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  • 'Zero waste' town recycles most of its trash

    Kamikatsu, a small town in rural Japan, went from incinerating trash to recycling about 80 percent of it--all while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and saving money. The program is run by Zero Waste Academy, a nonprofit that helps train residents and businesses on best recycling practices. Now, Kamikatsu's success has drawn planners from around the world to learn.

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  • After Devastating Cyclone, Fiji Farmers Plant For A Changed Climate

    In the wake of a massive 2016 cyclone, Fijian farmers are rethinking how to become more resilient to climate disasters. Through diversifying crops, seed saving, and community banking, several organizations are helping farmers make that shift.

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  • Fiji's Climate Champion Speaks Up for Women in the Wake of Cyclones

    After a huge cyclone devastated a remote Fijian village, Eta Tuvuki worked to open communication channels between women and public officials. Her efforts are not only making women's voices heard, but they allow for the dispersal of critical information during disasters.

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  • They survived the earthquake. Now they're determined to keep their village healthy.

    For one village in Nepal, there's a silver lining to the earthquake: A year later, a new and better health clinic is rising from the rubble of the old. And it includes a birthing center.

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  • How a Wife's Tiny Food Shop Brought Financial Freedom and Escape from Domestic Violence

    In Indonesia, a country where cases of domestic violence have increased recently, efforts are made to give women business training and financial help to encourage them to leave bad situations at home.

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  • This bank hired its first female employee, and now women line up to open accounts

    Across India, only 43 percent of women have bank accounts, and most women do not save money at formal financial institutions, according to a recent World Bank study. But that’s slowly starting to change as banks themselves realize what an untapped market they have around them—even sometimes hiring women.

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  • Free health care for unauthorised immigrants in LA

    Los Angeles has a new model for affordable health care aimed at the 400,000 immigrants in the area without legal status or insurance. But not everyone agrees taxpayer money should fund the program.

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  • It took a bride shortage for some northern India communities to realize the value of girls

    Three women left their hometown in Kerala, South India to marry men 2,000 miles away in the northern state of Haryana, where decades of female feticide led to a shortage of brides.

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  • Once forced to study in secret, this Indian professor inspires a generation of female students

    Rama Arora defied tradition and secretly pursued her PhD as a young woman in India, succeeding at becoming the first female professor at a women's college. Now she is inspiring more Indian girls to further their educatione, so they can help bring about greater equality in society.

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  • This Iraqi couple fled ISIS but face another enemy in the US — diabetes

    Diabetes hits US immigrant communities especially hard, with genetics and higher-calorie diets explaining just part of it. Support groups help immigrants with diabetes to find a way to eat healthy in the American high-calorie system.

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