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  • This Ohio Paint Production Experiment Creates Art — and Potentially Jobs — From Polluted Mine Sites

    November 19, 2018 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States, Corning, Ohio

    In Ohio, artists and scientists are teaming up, turning hazardous mine run-off into paint pigment. High demand for such pigment, public funding, and enthusiasm for clean waterways could go a long way to mitigate water pollution.

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  • Nelson finds a niche

    August 10, 2018 |

    Rappahannock News |

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    Response Location: United States, Nellysford, Virginia

    In small town Nelson County, several economic development initiatives are working to put the region on the map. By promoting cideries, business owners can source apples from local farmers. Breweries, festivals, and hiking have all enticed out of town visitors. The focus on growing the economy while still keeping dollars local has helped the region grow in a sustainable way.

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  • With Dirty Girl coffee, this entrepreneur strives to make life better for women in Appalachia

    August 06, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Ohio

    Jane Cavarozzi, an entrepreneur and activist, started Dirty Girl coffee to “support economic development and women’s advancement in the small, depressed villages around Appalachian Ohio.” She lives in the town of Glouster and is respected for living local and working local, as opposed to being an outsider problem-solver. Though her coffee company is just one small step forward, she works closely with community groups to move economic development initiatives for the region forward.

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  • Where women lead on climate change

    May 01, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Guatemala

    In various parts of the world, women's voices often aren't heard when it comes to ways to mitigate against climate change, despite their intimate experiences with it. Women in Guatemala are fighting agains this roadblock by joining forces to exchange ideas and then working together to implement change in their communities.

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  • Guatemalan women transform their town one brushstroke at a time

    February 07, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Guatemala, Santa Catarina Palopó

    In Guatemala, women are challenging traditional gender norms by playing a growing leadership role in their communities. Specifically, they are leading an initiative to paint local homes with patterns from indigenous weaving traditions. Not only are they making the towns more beautiful, but they are also demonstrating to young girls that women can do the same jobs that men can do.

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  • In push to end child marriage in Guatemala, young women are on the front line

    December 28, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Guatemala, Tierra Blanca

    In some rural parts of Guatemala, "more than half the girls...marry before the age of 18." While a coalition of organizations was able to lobby lawmakers, and raise the legal marriage age to 18, real changes happened at the community level when mentors engaged with girls.

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