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  • India's Community Radio Brings Its Villages Crackling to Life

    July 11, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India

    The Mann Deshi Tarang Vahini community radio station aims to educate and broadcast important information, like weather alerts and COVID-19 resources, to rural areas in the country where access to information is often lacking. Listenership varies by region, but in some areas the radio station has over 100,000 listeners across more than 100 villages.

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  • An Urban Oasis

    July 11, 2023 |

    Native Science Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The First Nations Garden, run by the Chi-Nations Youth Council, is a gathering space for the area’s 65,000 Native people, providing them with a garden and a highly-requested green space that hosts regular events and provides cultural resources and education while fostering community.

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  • The new approach to ending FGM that's showing promise in Kenya

    July 10, 2023 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    The Girl Generation (TGG) practices intergenerational healing and provides trauma-informed support to women who have survived female genital mutilation (FGM). TGG aims for FGM to be recognized as a form of sexual violence rather than a cultural practice and does so by hosting mother-daughter forums for generations to cope and heal from their traumas together. TGG estimates they’ve reached about 300 women and girls so far, with hopes to expand the group to other communities.

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  • The River Walk transformed San Antonio. Could Panther Island do the same for Fort Worth?

    July 09, 2023 |

    Fort Worth Report |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    A grassroots campaign to build out a river walk with walkable commercial and residential districts boosted economic development while improving flood control in San Antonio, Texas.

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  • Agroecology schools help communities restore degraded land in Guatemala

    July 07, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Farmer associations and Indigenous and local communities across Guatemala are working together to recover ancestral agricultural practices and educate farmers in agroecology. The collective, called the Utz Che’ Community Forestry Association, is building agroecology schools that are free to attend and facilitate co-learning in which students learn from each other. Their work protects native forests and local livelihoods from the damage caused by intensive monoculture.

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  • Can a City Feed Itself?

    July 06, 2023 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    In Paris, building-based agriculture, like rooftop gardens, allows for the production of nutritious food close to where they will be eaten. The practice helps eliminate carbon emissions, improve food security, and improve climate resilience.

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  • Nigerians experiment with wildfire prevention methods

    July 06, 2023 |

    FairPlanet |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Olum, Cross River

    The Small Mammal Conservation Organization is preventing wildfires by educating farmers in Cross River, Nigeria, about the dangers of burning the remaining crop waste in their fields after the harvest. The organization runs weather stations that inform communities about daily fire risks and employs “forest guardians” in every community to patrol farmlands and mitigate wildfire risk.

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  • In India, peace building goes ultimate

    July 05, 2023 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: India, Rowmari, Assam

    The nonprofit Action Northeast Trust organizes youth ultimate Frisbee matches to strengthen social cohesion, promote gender equality, and foster peace among young people from different villages, ethnicities, and mother tongues in Assam, India.

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  • These climate advocates don't care about your carbon footprint. They care about whether you vote.

    July 05, 2023 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States

    In an effort to fix the climate movement’s voter turnout problem, the Environmental Voter Project’s 6,000 volunteers use behavioral and data science in their outreach campaigns to encourage environmentalists to become consistent voters so the issues they care about are prioritized by politicians.

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  • No coração de Madri, 'Dragões' usam futebol para ensinar sobre antirracismo

    June 29, 2023 |

    Ecoa UOL |

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    Response Location: Spain, Madrid

    Projeto de futebol reúne mais de 400 pessoas em bairro marginalizado de Madri. Os times contam com imigrantes e refugiados, que formam uma rede de apoio e discutem sobre racismo.

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