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Across California, jurisdictions work collaboratively to comply with regulations put in place by the state's food recovery legislation

Shelley Mann

August 27, 2024 |

Waste Today |

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Response Location: United States, California

In 2016, California adopted a law to reduce the amount of organic waste in state landfills by 75 percent, which led cities and counties to develop their own organic waste diversion programs, such as organic waste collection and edible food recovery. In 2022, 11.2 million tons of organic waste were diverted, while 201,000 tons of edible food were recovered that year.

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El Paso solar cooperative helps homeowners save thousands on rooftop solar. It may be back next year.

Diego Mendoza-Moyers

August 25, 2024 |

El Paso Matters |

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Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

Several nonprofits are running a solar cooperative in El Paso, Texas, that helps homeowners come together to buy and install solar panels in bulk, which makes them more affordable.

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Researchers Turned to Churches To Study St. Louis Air Quality

Rebecca Randall

August 22, 2024 |

Sojourners |

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Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

A St. Louis faith and advocacy organization, Metropolitan Congregations United, helped scientists bring together a group of churches willing to install air quality monitors to gather data on pollution and call for solutions.

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Collaborating to create more resources for rural students

Neal Morton

August 21, 2024 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

The Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative pools the resources of nine rural school districts to give students better access to career and technical education, with programs focused on building trades, hospitality and tourism, health sciences, education, and the environment. The Collaborative also connects students to local businesses for job shadowing, internships, and career fairs.

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Schools are providing access to doctors and therapists before, during and after the school day

Jenna Zibton

August 16, 2024 |

WSLS-TV |

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Response Location: United States, Roanoke, Virginia

A partnership between Hazel Health and the local school district is bridging the gap between students and mental and physical healthcare by providing therapy and telehealth resources before, during and after the school day. Care is provided without any necessary out-of-pocket costs and from November 2023 to June 2024, Hazel Health provided 630 therapy sessions to students across 25 schools.

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#HungerProtest: Soaring Food Cost Is Restricting Community-Led Meal Clubs In Kano

Abdulaziz Bagwai

August 07, 2024 |

The Solutions Paper |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

Women in resource-challenged households in Kano, Nigeria, are turning to a communal tradition rooted in Hausa culture to make meals that meet their families' needs. They pool their money together to buy ingredients, cook together, and equally distribute portions of the meals.

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Fighting Global Warming, One Abandoned Oil Well at a Time

Michaela Haas

August 05, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States

Curtis Shuck started the nonprofit The Well Done Foundation with a mission to plug as many abandoned oil wells as possible. Since then, he’s worked with communities, landowners, regulatory agencies, and activists to plug 45 wells, stopping the release of methane and other pollutants into the air and local environments.

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Can Seaweed Save American Shellfish?

Alexandra Talty

June 27, 2024 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States

Researchers, conservationists, and shellfish farmers on both U.S. coasts are starting and studying seaweed farms as a way to soak up excess nutrients in acidic water to help shellfish survive and grow.

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Haitian families displaced by gang violence sustain effects with more than just solidarity

Fritznel D. Octave

June 17, 2024 |

Haitian Times |

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Response Location: Haiti, Port-au-Prince

More than 300 families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, came together in a closed public school to support each other with practical assistance. From sharing daily tasks to security and safety to splitting resources and food, they built a self-governing system through mutual aid and healthy social relationships.

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Can A Public University Change The Fate Of One Of India's Most Backward Districts?

Tarini Mehta

June 15, 2024 |

Outlook India |

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Response Location: India, Nuh District, Haryana

Young women in the Nuh district, where access to education for women is limited, wrote postcards to the Prime Minister that received attention to build a university. Their efforts worked and since then the government opened a college in the district, 621 young women enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts program, and 73 enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce program.

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