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  • Indigenous Gardens Cultivate Healing

    November 09, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Corvallis, Oregon

    Colleges like Oregon State University (OSU), are re-indigenizing the campus landscape to create a welcoming, healing space and stop the further erasure of Indigenous culture and presence on college campuses. OSU created an ethnobotanical garden, full of Native plants and crops, as well as an Indigenous center for students and staff to gather on campus. These gardens and Indigenous spaces help to show the community how Native plants can sustain people and OSU plans to continue improving its cultural offerings by installing Native signage around campus and holding Indigenous cultural burnings.

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  • "We Are Suffering": Despite Steps Taken, Gas Flaring Still Threatens Livelihoods in Niger Delta

    November 09, 2023 |

    The Xylom |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ogboinbiri, Bayelsa

    Gas flaring penalties have done little to prevent the practice in Bayelsa, Nigeria, so locals are calling for changes like diverting it to produce usable energy and creating strong policies to regulate it.

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  • South Dallas leaders help make GoLink successful, will DART make it permanent?

    November 09, 2023 |

    Dallas Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    South Dallas’s GoLink pilot program allows residents to book door-to-door transportation within a designated zone at much lower rates than traditional rideshare programs like Uber. The neighborhood now has the third-highest ridership in the metro area and sees roughly 220 riders per day.

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  • Utah is going big on helping farmers grow crops with less water, but can it help the Great Salt Lake

    November 09, 2023 |

    Great Salt Lake Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    The Utah state government is offering grants to encourage and enable farmers to invest in water-saving technology amid a severe drought. A farmer who wants to install a better irrigation system, like drip irrigation, will pay for half of the upgrade and the state will pay for the other half.

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  • More states strive to make parks, trails accessible to people with disabilities

    November 08, 2023 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, Two Harbors, Minnesota

    Minnesota is purchasing “track chairs” with all-terrain treads for its parks that people with disabilities can use for free to access more areas and trails.

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  • Diocese of San Joaquin nears its renewable energy goal, with 95% reliance on solar power

    November 08, 2023 |

    Episcopal News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The Diocese of San Joaquin in California worked together with a developer and local utilities to install solar panels at 14 of its locations to make 95% of its energy use renewable.

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  • 'It was a great, easy day': Central Georgia election officials say GARViS system is a success

    November 08, 2023 |

    WMAZ-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Georgia

    GARViS, Georgia’s new system for documenting voter records, stores information on roughly 7 million active voters and hundreds of thousands of inactive voters, including their addresses, assigned polling places, sample ballots, and early voting schedules. The George Secretary of State’s Office reports that the new system has helped cut down check-in time on election day from about a minute and a half per voter to about 47 seconds per voter, streamlining the process for both poll workers and residents.

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  • Oakland County, Westland clerks tout success of early voting pilot program

    November 08, 2023 |

    WDET |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    After Michiganders approved a constitutional amendment allowing residents to vote early in federal and statewide elections, municipal clerks reported that the state’s first test of early voting in November 2023 was a success with nearly 4,600 people casting ballots.

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  • Asheville nonprofit reduces energy burdens in North Carolina

    November 07, 2023 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Asheville, North Carolina

    Energy Savers Network helps people cut down on their energy waste by making home improvements like tightening air seals, insulating hot water heaters and replacing lightbulbs. The Network has helped more than 1,000 homes since forming in 2017 and, on average, the improvements have helped cut energy use by about 15%.

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  • Kauai became a clean energy leader. Its secret? A publicly owned grid

    November 07, 2023 |

    Canary Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    In an effort to lower electric rates and move toward more renewable energy, Kauai residents raised funds to acquire and turn the area’s for-profit utility company into a locally owned cooperative, the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC). When it was formed in 2008, KIUC pledged to reach 50% renewable electricity by 2023, and last year it was already generating 60% of its energy from renewables like solar power.

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