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  • Mussel Farming Is Healing the UK's Coastal Food Chain

    December 22, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Scotland

    Researchers are establishing mussel farms on suspended ropes off the coast of Scotland to restore marine habitat damaged by pollution and harmful fishing practices. The new habitat is also restoring the biodiversity of the area.

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  • Through waste management eTrash2Cash is saving planet earth, helping women access healthcare

    December 22, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    eTrash2Cash strives to create a healthy, sustainable zero-waste society by collecting trash and recycling it to become useful resources. It does this by employing women with low incomes to do the waste collection and recycling and in turn, provides them with social incentives like access to healthcare. So far, eTrash2Cash has diverted over 10,000 metric tons of trash out of landfills across four states and has trained 200 women on how to upcycle plastics.

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  • Chicago Experiments with Crisis Response Units, Grapples With Dilemma: Include Police or Not

    December 22, 2022 |

    MindSite News |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement (CARE) team aims to help people experiencing mental health crises without resorting to force or arrests. The CARE team is a three-person model including a paramedic, clinician, and police officer. Since September 2021, the team has responded to calls about 440 times, none of which have included force or arrests.

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  • This Pop-Up 'Closet' Helps LGBTQ+ People Get Gender-Affirming Clothes. It Needs Donations To Keep Going

    December 22, 2022 |

    Block Club Chicago |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    gods closet is a pop-up shop that aims to create a community experience around fashion for LGBTQ+ people who often struggle to find clothes that fit their gender identity and expression. gods closet provides the clothes and services like styling free of charge.

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  • Bringing back California's wild bees

    December 21, 2022 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The Bee Better Certified program encourages farmers to to build and restore habitat for native bees on their land. Doing so can earn them the certification, reduce the need to rent honeybees for pollinationion, and benefit the planet.

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  • How One Chicago Organization Is Helping Migrants Being Bussed In From the Border

    December 19, 2022 |

    NBCLX |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Erie Neighborhood House welcomes migrants being bussed from Texas to Chicago with resources like food and clothing, medical care, legal support, and case management. The organization has helped more than 3,000 migrants since August 2022.

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  • How protecting trees can fight gentrification

    December 19, 2022 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Activists in Los Angeles are taking legal action to ensure black walnut trees' protections are not violated by developers to help prevent gentrification and extreme heat.

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  • The vegan leather made from India's waste flowers

    December 19, 2022 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: India, Kanpur

    Phool, a startup in India, makes a plant-based leather alternative using flower petals discarded from Hindu temples after rituals to feed microbes that grow the material. The product, named Fleather, keeps flower waste from contaminating rivers and is a sustainable, biodegradable alternative to animal leather.

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  • Perennial grains: great for beer, bread and the fight against climate change

    December 19, 2022 |

    Great Lakes Echo |

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    Response Location: United States

    The perennial wheat alternative Kernza can improve soil and water health because it will return yearly with less tilling and fertilizer than wheat, and it captures carbon and water pollutants.

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  • Union Health Plan Provides Much-Needed Safety Net

    December 15, 2022 |

    Capital & Main |

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    Response Location: United States, Salinas, California

    The Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan makes healthcare for union workers more affordable and accessible, providing workers with a much-needed safety net. The RFK plan covers about 3,000 members of the United Farm Workers — which consists of about 7,500 people, including spouses and children.

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