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In Southeast San Diego, a Model for Creating Community Wealth Through Food
Since 2022, this truck, the Peopleâs Produce Mobile Farmers Market, has sold affordable fresh fruits and vegetables to local residents, helping...
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Saving gorillas by helping humans
In South West Uganda, mountain gorillas are being saved by helping humans.
'I Want To Mow Your Lawn:' Veteran provides free lawn care to neighbors in need
Springer Blankenship volunteers with I Want To Mow Your Lawn, a nonprofit that provides free lawn care to people who canât do it themselves.
Creating Community Wealth and âFood Dignityâ in San Diego
This story was originally published by Civil Eats. Every Wednesday morning, a refrigerated solar-powered truck arrives at the Mt. Hope Community...
Stephen Colbert raises over $1M for World Central Kitchen with 'Late Show' t-shirts, charity auction
The âThe Late Showâ host is using his last hurrah to do some good for Chef JosĂ© AndrĂ©sâ World Central Kitchen.
Woman retrofits vending machine to dispense random acts of kindness
What was once a bait and tackle vending machine has been transformed into a colorful attraction dispensing kindness challenges to strangers.
Maineâs Cambodian Community Aims to Keep Invasive Green Crabs at Bay
In those early days in America, it was Cambodian food Uy most longed forâthe soups, curries, and rice dishes that married fresh and fermented,...
Want to help garden birds? Don't feed them in warmer months, says RSPB
The UK's largest bird charity has issued new guidance advising people to stop using feeders to help wildlife thrive.
Payette creates timber farm stand "rooted in the rhythms of New England"
US studio Payette has completed a pro-bono project called Land's Sake Farmstand in Massachusetts, USA, designed as a "functional and poetic"...
An Act of God. Payable Upon Impact.
Parametric insurance, once a niche tool for property owners, is now underwriting coral reefs. Itâs efficient, innovativeâand unsettling.
Providing shelter isnât enough to fix homelessness â here's what actually helps
These nonprofits are helping people move beyond homelessness.
NY churches and developers work together to build affordable housing: 'A model of how real estate should be'
Worship spaces across the country are increasingly open to building affordable housing on their properties. A group of experts is helping to make...
This 13-year-old has earned nearly half a million followers by cooking meals for his unhoused neighbors
The 13-year-old has joined the likes of Chef JosĂ© AndrĂ©s and Dr. Bernice A. King as a community âbuilder.â
There are just 380 of this whale species remaining on Earth. Now, they have a GoFundMe
A nonprofit that is vital in the protection of North Atlantic right whales is turning the tide on their annual fundraising.
National park ranger photographs newly-discovered species for the first time while on the job
Alongside a park volunteer, the ranger unearthed a fuzzy new member of the Big Bend ecosystem.
âI couldn't save my mother": This Bihar doctor has treated 50,000 patients free, takes no donation, and why Amitabh Bachchan wanted to meet him
Hailing from a humble Bihar village, Dr. Raman Kishore defied odds to become a doctor. Driven by the loss of his mother due to delayed diagnosis,...
How Do You Measure an A.I. Boom?
A chart created by METR, a nonprofit A.I. organization, has become an industrywide obsession as it measures the rapid development of big A.I. systems.
There are no vets on this small Hawaiian island. Locals are stepping in to save cats stranded by the rising floods
As devastating floods sweep across Hawaii, one small but determined nonprofit is stepping up for the islandsâ most vulnerable animals.
ICON to 3D-print housing for artificial surf community in Texas
Construction company ICON and design studio Firmah Architecture have released designs for a 450-acre community in Texas, USA that will include 88...
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