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  • “It Was Just So Magical”: These Groups Are Helping Refugees Rediscover Nature

    February 04, 2022 |

    Outside |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Migrants fleeing their homes in search of safety are finding refuge in nature. A Chicago nonprofit, REACH, is helping refugee families “find community, support, and confidence via wilderness adventures.” Wilderness experiences are providing recreation and the therapeutic effects of nature.

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  • The City Owned by Locals

    February 04, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, South Bend, Indiana

    Incremental investment is gaining momentum in South Bend as an alternative to big developers. Residents are given the network and knowledge to become micro-developers so that ownership and money stay within the local economy. The project aims to cultivate community and strengthen the local economy.

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  • Peer support: how ordinary Ohioans are helping others break mental health barriers

    February 04, 2022 |

    Eye On Ohio |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    In Ohio, Thrive Peer Recovery Services connects people experiencing addiction with a peer supporter to help them find and access resources and reduce isolation. Peer supporters are people recovering from addiction who have been sober for at least two years and are trained to support others.

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  • The Forgotten Answer to the Affordable Housing Crisis

    February 03, 2022 |

    Eugene Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    Housing cooperatives were once a successful strategy for creating affordable housing. The method has been traced back to the 19th century in New York City and is now making a comeback. Limited equity cooperatives are owned by multiple people who make a payment for buy-in and create a board that makes collective decisions about the property and how it’s run. Unlike other coops, residents can’t decide to sell and make a large profit which maintains the affordability over time.

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  • The Answer to our Youth Mental Health Crisis?

    February 03, 2022 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    To provide mental health care to students, a pilot program at Girard College meets students where they are at with practices based on integrated behavioral health, adding mental health care into conventional health care settings.

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  • To save South Island forests, community support is critical, and not enough

    February 02, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Canada, Victoria, British Columbia

    After millions of dollars, community campaigns and intense grassroots efforts, conservationists were able to save a beloved forest, Mountain Road Forest, one of few forested parcels left. The parcel, which is 50 acres, is on Vancouver Island, where land is "heavily privatised" and it takes an intense amount of effort from community members to save these properties from being bought up by developers.

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  • Cleveland's reforesting efforts take root in once-redlined neighborhoods

    February 02, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Activists in Cleveland, Ohio are reforesting the city's vacant lots one community garden at a time. Gwen Garth, a local activist in the city, partnered up with churches, in order to create a long-term plan to plant gardens to also increase tree canopy in the city in a more equitable approach by focusing on historically redlined neighborhoods. The plan includes reaching 30% tree canopy by 2040, which means planting 361,000 new trees.

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  • Camden, Newark, & Baltimore lead in building equitable access to urban tree canopy

    February 02, 2022 |

    Planet Detroit |

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    Response Location: United States

    The push for an increase in urban tree canopies is growing in cities like Camden, Detroit, and Baltimore. A collaboration between community members in those cities and local nonprofits yielded a plan and quick execution. More and more trees are being planted in urban areas to offset the heat-island effect, increase air quality, and decrease the tree equity gap between historically redlined areas and surrounding areas.

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  • Restoring hope to adolescent mothers through savings schemes

    February 02, 2022 |

    Rwanda News Agency |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Bugesera District

    A group of young, single mothers is supporting each other through a savings group that provides loans to its members. Participants can take out loans to buy livestock, invest in business ventures, or learn new skills. The informal loan network is a form of mutual aid and is a means of improving their financial situation.

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  • Through Crowdfunding, An Initiative Helps Communities Access Clean Water

    February 01, 2022 |

    HumAngle |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Through the #BuildAWell project, the Water the Needy Foundation uses crowdfunding to build wells, boreholes, and manual hand pumps in Nigerian communities without consistent access to clean water. The organization has worked with more than 400 communities since 2017 and contracts with local workers to encourage a sense of community responsibility for the projects and ensure ongoing maintenance of the wells.

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