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  • Culture and conservation thrive as Great Lakes tribes bring back native wild rice

    Native tribes and First Nations in the Great Lakes Region are successfully reviving wild rice, a native crop that is deemed “extremely vulnerable” to climate change and lost much of its wetland habitat. The tribes’ restoration projects involve seeding lakebeds, monitoring water levels and quality, educating others on the importance of the crop, and harvesting it by hand.

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  • Preaching to polarized congregations: A responsibility and a challenge, clergy say

    Organizations such as One America Movement and the Colossian Forum train clergy to facilitate discussion around polarizing issues through sermons, messaging, and faith-related events. The initiatives have reached 100 and 600 participants, respectively, who bring conflict resolution strategies back to their congregations.

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  • Colorado Shows Impact, Challenges of Billions in Federal Clean Energy Spending

    Federal tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act and added incentives from the state of Colorado and its municipalities is drawing in clean energy companies, creating new jobs, and helping the state meet its decarbonization goals.

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  • Colaborar para hacer una política más eficaz: así lo hacen en Suiza

    El modelo de colaboración política que se practican en Suiza resulta en que distintos partidos políticos se reúnen con el objetivo de encontrar conjuntamente soluciones a los problemas de la sociedad. Con esa cooperación y la ayuda de expertos, logran diseñar soluciones concretas que se proponen al Parlamento para apruebar y realizar.

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  • Replenishing the San Juan River

    The Jicarilla Apache Nation is leasing its water rights, up to 20,000 acre-feet of water per year, to the State of New Mexico. The state’s Strategic Water Reserve can then designate that water to conservation projects like ensuring endangered fish species can migrate through the San Juan River.

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  • America Is the World Leader in Locking People Up. One City Found a Fix

    New York City’s supervised release system allows people who would be incarcerated before their trial to instead stay out of jail and have scheduled check-ins with nonprofit caseworkers. The caseworkers help meet their needs while they await the trial, which includes a range of support from providing food to receiving mental health support to helping them remain employed and housed.

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  • This Is Public Housing. Just Don't Call It That.

    The Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County was created in 1974 to address a lack of affordable housing, and it’s done just that. The government agency takes an ownership position over apartment buildings and takes less profit than a typical investor might to ensure new projects have the funding to be built and include affordable units.

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  • Partnerships, not parachutes: How Indigenous knowledge and citizen science can enhance climate research

    To fill gaps in climate data, some researchers are using a collaborative tactic known as “ethical space” to solicit and include Indigenous knowledge about climate change. Often, this results in improved conservation outcomes.

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  • Reinventing a terror-free Borno State through child education

    The Future Prowess Islamic Foundation provides free education to roughly 2,000 students who have been affected by the violence of Boko Haram, including the children of Boko Haram insurgents. The organization also offers training and micro-loans to local widows to help them start their own businesses.

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  • More cities are offering no-strings-attached cash to residents. Here's what Philly can learn.

    Funded by a philanthropic donation and funds raised by the city, a guaranteed income program in Durham, North Carolina, provided people who were formerly incarcerated with a monthly stipend of $600. The no-strings-attached payments are meant to decrease recidivism by helping recipients meet their needs.

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