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A few from nature featuring mountaintop removal in Letcher County, Kentucky

Activists buy a prison site to rewild the land: 'A sign of progress'

Once a coal mine, then slotted to be a prison, a group of activists are working to reclaim the land.
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An aerial view of the Harris Community Village in Tooele, Utah

Vacant school transformed into first-of-its-kind housing, food pantry for homeless people

The Harris Community Village has 66 permanent supportive housing units and 44 emergency shelter beds — but it was once an elementary school.
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A crowd of bicyclists prepare for a massive bike ride as they gather items in a graffitied tunnel.

Bicyclist builds 700-person network of volunteers, leads bike drives to deliver donations to the homeless

Verral Paul Walcott has been coordinating donation deliveries on a weekly basis since 2014.
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A gray thermal and foam arch-like structure called the Iglou, which offers emergency shelter to unhoused people

Emergency 'igloo' shelters provide refuge for homeless folks in freezing temperatures

The interior of the Iglou emergency shelter is 18 degrees warmer than outside temperatures.
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on the left, an overview of 31 tiny homes, in the middle, ocean lapping up on a beach, on the right, lawn chairs looking over a green space.

Coastal town invites 31 homeless folks to live in tiny home village: 'They are welcome to stay in their home — forever'

A 31-unit tiny home community in coastal North Carolina is giving people a second shot at life.
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Two photos side by side. On the left is a vacant building that was once Winans Performing Arts Academy in Detroit. On the right is a remodeled version of the same building, which will soon open as Anchor Detroit.

These schools once sat vacant. Now, they provide life-changing resources to thousands of low-income families

Here, community members can find afterschool programs, career development, and health and wellness resources.
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An aerial view of a neighborhood full of homes

To combat teacher shortages, this district is building housing for its educators

In an effort to retain its educators, Charlotte schools are planning on building housing and offering below market-rate rentals.
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A blond woman in a pink cardigan sits outside next to a tan pitbull wearing a red bandana that reads "adopt me." The woman is holding dog toys that are in the shape of roses.

Shelters across the country plan Valentine's Day 'dog dates' to pair adoptable pups with their perfect match

The initiative will be hosted at nearly 50 shelters across 27 states.
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A group of people stand outside of a former Days Inn hotel, which is being converted into an establishment called The Monarch Apartments for people facing chronic homelessness

Former Days Inn given new life as housing project for homeless folks: 'We can get 40 people off the street at one time'

The facility will have 24-hour on-site supportive services.
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A rendering of a shipping container neighborhood built by nonprofit Family Promise in Glendale, Arizona

Fully-furnished shipping container neighborhood provides homeless folks with safe shelter

The project is being built in an area with the highest eviction rate in Arizona.
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Jelly Roll sings on stage at Rose Bowl Stadium

Jelly Roll (and friends) host benefit concert for 16,000 of LA's incarcerated firefighters, first responders

Paid for by Live Nation, the free Rose Bowl show included guests like Marshmello, Lainey Wilson, and Shinedown.
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A photo collage of an aerial view of a forest, a tablet displaying imagery of genetic editing, a young girl wearing a Taylor Swift The Eras Tour shirt, a section of a vertical farm, and a row of solar panels in a solar farm

Good News This Week: February 1, 2025 - Shovels, Forests, & Vertical Farms

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