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  • Jinsi Homa ya Chikungunya ilivyokabiliwa Mombasa Part - 1

    September 25, 2022 |

    RadioRahma |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Kenya

    Kufuatia mkurupuko wa homa ya Chikungunya kaunti ya Mombasa, serikali ya kaunti iliweka mikakati mbalimbali ya kukabiliana na mkurupuko huo. Ikiwa ni pamoja na utumizi wa magari ya kupuliza dawa kuua mbu.Magari 5 yalitumiwa katika zoezi hilo ambapo yalizunguka maeneo bunge yote 6 kaunti ya moja kwa kipindi cha mwezi mmoja.

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  • The Flight of the Angel in Basilicata: an inspiring model of how to develop tourism

    September 23, 2022 |

    News48 |

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    Response Location: Italy, Basilicata

    The Flight of the Angel attraction has helped the area to create more jobs and improve the economy through tourism. In 2007, when the attraction opened, there were only two restaurants and two hotels in the city. But now, there are about 50 bed and breakfasts, eight restaurants and over 130,000 visitors annually.

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  • How A Loan-To-Own Program In San Diego Is Boosting E-Bike Access

    September 23, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    Pedal Ahead provides low-income locals access to e-bikes at no initial cost, while agreeing to ride an average of five miles a day, track and share rides for a study, and secure their own bike insurance. If the participants successfully complete the program after two years, they own the bike. Since its launch, the organization distributed over 400 bicycles across the county.

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  • Cars Are Vanishing from Paris

    September 23, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    Cars are Europe’s second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and the leading killer of children. In recent years, Paris has implemented an array of measures to prioritize pedestrians, cyclists, and transit while reducing car use. As a result, car use has dropped about 45% since 1990, the use of public transit has risen by 30% and the share of cyclists has increased tenfold.

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  • In Seattle, Community Land Trusts Are Allowing Low-Income Families To Buy A Home

    September 23, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Homestead Community Land Trust and the local Habitat for Humanity specialize in helping lower-income residents become homeowners. They have portfolios of homes available to lower-income residents who make less than 80% of the area median income. To date, the community land trust model has been implemented at a small scale relative to the need and Habitat plans to build almost 300 new homes in the coming years.

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  • Europe's Green-Building Retrofit Leader Is One of Its Smallest Countries

    September 21, 2022 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: Lithuania

    In Lithuania, building owners looking to retrofit to improve energy use, reduce heating costs, and lower carbon emissions, can make use of a lending approach that pairs grants and loans. The grants are intended to offset the expense of the loan and can act as a first-loss guarantee for investors.

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  • In Puerto Rico, Activists Transform Abandoned Land To Build Food Sovereignty

    September 19, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Puerto Rico, Ponce

    The community in Ponce, Puerto Rico, reclaimed a neglected, abandoned area by turning it into a community garden and gathering spot they call El Huerto Urbano del Callejón Trujillo. The garden supplies food to the community and gives people a place to learn about agriculture.

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  • Get paid to get rid of turf and switch to water-saving tech

    September 19, 2022 |

    KSTU-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, St. George, Utah

    Residents of St. George, Utah, replaced the turf in their yard with native plants and rocks to conserve water. Now they’re using 14,000 fewer gallons of water per month than the year before.

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  • How The Twin Cities Is Making Transit Accessible To Immigrants And Refugees

    September 16, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    The International Institute of Minnesota’s Bus Buddies program pairs volunteers with new Americans who need help navigating the Metro Transit system because it is run primarily in English. Volunteers take those in need of assistance on a ride to the place they need to get to so they can learn the route.

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  • Japan's 'Zero Waste' Village Is a Model for Small-Town Sustainability

    September 16, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Japan, Kamikatsu

    Residents of Kamikatsu, Japan, deposit, and sort 45 different categories of waste into designated bins to be recycled at the Zero Waste Center. The center is a part of the town’s effort to meet its Zero Waste declaration and reuse or recycle everything produced there.

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