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A Wyoming group moves homes to save affordable housing and preserve history

Mary Steurer

February 26, 2023 |

Casper Star-Tribune |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Jackson, Wyoming

Shacks on Racks relocates houses and works to make homeownership more accessible to area workers. Since starting in 2016, the non-profit has relocated 21 houses. For those 21 saved houses, Shacks on Racks estimates they’ve spared landfills more than 1.2 million pounds of waste.

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In response to COVID-19, Las Cruces middle schoolers are taking action to improve the air quality of their school

Jonny Coker

February 24, 2023 |

KRWG-PBS |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Las Cruces, New Mexico

Students at Mesilla Valley Leadership Academy are taking action to protect themselves and others against COVID-19 and other allergens by building homemade air filters, called Corsi-Rosenthal boxes. The boxes are relatively inexpensive when compared to standard HEPA air filters and help reduce COVID-19 virus transmission and improve air quality. So far, students at the Academy have built nine box filters to help push clean air into their classrooms.

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On its own: how local organizations piece together search and rescue operations along Alaska's Arctic coastline

Emily Schwing

February 24, 2023 |

KNBA |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Utqiaġvik, Alaska

Search and rescue teams in Utqiaġvik and North Slope Borough, Alaska, work together with the coast guard to run rescue operations that budgetary and training restrictions would not allow them to do alone.

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A Solution For Soil, Human Health

Tanka Dhakal

February 24, 2023 |

The Rising Nepal |

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Response Location: Nepal, Charange Phedi

With technical and financial support from various organizations, farmers in Nepal are transitioning to organic manure and natural insecticides to grow healthier crops and improve soil health.

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This student was overwhelmed by ‘alarmist' environmental education. So she designed her own college course.

Jessica Kutz

February 24, 2023 |

The 19th |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

A student-developed course at the University of California-Berkeley, Solutions for a Sustainable and Just Future, focuses on both individual and systemic strategies to address the climate crisis. More than 1,800 people have taken the class, and more than 70 percent of them said the course content inspired them to get involved in environmental work.

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Opioid addiction recovery providers favor individual-centered treatment options for Black women

Eliza Partika

February 24, 2023 |

AfroLA |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

In an effort to build non-arrest pathways to drug treatment and recoveries, like transitional housing and various support services, groups like The Sidewalk Project and Friendly House are emerging. The groups use harm-reduction measures to help women struggling with opioid addiction and lead them toward recovery when they’re ready.

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Las Cruces middle schoolers take action to improve the air quality of their school

Jonny Coker

February 24, 2023 |

KRWG-PBS |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Las Cruces, New Mexico

Middle school students in Las Cruces, New Mexico, built homemade air filters called Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes to help improve air quality and limit the spread of COVID-19 in classrooms.

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This High School Gave Spending Power to Students

Asher Lehrer-Small

February 23, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Central Falls, Rhode Island

An elective course at Central Falls High School in Rhode Island allows students to research and propose improvement projects for their school, which are then voted on and implemented using earmarked funding for the program. The participatory budgeting process has helped revamp the school cafeteria, upgrade the library furniture, replace outdated bathroom mirrors, and more.

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Young caregivers need more support. There's an app for that.

Julie Mack

February 23, 2023 |

Watershed Voice |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom

The Me-We program is an app-based approach to providing support to young people who have taken on the role of caregiver for their parent or guardian. The program offers group sessions aimed at teaching teens to manage difficult emotions and their mental health, education resources and a private journal. The app is targeted toward teens ages 15 to 17 and is available in several European countries, though there are plans to implement it in the U.S.

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Undocumented students win a fight for educational equality in Arizona

Maritza L. Félix

February 22, 2023 |

Oregon Live |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Arizona

DACA recipients and advocates in Arizona spent months knocking on doors and speaking with Latino voters to push for the passage of Proposition 308, a measure allowing undocumented students to qualify for in-state college tuition. Their campaign, as well as their outreach with Republican lawmakers, helped get the proposal signed into law in 2022.

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