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Low drowning toll in Northland due to local solutions

Peter de Graaf

January 08, 2024 |

RNZ |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: New Zealand

A collaboration between Water Safety New Zealand, Surf Lifesaving New Zealand and the Coastguard has reduced the rate of drownings by nearly 80% in a year. Focusing on drowning hotspots, the team educates local residents on boat and water safety, providing courses that encourage locals to prioritize safety in and near the water.

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The Rehab Empire Built on Cakes

Maria Hinojosa Joaquín Cotler

January 05, 2024 |

Latino USA |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Puerto Rico

Community for the Re-Education of Addicts (CREA) is a private, faith-based, abstinence-only residential program for people living with addiction. CREA has more than 150 centers throughout the U.S. and Latin America, housing between 3,000 and 5,000 residents worldwide.

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Solar Pumps Are Empowering Women Farmers in India

Tanmoy Bhaduri

January 05, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Harpur, Bihar

In the Indian state of Bihar, women-led self-help groups are challenging traditional gender norms and saving money to buy and install solar irrigation pumps. The pumps increase the local agricultural capacity by providing a cleaner, more affordable alternative to the diesel pumps typically used to combat water scarcity in the region.

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An Overdose Antidote Goes Viral

Elizabeth Hewitt

January 04, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Middletown, New York

Studies show that people who received at least one dose of naloxone following an opioid overdose are 11 times more likely to survive. In response, state policies and community-level programs and organizations are working to make naloxone accessible to those who need it. Today, naloxone can be found in grocery stores, gas stations, provided at events like concerts and community spaces like libraries.

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In Juneau, Alaska, a carbon offset project that's actually working

Taylor Kate Brown

January 04, 2024 |

Grist |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Juneau, Alaska

To mitigate the carbon dioxide emissions generated by tourism, the community in Juneau, Alaska, created the Alaska Carbon Reduction Fund as a type of carbon offset program. Tourists pay an emissions fee to the fund when doing certain excursions, and that money is used to install heat pumps for residents who earn less than 80 percent of the median income.

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How mobile home co-ops provide housing security — and climate resilience

Siri Chilukuri

January 02, 2024 |

Grist |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Mobile homeowners are buying the land their homes are on to form resident-owned cooperatives so they can upgrade infrastructure faster. This allows them to combat and adapt to climate change by installing things like solar panels and drainage systems.

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The New Mexico co-op breaking up with fossil fuels

Mary Catherine O'Connor

January 01, 2024 |

High Country News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Mexico

After years of community outreach and searching for alternate energy suppliers that didn’t rely on fossil fuels, the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative now distributes electricity from renewable energy to households and businesses in rural New Mexico.

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Peace-building lessons from the heart of Nigeria

Uchenna Igwe

December 30, 2023 |

FairPlanet |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Jebbu Miango, Plateau

The community-founded Claire Aid Foundation raised money on social media to rebuild houses that were destroyed in Jebbu Miango after a violent attack on the town left families displaced and unable to afford to return.

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Philly residents patrolled Kensington for 36 nights this fall. Now they want the city to back the model.

Sammy Caiola

December 22, 2023 |

Kensington Voice |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Residents of Philadelphia created a neighborhood watch and patrolled streets where violent crime is common between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. The initiative, Operation Hug the Block, aims to reduce gun violence and other crimes by keeping people with strong community ties present on the streets.

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How Amazon Workers Got a Raise Before a Union

Christopher Salazar

December 22, 2023 |

Capital & Main |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Bernardino, California

In the absence of an official union, workers at an Amazon air hub formed an organizing committee to advocate for better conditions, circulating petitions and staging walk-outs to protest low pay and unsafe heat levels. The workers succeeded in persuading the company to change its policy around unpaid holiday closures and have also won incremental wage increases and improved heat protections.

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