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  • How agroforestry can restore degraded lands and provide income in the Amazon

    December 09, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Nova Califórnia, Rondônia

    Agroforestry is a farming method in which a variety of crops, plants, and trees are planted mimicking the makeup of a forest. The practice is becoming more popular in Rondônia, Brazil, as a sustainable farming option to restore land degraded from livestock ranching while providing an income for small farmers.

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  • A Site That Safeguards Migrants' Educational Credentials

    December 09, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Article 26 Backpack is an online storage platform refugees can upload academic transcripts, diplomas, and other important documents to. The platform safeguards the copies in case the originals cannot be kept and allows users to share them with universities and employers.

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  • Nigerian Climate Action Group Trades Trash for Cash

    December 07, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    Ecobarter is a startup in Nigeria that collects waste from communities and delivers it to recycling services. Individuals that deposit waste are paid in points based on weight and type of waste. The points can be converted into money, used to get health insurance, transferred to others, or used to shop at specific marketplaces.

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  • Fiddler Dennis Stroughmatt saves a French dialect – and culture

    December 05, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Old Mines, Missouri

    Fiddler Dennis Stroughmatt plays French Creole music, sings, and speaks in Missouri French to raise awareness about the language and culture no longer widely practiced in the region.

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  • A reservation school graduates 100% of students. How? They're learning tribal culture.

    December 02, 2022 |

    Flatwater Free Press |

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    Response Location: Santee Dakota Reservation, United States, Niobrara, Nebraska

    The iSanti Community School in Nebraska has had a 100% graduation rate two years in a row. That success is in part due to the new cultural program that teaches students about the iSanti Dacotach tribe’s language, customs, and history each day.

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  • Mitigating internal displacement, one skilled woman at a time

    December 01, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The Skilled Women Initiative provides training around mindset, technical skills, entrepreneurship, and marketing to women living in Nigerian camps for people who have been internally displaced due to Boko Haram. The program trains roughly 500 women each year and past participants say they are now able to better afford expenses such as sending their children to schools.

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  • Community Land Trusts Build Climate-Resilient Affordable Housing

    December 01, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Big Pine Key, Florida

    Community land trusts are nonprofits that buy land, build homes, and ensure the long-term affordability of the homes they build. A trust in Florida is not only ensuring homes stay affordable after natural disasters it is also focused on building units that can withstand storms so families do not need to rebuild.

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  • Indian farmers turn to solar-powered fridges to fight food waste

    December 01, 2022 |

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    Response Location: India

    Solar-powered cold storage units help farmers in India to store their harvests during extreme heat instead of discarding their produce or trying to sell it quickly for cheap to avoid waste. The solar-powered option is significantly cheaper than typical electric cold storage, making it more accessible to small-scale farmers.

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  • What's Dangerous About Trees

    November 30, 2022 |

    Ear Hustle |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Norway

    In Norway prison cells are considered private property, incarcerated people are allowed to leave prison and return in short spans, and wardens do not carry guns. These practices, among others, are in an effort to treat incarcerated people humanely and help prevent recidivism, escape attempts, and violence.

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  • Tucson students help create solutions with invention education

    November 29, 2022 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    At Carden of Tuscon, teachers have implemented “invention education” to help students learn STEM concepts in a more engaging and accessible way. The framework emphasizes creative problem-solving and critical thinking skills and has resulted in innovative student projects, including a worm counting jar for fishers and a shower-stream soap dispenser.

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