seal to minimize odor and keep pests away.

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  • LA reuses lots of stormwater, but wants to save more

    Caleigh Wells

    March 22, 2023 |

    KCRW |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    To help combat the water shortage, Los Angeles captures stormwater in giant dams and releases it later to slowly seep underground and recharge the aquifers. This water supplies about a quarter of the locals for the year.

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  • 'Miracle meals': How a group tries to restore dignity of older Nigerians

    Kehinde Ogunyale

    March 16, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Age Nigeria Foundation helps end the loneliness, abuse, and hunger of the elderly in Lagos State. The organization runs socialization centers, takes up legal cases to defend members, and provides them with food.

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  • How will we feed Earth's rising population? Ask the Dutch.

    Kenny Torrella

    March 13, 2023 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Netherlands

    In the Netherlands’ Seed Valley some of the largest seed companies in the world are increasing agricultural output to feed the growing world population using less land. They use plant breeding, which involves combining the DNA of different crop varieties, and seed enhancement, which involve germinating the seeds early to shorten the dormant period in which they are most vulnerable. Seed enhancement can also include coating seeds with solutions that combat dangers like disease and wind gusts.

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  • This Juárez Nonprofit Uses Sports To Deter Youth From Violence

    Christian Betancourt

    March 13, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Ciudad Juárez

    Wellness schools, Escuelas de Bienestar, run by a nonprofit in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, train physical education teachers to integrate topics like human rights, drug prevention, and emotional health into the play in their school programming. The learning combined with play aims to deter youth from participating in violence and help them build personal connections.

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  • Ibadan Has a Waste Problem: This Firm Shows How to Make Money, Create Jobs and Fashion Out of It

    Nurudeen Lawal

    March 08, 2023 |

    Legit.ng |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ibadan, Oyo State

    Planet 3R is putting a dent in the amount of waste on the streets of Ibadan, Nigeria, by collecting waste from residents and turning it into usable products like clothes, accessories, and home decor. After collection, the waste is sorted, washed, dried, shredded, and woven together to create something similar to fabric.

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  • How an ASU program is addressing the diversity gap and teacher retention in Arizona's education workforce

    Beatriz Limón

    March 07, 2023 |

    Arizona Luminaria |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    New multilingual and multicultural education programs like the one at Arizona State University help prepare future teachers to meet the needs of Latino students and lessen the teacher-retention crisis in the state.

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  • The Wollemi Pine's Survival Proves We Can Save More Trees

    Elizabeth Hewitt

    March 06, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Australia, New South Wales

    Conservation efforts in Australia are saving the Wollemi pine tree from extinction. The Wollemi Pine Recovery Team works with a variety of experts to study and repopulate the plant while saving the remaining wild pines from disease and fire. The team also gets some help from the public who buy pines to care for at home.

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  • A step beyond organic: Two Nebraska farms embrace biodynamic agriculture

    Ellie Kuckelman

    February 26, 2023 |

    Nebraska News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, Nebraska

    As farmers look to grow high-quality produce, improve ecosystem health, and reduce their carbon footprint, a growing number of farms are meeting the biodynamic agriculture certification standards in the United States. To achieve this, the farm must meet the organic requirements, dedicate 10% of the land as a reserve, generate its own fertilizer, and use biodynamic preparations.

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