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  • These farmers show that agriculture in the Amazon doesn't have to be destructive

    June 28, 2021 |

    National Geographic |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Nova Califórnia, Rondônia

    Nearly a fifth of the Amazon has been cleared for cattle grazing and logging. However, a cooperative called RECA is making it economically sustainable for farmers to shift towards agroforestry. Agroforestry is the intentional planting of trees and shrubs in farms and forests among others. 11 tons of carbon per acre are sequestered through agroforestry systems. REFA farmers planted up to 40 species of trees then will process products from the species to be sold. The more than 300 families from the co-op made five times more per acre than local ranchers not practicing agroforestry.

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  • L'île grecque de Tilos est désormais autonome en énergie verte

    June 27, 2021 |

    Radio Télévision Suisse |

    Video |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: Greece

    Tilos, une petite île grecque de 780 habitants, peut se targuer d’être quasi-autonome en énergie grâce à une centrale électrique combinant énergie éolienne et solaire. Grâce à cette transition énergétique, les besoins en électricité sont couvert à 100 % durant la saison basse et à 70 % durant la saison haute, le coût de l’électricité a été réduit et il y a moins de coupures électriques qu'avant.

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  • Food insecurity linked to gun violence. In St. Louis, Black farmers work on a solution

    June 27, 2021 |

    The Kansas City Star |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Black, urban farmers have formed a grassroots "ecosystem" to grow and distribute fresh, affordable produce in St. Louis neighborhoods where food insecurity and gun violence go hand in hand. Heru Urban Farming is a startup businesses and CSA growing vegetables in vacant lots that it then sells by subscription and gives away to families in need. Along with a new farmers market and a mobile produce vendor, the "food justice" activists and entrepreneurs are meeting a nutritional need where quality supermarkets don't exist and corner stores typically sell packaged, processed foods.

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  • Heritage and Survival: two sides of the same coin for conflict-torn Iraq

    June 26, 2021 |

    Pi Media |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Iraq

    The Nahrein Network funds projects that strengthen Iraq’s cultural and heritage infrastructure. Many grantees have deep historical knowledge of cultural preservation but haven’t been able to access funding due to sanctions, international isolation, and civil war. The funded projects’ approach to cultural preservation must be rooted in local socio-economic interests and the Network provides mentoring and helps in other ways, like supporting visiting scholarships abroad. The Network’s solutions focus on a long-term relationship building as a way to push for an inclusive post-conflict cultural environments.

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  • For a fragile child care system, shared services and legislative activism show potential

    June 26, 2021 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    The State Early Learning Alliance is a membership organization of about 30 independent child care centers that pools resources to save money on essential services and free up time to focus on providing high-quality care. The group harnesses shared purchasing power to negotiate better deals for a wide range of necessary goods and services, including building maintenance, insurance, payroll and administration, food, and classroom supplies. Providers save thousands of dollars a year, which can help with skyrocketing child care costs and staff shortages due to low pay.

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  • Safe Streets celebrates a year with no homicides in a South Baltimore area they serve, with hope for rest of the city

    June 26, 2021 |

    The Baltimore Sun |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    South Baltimore's Cherry Hill neighborhood enjoyed its third homicide-free year since the violence intervention program Safe Streets began operation. While a formal evaluation of the program's nine neighborhood sites is yet to be completed, community members credit it with lowering violence by putting "violence interrupters" on the scene of conflict or in hospitals to counsel gunshot victims against retaliation. Safe Streets mediated more than 400 disputes in Cherry Hill in the past year, most of them involving people armed with guns and likely to commit violence. Violence citywide has remained high.

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  • Espacios seguros para la comunidad LGTBIQ+ en Costa Rica

    June 25, 2021 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    El artículo hace un recuento de cuatro proyectos que existen en Costa Rica para proteger a la comunidad LGTBIQ+ en condiciones más vulnerables, el impacto que han tenido, las dificultades que han encontrado y cómo las han enfrentado.

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  • Una lata de agua en Barrio Nuevo

    June 25, 2021 |

    Historias que laten |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Venezuela, Caracas

    El proyecto Una Lata de Agua es una inciativa que busca instalar en las comunidades de Caracas, Venezuela, sistemas de recolección de agua que permitan abastecer a las familias de agua potable, porque en el norte del país la escases del agua es crítica. Con el proyecto instalado en Barrio Nuevo se benefician más de 1600 familias.

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  • Farm cooperatives allow Latinos to grow and sell food on their own terms

    June 25, 2021 |

    Southerly |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Henderson, North Carolina

    Tierra Fertil Coop in Henderson County, North Carolina is helping the Latino community in the area grow their own food. Residents are able to keep what they grow at no cost, tend to their gardens and build community. The coop also operates as a business by selling excess fruits and vegetables at local markets.

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  • The problem fueling the essential housing crisis and how to fix it

    June 25, 2021 |

    WBTV-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Charlotte's tight housing market can prove unaffordable to young professionals, with high rents equal to half a person's income. The "essential housing" niche, a middle ground between luxury homes and lower-cost "affordable" housing, provides an opportunity to economize on construction costs and pass those savings on to renters. Fewer apartment floor plan options and fancy amenities can translate into rents up to $700 less, a marketing strategy that has given the developer a strong rental business – and its younger customers a relative bargain in an expensive market.

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