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  • Students explore nature in densely built Los Angeles

    September 24, 2018 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    A principal in one of the most park-poor and low-income areas of LA is imploring students to "find nature in the unlikeliest of places." By setting up a community garden, sharing a passion for birdwatching, and sparking interest in the schoolyard's habitat, Brad Rumble is instilling in future stewards the key principles of urban conservation.

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  • How Traditional Food Is Helping Communities in a Changing Arctic

    September 24, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: Canada, Iqaluit, Nunavut

    In Arctic communities where traditional knowledge has faded and intergenerational traumas continue to impact people, food programs are stepping in to help save that culture while also feeding people. The Qajuqturvik Food Centre builds relationships with hunters, offers traditional meals, and emphasizes community to promote well-being.

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  • South Africa's Secret for Saving Species: Breed Them for Hunting

    September 23, 2018 |

    OZY |

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    Response Location: South Africa

    Commercial game farming is becoming the norm in Africa where both endangered species and farmers alike were in desperate need of change. The shift in focus to rearing animals for hunting, tourism and venison has created a more lucrative market and increased the population of many species.

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  • When a Hospital Plays Housing Developer

    September 21, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    Hospitals have a complicated track record of community development projects. Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio is working with nonprofit community developers to improve the public health of the surrounding neighborhood, treating "the neighborhood as a patient." By flipping houses into rental units for low-income tenants and making other investments in the housing ecosystem, the hospital is working to keep the current low-income residents in place. By some measures, this hospital is succeeding in ways others historically have not.

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  • Rooftop farming: why vertical gardening is blooming in Kampala

    September 19, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    As the population of urban areas in Uganda grows, many farmers are finding that they are running out of space to cultivate successful business in agriculture. One solution that has surfaced has been to build up instead of out.

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  • Citizen Engagement 101

    September 19, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The Citizens Planning Institute has equipped 500 residents with the relationships and the know-how to make a difference at the local level in their communities. The institute is a seven-week course supported by a city’s Planning Commission, and these institutes now exist across the U.S. and even are spreading as far as Australia. By engaging with local civic leaders, ordinary citizens have a chance to learn and then make improvements that are meaningful to themselves and their neighborhoods.

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  • Lango women find wealth in shea tree

    September 19, 2018 |

    Daily Monitor |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Otuke

    In a town in Uganda, women are taking control of their financial stability by joining together to market shea butter. Through a team effort, the women are able to make and sell lotion, bathing soap, edible oil and jelly from the shea butter they harvest from the local forest. This has allowed the women to both educate and provide housing for their families.

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  • Recycling can be a hard sell in rural Colorado. That hasn't discouraged a resourceful nonprofit effort in Swink.

    September 18, 2018 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Swink, Colorado

    Recycling doesn't come easy for small, rural towns where the cost to export recyclables often realistically outweighs the benefits of this sustainably practice. Clean Valley Recycling, a nonprofit launched by local community members in the tiny town on Swink, Colorado, has gone against all odds though and serves not just as a recycling resource for the town, but for the surrounding region as well.

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  • Gun sellers emerge as unlikely ally in fight against suicides

    September 17, 2018 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States, St. George, Utah

    A Utah shooting range is part of a growing voluntary movement among gun shop owners and firearm sellers focuses on educating staff about warning signs of suicide in an effort to reduce the number of people using guns to kill themselves. One effort, the Gun Shop Project, has spread to 10 states and there are similar partnerships in about 10 more. Experts say suicide attempts with firearms usually end in death and restricting access to guns in those situations can be very effective.

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  • Simple but effective: The community mobilisers driving immunization in Borno State

    September 17, 2018 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

    In Nigeria, a lack of immunizations has contributed to increased rates of childhood mortality. However, Volunteer Community Mobilizers are actively changing this trajectory by conducting in-home visits and providing resources that aid in mobilizing families to have their children vaccinated at local clinics.

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