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  • The green veins of our concrete cities

    February 20, 2023 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Hatillo 2, San José

    Costa Rica’s Interurban Biological Corridors Program is rescuing neglected green spaces around and between protected biological spaces with the help of many organizations and volunteers. After lobbying for political support, volunteers are participating in the organization and cleanup processes.

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  • Greenspace starts with grassroots

    February 15, 2023 |

    Great Lakes Echo |

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    Response Location: United States, Grand Rapids, Michigan

    In Michigan, the organization Friends of Grand Rapids Parks is working to increase shade in the city by planting trees. With permission from landowners, they will plant and care for trees on the property.

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  • A class that brings Manhattan prosecutors together with incarcerated men

    February 14, 2023 |

    Gothamist |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A class at the Manhattan DA Academy brings together assistant district attorneys and people completing their prison sentences in an effort to facilitate meaningful conversations between them.

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  • Vaccination Boosts Efforts to Curb Rift Valley Fever in Rwanda

    February 13, 2023 |

    Rwanda Dispatch |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    An awareness campaign in Rwanda promotes cattle vaccination to prevent Rift Valley Fever transmission. Campaign organizers broadcast messages on TV, radio, and during community events.

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  • L.A.'s Uber-For-Buses Comes Right To Your Door

    February 10, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles’ Metro Micro pilot program is making public transit more desirable with a $1 shuttle service similar to other app-based rideshare services. The shuttles are 10-seater vans that pick passengers up and drop them off anywhere within their designated zones.

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  • A Chicago Mural Project Becomes a Nationwide Movement

    February 09, 2023 |

    Borderless Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The Mural Movement uses the power of art as a tool to help Black and brown communities heal when grappling with gun violence and racism. The group works with artists who create murals of victims of gun violence and now has 186 murals nationwide.

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  • Facing Unique Challenges, Rural Communities Find Unique Solutions to Protect Against Wildfire Smoke Exposure

    February 08, 2023 |

    The Rural Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Nevada

    The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection installs air-quality sensors in rural communities to address monitoring deserts where wildfire smoke affects communities but there is no data available on the exact air quality measures. The organization then works with trusted community sources, like libraries, to run public awareness campaigns and educate locals on protection measures.

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  • Black families are changing the educational landscape through communal home-schooling

    February 08, 2023 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Motivated by educational disparities, lack of culturally relevant programming, and safety concerns in public schools, Black families are forming homeschooling pods and co-ops that allow them to tailor their children's education while also finding a sense of community support.

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  • Some Latinos don't trust Western mental health. That's where curanderos come in

    February 08, 2023 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    Curanderas, or traditional healers, practice the holistic methods of Curanderismo to heal the mind, body and spirit. People, specifically those in the Latino and Indigenous communities, seek our curanderas for culturally relevant care for diseases and ailments, as well as mental health.

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  • Despite Mixed Reviews, Tiny Home Villages for Homeless People Are Growing

    February 07, 2023 |

    Invisible People |

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    Response Location: United States

    Villages of tiny homes are popping up in cities across the United States as temporary housing for people experiencing homelessness.

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