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  • How these Bay Street finance pros are helping mental-health agencies find efficiencies

    January 07, 2020 |

    TVO |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    In Toronto, Canada, two former finance professionals are using their business acumen to help mental health organizations find efficiencies through their non-profit organization Capitalize for Kids. Acting as pro-bono consultants, the two people at the helm of Capitalize for Kids have helped mental health organizations save money and improve services for clients.

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  • Solar Panels, Sustainable Workplaces Bring New Energy to Athens

    January 06, 2020 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    The town of Athens, Georgia has committed to a 100% renewable energy pledge. Both the local government and local businesses are working towards it by implementing sustainable practices such as solar panels and wastewater pretreatment systems.

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  • Catholic Community Services, Pulse for Good aim to improve experience for homeless clients

    January 03, 2020 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    In Utah, Catholic Community Services uses an online survey platform called Pulse for Good to learn what members of vulnerable communities actually want and need. After generating input from the local homeless population, Catholic Community Services was able to tailor their support to items the population said that they needed, such as bus tokens, wipes to clean up coffee, and new shower faucet handles in the restrooms.

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  • Exiled journalists in Germany find 'hope' with a magazine that speaks their language

    January 02, 2020 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    One newsroom in Berlin is giving exiled journalists a chance to not only continue practicing journalism but to do so in their native language. With so many journalists forced to start careers anew, Alma Magazine is tapping into the rich skill set of many refugees who have arrived in Berlin over the past few years to cover their own communities.

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  • Cambodian “bat man” bolsters the fight against dengue fever

    December 26, 2019 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Cambodia, Pursat

    In Cambodia, farming bats has provided a new way to fertilize crops and could potentially help decrease the presence of dengue fever-infested mosquitoes. Although definitive research is yet lacking about the impact of reducing a significant number of mosquitoes, the benefits of using the bats to improve soil quality has proven successful.

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  • Fixing the caregiver shortage: Why these health aides are twice as likely to stay on the job

    December 18, 2019 |

    Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A partnership between a nonprofit health organization and a community health service program has helped provide enhanced training and more robust mentorship opportunities for home health aids in the New York City area. Results show that those who are a part of the program, many of whom are women and people of color, are more likely to stay in the profession due to the "program's focus on supporting them and helping to frame their work as a long-term career."

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  • Kenyan scientist builds with bottles to beat plastic pollution

    December 13, 2019 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Gilgil

    Repurposing plastic waste into construction materials reduces pollution and lessens the carbon footprint of construction. Eco Blocks and Tiles, an environmentally-savvy company based in Gigil, Kenya, manufactures roof tiles from discarded plastic and glass. The value-added product is more durable and lighter than clay. The company has received support through crowd funding and grants, and has also attracted the attention of Kenya’s National Construction Authority (NCA).

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  • The Green Jobs That Could Help Save the Amazon

    December 12, 2019 |

    Vice |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    Bia Saldanha works with community members in Brazil to tap trees in the Amazon for rubber as a way to create sustainable income and discourage other practices like cattle farming and logging that has led to deforestation. While the locals were hesitant at first, she worked with the shoe company Veja to pay them more than the market rate. Now, Veja uses about 340 tons of natural rubber annually and works with 10 rubber tapper groups in eight municipalities. "We are not just buying rubber," she says. "We are also paying for forest conservation."

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  • Opening doors: Pakistan's first transgender beauty salon

    December 11, 2019 |

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    Response Location: Pakistan, Karachi, Sindh

    Bebo Haider, a transgender woman, was turned away from beauty salons in Pakistan so many times that she created her own salon open to people from all walks of life. The salon, called "Trawah," opened in January 2019 and aims to serve people from mainstream society as well as trans-communities in order to create a dialogue between the two. The salon also serves as a livelihood for trans people, with 25-35 customers a month, and is also funded by the Sub Rang Society and Oxfam Pakistan.

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  • Why this farmer moves his cows every day

    December 10, 2019 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: United States, Bluffton, Georgia

    Pastures are able to replenish when livestock can move around. By permitting cattle to travel between pastures for feeding, Will Harris’ ranching technique allows the soil to retain more carbon. The carbon captured by the healthier soil also helps to offset the emissions caused by livestock production.

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