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  • Restoring Watersheds, and Hope, After New Mexico's Record-Breaking Wildfires

    Sara Van Note

    December 15, 2022 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: Santa Clara Native Reservation, United States, Gallinas, New Mexico

    After fires and floods, the tribe of the Santa Clara Pueblo is restoring Santa Clara Canyon using traditional ecological knowledge to design mitigation and replanting methods using burned trees and strategic seeding. Now, they are sharing that knowledge at other locations needing restoration.

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  • The rate of out-school children in Nigeria is alarming, but one initiative is taking children off the streets in Gombe

    Muhammad Auwal Ibrahim

    December 14, 2022 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Gombe

    The founder of the Uncle Muhsin Education Support Initiative uses his own resources to offer in-person and virtual classes for free to young Nigerians who are out of school. He also offers classes for children in school who do not understand all of their subjects.

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  • Boden gut machen

    Laura Anninger Lukas Bayer

    December 14, 2022 |

    Relevant |

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    Response Location: Austria

    Kein anderes Land verbraucht im Verhältnis zu seiner Fläche so viel Boden wie Österreich. Die politischen Rahmenbedingungen verstärken das Problem. Dennoch gibt es viele Möglichkeiten gegenzusteuern, wie Beispiele im In- und Ausland zeigen.

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  • Resurrecting Climate-Resilient Rice in India

    Rebecca George

    December 14, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: India, Odisha

    A conservationist dedicated 1.7 acres in Odisha, India, to farm and conserve native rice varieties in an effort to revive resilient crops and food systems in the country after many were abandoned for high-yield varieties. The seeds are shared with small farmers across several states.

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  • 10 years after Sandy Hook, Moms Demand Action volunteers are turning activism into political power

    Mel Leonor Barclay

    December 14, 2022 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States

    Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense was founded following the Sandy Hook shooting to advocate for gun safety reforms. Thanks in part to the group's support and training, roughly half of Moms Demand Action volunteers who ran for office in the most recent election cycle won their races, including several who flipped seats previously held by Republicans.

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  • Video games can make climate change real for players - here's how

    Adam Smith

    December 14, 2022 |

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    Response Location: England, London

    Video games are educating players on climate change and its effects while encouraging mitigative behavior through gameplay.

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  • The South isn't so anti-abortion after all. Kentucky proved it at the polls.

    Arwen Donahue Phoebe Wagoner

    December 14, 2022 |

    Scalawag |

    Illustrations |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    Ahead of a vote on a ballot measure that would have ensured that no right to abortion could ever be added to Kentucky's constitution, pro-choice activists connected with voters via protests and door-knocking campaigns. Their efforts focused on registering new voters and exploring the nuances of reproductive health care, and the amendment was successfully defeated by a margin of nearly 5 percentage points.

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  • What Germany's Coal Miners Can Teach America About Medical Debt

    Noam N. Levey

    December 14, 2022 |

    Kaiser Health News |

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    Response Location: Germany, Puttlingen

    Germany, like the U.S., has a largely private healthcare system that relies on private doctors and private insurers. Like Americans, many Germans enroll in a health plan through work, splitting the cost with their employer. But Germany strictly limits how much patients have to pay out of their own pockets for a trip to the doctor, the hospital, or the pharmacy, making medical debt practically nonexistent.

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  • ‘Plastic Roads' Are Paved With Good Intention

    Jenni Bergal

    December 14, 2022 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Pilot programs across the United States are testing recycled plastic and asphalt mixtures to pave roads and keep plastics out of landfills. A program in California saw success in their mixture’s durability.

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  • Pods live on: School districts are using the pandemic-era invention to help kids recover from ‘learning loss'

    Nancy Walser

    December 14, 2022 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Central Falls, Rhode Island

    Originally developed to help students succeed academically during the pandemic, learning pods in a Rhode Island community continue to help students through in-person school. The pods create job opportunities for community members and give students a place for one-on-one help.

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