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  • Cooking class series encourages friendship & healthy eating for seniors

    Katie Ellington Serrao

    December 18, 2022 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    The Idea Works Entrepreneurs Kitchen is a commercial kitchen co-working space that hosts a series of classes to teach seniors how to cook. With the help of grant money, the classes help combat social isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, while also helping seniors learn new skills and improve their nutrition.

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  • Treating Farmworkers on Their Terms

    David Bacon

    December 13, 2022 |

    Capital & Main |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Salinas, California

    Community health clinics provide a space for indigenous people to access both traditional and nontraditional medicine as there’s a significant disconnect between indigenous communities and modern healthcare institutions. These community clinics increase healthcare access for indigenous communities and present care in an easily accessible way by taking language and cultural barriers into consideration.

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  • Cities Take on a New Front in the Climate Battle: Meat Eating

    Peter Yeung

    December 13, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: England, Hayward Heath

    A grassroots campaign to encourage more environmentally sustainable diets called the Plant Based Treaty is picking up support across the globe. Pledgers make their own decisions on how to best take action.

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  • Dare to dream: NGO empowers Ajegunle kids with library to address education gap

    Nurudeen Lawal Rahaman Abiola

    December 09, 2022 |

    Legit.ng |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    To help bridge gaps in quality education for children in the Ajegunle neighborhood, the Transforming Lives and Communities Initiative established a community library and discovery. The library offers reading clinics, discovery programs focused on STEM skills, and game days that emphasize teamwork, collaboration, and decision-making.

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  • Can An Ancient Indian Mixed Farming System Help Our Farmers Sustain Better?

    Swati Sanyal Tarafdar

    December 07, 2022 |

    Earth Solutions Network |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: India, Uttarakhand

    Residents of Uttarakhand, India, practice the Barahanaja farming system to deal with the lack of rain and irrigation systems. This practice involves mixed cropping of 12 or more crops throughout the year that are interdependent to support one another and have high nutritional value.

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  • How mindful movement can lead to a revolution of rest

    Steven Cavazos Robert Samarron

    December 06, 2022 |

    ClickOnDetroit |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    For sleep-deprived people, incorporating yoga into their daily routine can help them relax their body and mind to improve their sleep.

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  • Is This Biochar's Big, Carbon-Rich Moment?

    Lisa Held

    December 06, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Montana

    Biochar, charcoal made by heating organic biomass like forest debris, can be used as an amendment to improve soil health and sequester carbon. The charcoal is incredibly porous, so it holds nutrients, water, and carbon.

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  • Breaking Old Ground

    Liz Mirabelli Nye

    December 05, 2022 |

    The Xylom |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    A chestnut farmer in Massachusetts is practicing agroforestry to restore soil health in his fields and build a long-term sustainable farming system. The practice varies widely from farm to farm, but his choices include planting perennial crops and native plants between the chestnut trees for diversification.

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  • Fiddler Dennis Stroughmatt saves a French dialect – and culture

    Rhyan du Peloux

    December 05, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Old Mines, Missouri

    Fiddler Dennis Stroughmatt plays French Creole music, sings, and speaks in Missouri French to raise awareness about the language and culture no longer widely practiced in the region.

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  • How Black Twitter steered the spotlight to Shanquella Robinson

    Candice Norwood Rebekah Barber

    December 02, 2022 |

    The 19th |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Black people use social media to gather and amplify information about missing and murdered black women when the mainstream media is not covering their stories.

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