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Tiger Solar added arrays to rooftops of two separate Carter Myers Automotive dealerships in Staunton, Virginia, which is in Albemarle County. Credit: Tiger Solar / Courtesy

Need a Dose of Climate Optimism? Look to Charlottesville Business Collaborative

A Charlottesville business alliance is quickly progressing toward a goal of cutting carbon pollution by 45% by the end of 2025. Successes include energy audits and a family-owned fossil fuel distributor’s unlikely embrace of solar power.
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A firefighter tries to stop the fire around him. (Credit: BLMIdaho, Flickr)

Helping Forest Firefighters Battle a Different Kind of Burnout

A new preventative form of peer support is helping Canadian crews address the cumulative stress of their jobs before they get to the point of mental burnout or breakdown.
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Medical professionals in Ukraine with solar-powered kit. Credit: Footprint Project.

Solar Microgrids Are Keeping Ukraine’s Hospitals Running

U.S. renewables experts support the war-besieged country with tech hailed a ‘game-changer’ for disaster relief settings.
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Collage of the top LGBTQ+ influencers

15 LGBTQ+ Influencers and Creators Making a Difference

One of the best ways we can support our LGBTQ+ community members is by uplifting their voices. Here are a handful of incredible LGBTQ+ creators and leaders to follow today.
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A sign advertising the TV show: Flip my Florida Yard sits on a patch of grass.

Water-guzzling Yards Are Getting a Celebrity Makeover

A new reality series is using the HGTV method to tackle Florida’s water supply issues. Get ready to meet "Flip My Florida Yard." Read more...
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Kalen McAllister, founder of Laughing Bear Bakery, packages Bear Candy made by employees with criminal records. “I don’t care [about a job applicant’s criminal record]. Because for me, it’s this day forward,” she says. (Tara Adhikari/The Christian Science Monitor)

Laughing Bear Bakery Has a Recipe for a Fresh Start Out of Prison

In 2015, Ms. McAllister opened Laughing Bear Bakery in St. Louis, a nonprofit business where a criminal record is required to land the job.
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Kerri Reeves, left, holds her son Oliver, 3 months old, while watching daughters Eleanor, 8, and Charlotte, 18 months, read at their home in Tucson. Reeves started receiving services from Health Start two years ago, before Charlotte was born. (Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star)

Arizona Program Hopes To Be Nationwide Model for Healthy Babies

Health Start is an Arizona statewide program that connects expecting mothers and their babies with a trained public health coach who finds them resources, provides information about their child's development, and serves as a sounding board for their questions.
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Worker Jarkko Laanti checks the water quality at the underground Kakola wastewater treatment plant in Turku, Finland. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Alister Doyle

Finnish City Taps Sewers for Energy in Sprint for Net Zero

Finland’s oldest city has slashed emissions by more than half and is now looking to heat from sewage to get to net zero.
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Sharai Tunhira marches during a parade at Akashinga training camp in Phundundu Wildlife Park in Hurungwe, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's Women-only Rangers Fight Poachers and Poverty

The Akashinga unit, Zimbabwe's first armed, all-women anti-poaching unit, says it aims to change the face of conservation
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A collage of the most impactful pet influencers, including dogs, cats, and other animals

12 Pet Influencers Using Their Platforms For Good

Some of your favorite pet influencers are not just taking over your TikTok "FYP," but they're also making the world a better place. Read more...
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One of the five bodies of water that are suing the State of Florida

Advocates Are Working To Give Water Legal Rights

Threatened by development, five bodies of water are suing the State of Florida, making the unprecedented argument that nature has legal rights, too.
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A banana and potato celebrate good news together

Potato Farmers Conquer a Devastating Worm... with Banana Paper

Biodegradable banana “paper” can protect potato seeds from potato cyst nematodes, sharply increasing potato size and yields, research finds.
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