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  • Crowdsourcing #safety: How Twitter is helping civilians in Sudan

    April 23, 2023 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: Sudan

    Amid violent conflict in Sudan, a network of citizens is using Twitter Spaces to share updates about the situation, broadcast safety alerts, connect people who are hurt with doctors who can advise them from abroad, and direct aid to people in need. The group has helped hundreds of people escape or get access to needed supplies since the conflict began.

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  • One store's trash, one foodsaver's dinner

    April 20, 2023 |

    Lëtzebuerger Journal |

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    Response Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg

    A group of volunteers in Luxembourg City collects edible food that shops and restaurants would dispose of at the end of the day to keep it from ending up in the garbage. Members of the organization, called Foodsharing Luxembourg, are informed through an app when food is available for pickup. Once they claim an order, they pick up everything the store offers and decide how it gets redistributed.

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  • Action Civics for the Win: Philly High School Students Offer Hope

    April 19, 2023 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    At Philadelphia’s inaugural Civics Day competition, students from high schools across the city presented their work to address issues important to their community, from countering sexual assault to improving safety on public transit and preventing gun violence. The students were part of a pilot project by Generation Citizen designed to teach youth how to actively participate in political and civic life.

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  • These Farmers Recharged their Groundwater by Catching California's Atmospheric Rivers

    April 17, 2023 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Farmers in California are taking advantage of recent heavy rainfall by intentionally flooding their fields to restore the underground aquifers after years of drought.

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  • Weathering the Future

    April 12, 2023 |

    PBS |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Communities across the United States combat and adapt to extreme weather with local solutions. In California, drought-striken Orange County recycles wastewater into safe drinking water, and the Karuk Tribe prevents forest fires with controlled, cultural burns. A farmer in Iowa practices no-till farming to prevent soil erosion from heavy rain. Indigenous tribes on the Louisiana coast gather empty oyster shells and use them to create artificial breakwater reefs that slow down erosion from rising ocean waters.

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  • Nearly all LCPS families have internet now, thanks to COVID-19 efforts

    April 12, 2023 |

    KRWG-PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Las Cruces, New Mexico

    To swiftly address the dearth of equitable internet connectivity exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Las Cruces Public Schools collaborated with a variety of funding, research, and outreach partners to bring nearly all of its 24,000 students online in their homes.

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  • Massachusetts churches have housed Afghan families for over a year as city unites in supporting new neighbors

    April 11, 2023 |

    Episcopal News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, Newburyport, Massachusetts

    Churches in Newburyport, Massachusetts, converted rooms into temporary housing for Afghan refugee families. With support from community donations, the congregations created living spaces and provided the families with necessities like beds and clothes.

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  • This Evolving 3,000-Mile-Long Park Is Already Improving Cities Along Its Path

    April 10, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

    The East Coast Greenway is a car-free trail network under development along the East Coast of the United States. The project organizers work with cities along the planned path to build the infrastructure and find funding. The goal is to connect Calais, Maine, and Key West, Florida.

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  • Businesses face more and more pressure from investors to act on climate change

    April 09, 2023 |

    NPR |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Every year, investors who are shareholders in publicly-traded companies have the chance to vote on proposals that shape the way the companies address issues like climate change. Whether or not they pass, climate-related proposals send a clear message about the problems activist investors want to see addressed which can spur action.

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  • Civic participation, trust, getting to know people: Together Baton Rouge gets things done

    April 09, 2023 |

    NOLA.com (The Times-Picayune) |

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    Response Location: United States, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    Together Baton Rouge connects different organizations and individuals to collaborate on important community issues, such as advocating for needed infrastructure work. The group helped bring about the restructuring of a corporate tax break program that brought in $282 million in revenue in 2021.

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