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  • Indigenous conservationists lead the fight to save Mentawai's endangered primates

    May 15, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, West Sumatra

    An Indigenous-led grassroots organization, Malinggai Uma Tradisional Mentawai, works to protect endangered primates in Indonesia's Mentawai Islands by reviving traditional hunting practices, forest patrols, and conservation education; initial qualitative evidence suggests incremental community mindset shifts, though broader systemic impacts remain limited by socioeconomic challenges.

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  • The News Show Made by and for People With Learning Disabilities

    May 15, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Norway, Bergen

    TV Bra is a Norwegian news station where all reporters are autistic or have learning disabilities that produces a weekly one-hour news cast tailored to its audience. TV Bra helps ensure news is accessible to everyone, helping people who are historically excluded from journalism stay up-to-date, and has significant viewership, with upwards of 5,000 people tuning in each week.

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  • How a California County Eliminated PFAS From the Water Supply

    May 15, 2025 |

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    Response Location: United States, Yorba Linda, California

    The Orange County Water District’s treatment plant uses ion exchange, a process that draws PFAS “forever chemicals” from the supply using positively charged resin beads. The plant distributes water with no detectable PFAS to roughly 80,000 customers.

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  • Police training is one step in how Waukesha County responds to mental health crises

    May 14, 2025 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

    Waukesha County law enforcement departments are receiving Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training through the National Alliance on Mental Illness to teach them how to recognize and respond to people experiencing mental health crises by safely de-escalating the situations and connecting the people to resources and care, rather than jail and hospital stays. As of 2023, hundreds of officers in at least 19 counties have been CIT trained.

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  • Cash assistance may curb recidivism among people leaving prison, study says

    May 14, 2025 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The Returning Citizens Stimulus provides cash payments to people leaving incarceration for 60 days after their release, with the goal of helping them get back on their feet. One study found that participants were much less likely to violate their parole than those who did not receive payments.

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  • Ditch Democracy: Northern New Mexico's Acequia Culture

    May 14, 2025 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    An acequia irrigation system depends on an indigenous coordinated community governance designed to sustainably manage water for agriculture and daily life. Via democratic control, shared participation in annual cleaning, Mayordomo authority, and cooperative decision-making, the system fosters community cohesion and ecological sustainability.

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  • This Queer Couple Supports LGBTQ+ and BIPOC Farmers' Mental Health

    May 14, 2025 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    The South Side Queer Farmer Convergence provides culturally-affirming community gatherings that effectively reduce isolation, promote emotional healing, and foster mental wellbeing for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC farmers facing significant social stressors and discrimination.

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  • Power-Hungry Data Centers Are Warming Homes in the Nordics

    May 13, 2025 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Finland

    By integrating data centers with district heating systems, Nordic countries are successfully reusing waste heat to warm thousands of homes, significantly reducing energy costs and emissions while highlighting geographic, regulatory, and power consumption challenges to scaling the approach further.

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  • This snack company is trying to change the way you think about chocolate

    May 13, 2025 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: Ecuador

    Blue Stripes addresses cacao-industry food waste and farmer poverty by turning overlooked cacao fruit pulp and husks into marketable snacks, creating additional revenue streams for farmers and potentially reducing environmental impacts.

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  • Despite Political Complaints, Congestion Pricing Is Working in NYC

    May 12, 2025 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City’s congestion pricing program charges drivers $9 to enter Lower Manhattan during peak traffic hours, with funds raised from the toll going to support public transit initiatives. Though there’s been fierce opposition to the program, 8 million fewer cars entered Lower Manhattan in the first four months since its launch, and average travel times have sped up by about 15 percent.

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